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Austin, Texas
Senior Software Engineer @ LinkedIn • Joined the core web infrastructure team in January 2019• Re-architected the desktop messenger experience with ember.js and helped develop the overlay chat experience, enabling an average of 20 million messages sent daily.• Drove major performance initiatives, including improving site speed for Messenger by 40% and LinkedIn.com’s homepage newsfeed by 60% through...
Senior Software Engineer @ LinkedIn • Joined the core web infrastructure team in January 2019• Re-architected the desktop messenger experience with ember.js and helped develop the overlay chat experience, enabling an average of 20 million messages sent daily.• Drove major performance initiatives, including improving site speed for Messenger by 40% and LinkedIn.com’s homepage newsfeed by 60% through predictive caching. • Pioneered an Ember architecture rewrite for messenger by developing a scalable component library shared across desktop and mobile web, laying the groundwork for subsequent engineers to implement.• Cultural event leader, exploring cafes around the Bay Area via remote working with colleagues San Francisco Bay AreaSoftware Engineer @ LinkedIn • Started at LinkedIn on the team that redesigned Campaign Manager, helping LinkedIn scale to 1 billion in revenue per quarter by 2018. • One of a 2 engineer team that rewrote the Messenger mobile-web application using Ember.js.• One of the hand-selected engineers that architected the LinkedIn.com desktop Ember.js rewrite, and was the first engineer to ship an integrated Ember Engine to production. From May 2015 to September 2016 (1 year 5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaFullstack Engineer @ Verizon EdgeCast • Architected the Network Operations Command monitoring dashboard analyzing the health of 100,000 + servers in real-time, visualizing over 50 terabytes per second of traffic• Integrated hardware monitoring alerts into ServiceNow! ticket tracking APIs• Refactored legacy PHP interfaces into API powered Angular.js components and modules From April 2014 to May 2015 (1 year 2 months) Playa VistaWeb Development @ Freelancer • Built new features for the Pura Vida Bracelets Magento ecommerce platform.• Worked on the Shopify ecommerce platform for Natural Log Skateboards.• Built the FlowerGypsies.com website and ecommerce platform in Wordpress + woocommerce From January 2013 to May 2013 (5 months) San DiegoFounder/Producer @ iClub.fm • Founded the iClub.fm podcast network, produced over 300 podcast episodes, and toured internationally as a DJ. • The iClub podcast network received over 15 million downloads prior to my transition into software engineering.• I started to learn to code in-part by creating the the iClub.fm website. From May 2009 to January 2013 (3 years 9 months) San DiegoJunior Fullstack Engineer @ EdgeCast • Refactored and upgraded existing PHP applications to match modern web standards.• Created static monitoring interfaces analyzing thousands of servers in real-time.• Edgecast was acquired by Verizon in 2014 for $350 million. From May 2013 to April 2014 (1 year) Santa Monica
Senior Software Engineer
San Francisco Bay Area
Software Engineer
May 2015 to September 2016
San Francisco Bay Area
Verizon EdgeCast
Fullstack Engineer
April 2014 to May 2015
Playa Vista
Freelancer
Web Development
January 2013 to May 2013
San Diego
iClub.fm
Founder/Producer
May 2009 to January 2013
San Diego
EdgeCast
Junior Fullstack Engineer
May 2013 to April 2014
Santa Monica
• Joined the core web infrastructure team in January 2019• Re-architected the desktop messenger experience with ember.js and helped develop the overlay chat experience, enabling an average of 20 million messages sent daily.• Drove major performance initiatives, including improving site speed for Messenger by 40% and LinkedIn.com’s homepage newsfeed by 60% through predictive caching. • Pioneered an... • Joined the core web infrastructure team in January 2019• Re-architected the desktop messenger experience with ember.js and helped develop the overlay chat experience, enabling an average of 20 million messages sent daily.• Drove major performance initiatives, including improving site speed for Messenger by 40% and LinkedIn.com’s homepage newsfeed by 60% through predictive caching. • Pioneered an Ember architecture rewrite for messenger by developing a scalable component library shared across desktop and mobile web, laying the groundwork for subsequent engineers to implement.• Cultural event leader, exploring cafes around the Bay Area via remote working with colleagues
What company does Riley Hilliard work for?
Riley Hilliard works for LinkedIn
What is Riley Hilliard's role at LinkedIn?
Riley Hilliard is Senior Software Engineer
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Riley Hilliard works in the Computer Software industry.
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