Summary
Wiley Bennett is a Staff Software Engineer and empathetic engineering leader based in Seattle with 11 years of experience building and scaling front-end infrastructure, data pipelines, and customer-facing products. He’s led teams at Remitly and Uplight (after EnergySavvy) where he balanced client needs, product delivery, and M&A transitions while growing distributed teams and lowering operating costs. Technically hands-on from PySpark and Django to front-end platforms, Wiley pairs architecture and performance optimization with a strong focus on inclusive team culture and career development. He co-founded a consulting firm delivering forecasting and analytics for energy and construction clients, demonstrating entrepreneurial grit and client-facing product delivery. Notably, he has repeatedly improved system performance—retooling databases, caching, and data services—to tackle high-scale reporting and workflow challenges. He’s motivated by sustainability and inclusion, seeking to solve hard problems that align technical excellence with social impact.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Human Centered Design and Engineering Front End Software Architecture, Human Centered Design and Engineering Front End Software Architecture at University of Washington