Wylie Hobbs is a Director of Engineering with over a decade of experience building and scaling developer platforms that improve release safety, observability, and engineering productivity. He has progressed through hands-on roles from systems administration and DevOps to staff and principal engineering before moving into leadership at Kiva, blending technical depth with operational rigor. Wylie emphasizes curiosity, clear communication, and empathy, and he brings a "ship and iterate" mentality coupled with a focus on listening and learning. He has driven platform and DevOps initiatives across startups and established companies (SendGrid, Pluralsight, Weedmaps, 1build), which gives him a practical bias for pragmatic, measurable improvements. Based in Longmont, Colorado, he pairs a BS in Computer Networking and Information Systems with a track record of enabling safer releases and boosting developer efficiency. Colleagues describe him as a builder who injects humor and positive intent into high-impact engineering transformations.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Networking and Information Systems, Bachelor of Science Computer Networking and Information Systems at Wentworth Institute of Technology
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