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Andrew Lee

@andrewlee3

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I modernize high-scale platforms and lead AI-native engineering teams from ambiguity to delivery.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead modernization, platform, or product engineering work where ambiguous legacy systems need clear technical direction, pragmatic delivery, strong coaching, and AI-assisted development with quality safeguards.

I've led modernization and reliability programs for Zynga's Words With Friends 2 backend, serving 2–4 million daily active users. I drove upgrades across a 15-million-line monolith, led a MySQL migration that avoided roughly $400K annually in AWS costs, and coordinated high-risk releases across engineering, product, and infrastructure.

At 8am, I stabilized and coached a 12-person cross-functional team while modernizing a reporting platform and integrating acquired SaaS and payments products. I introduced specification-driven AI-assisted development, parallel coding-agent workflows, automated verification, and human review gates that increased delivery output by at least 50%.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Engineering Manager II

8am

Dec 2025 - Aug 2026 (8 months)

Stabilized a 12-person cross-functional product team, established growth plans, and led modernization of a reporting platform. Drove at least a 50% increase in developer productivity through AI-native engineering practices.

AI Coding Agent Git Worktrees Specification Driven Development Kanban Jira GitHub Slack Product delivery Team Leadership Mentorship

Principal Software Engineer / Technical Lead

Zynga

Aug 2023 - Nov 2025 (2 years 3 months)

Technical lead for the Words With Friends 2 backend serving 2-4 million DAU, driving modernization of a 15-million-line monolith and MySQL migration. Mentored engineers and won hackathon awards.

Ruby on Rails .NET REST Protobuf MySQL AWS Terraform CI CD Incident Response Mentorship

Founder / Volunteer Team Manager

Austin Social Scene

Apr 2021 - Apr 2024 (3 years)

Built and led a 50+ person volunteer organization serving a 24,000+ member community, organizing events and delivering conferences.

Volunteer Management Event Planning Leadership Conflict Resolution

CTO / Engineering Manager

Concord Materials

Sep 2021 - Aug 2023 (1 year 11 months)

Built and led a distributed engineering team, owning architecture and product delivery, growing business to over $100K ARR. Raised test coverage from 0% to 90% and integrated AI-based document classification tools.

Ruby on Rails React Python OpenCV ImageMagick AWS Cloudwatch SumoLogic Rollbar Test Driven Development Team Leadership

Senior Software Engineer

Smack Studios

Aug 2021 - Mar 2022 (7 months)

Developed the C++/Unreal Engine 4 networking layer and Steam-based multiplayer architecture and test suite for an indie fighting game.

C++Unreal Engine 4 STEAM Networking Test Suites

Staff Software Engineer / Team Lead

Procore

Apr 2014 - Jun 2021 (7 years 2 months)

Grew from early engineer to Staff Engineer and Team Lead, founding the Field Productivity product line and scaling the team. Introduced React integration and testing pipelines, contributing to the company's IPO.

Ruby on Rails REST APIs React JavaScript Selenium Jest Architecture Mentorship

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of California, Santa Barbara

B.S., Computer Science

2011 - 2014

Activities and societies: VP of ACM | ICPC West Coast top-10 competitor | Founder of UCSB Gaming Club | Collegiate esports representative | Leadership roles in Phi Sigma Pi and Alpha Tau Omega

Graduated early with a B.S. in Computer Science. Active in leadership roles including VP of ACM, founder of UCSB Gaming Club, and ICPC West Coast top-10 competitor.