Tyler Wahl
@tylerwahl2
Lead software engineer focused on cloud-native payments, cost optimization, and scalable systems.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a Lead Software Engineer with deep experience building cloud-native payments and analytics platforms, driving cost optimization and operational excellence. At Capital One I shipped visibility and optimization tooling that cut untagged spend 58% and reduced compute spend for pilots by up to 23% while improving forecasting and governance.
I mentor distributed teams, lead migrations of critical payments workloads to AWS with zero customer downtime, and deliver production-ready services across backend, data, and observability stacks. I prioritize pragmatic automation, clear runbooks, and measurable business impact while fostering cross-functional collaboration.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
COLead Software Engineer
Capital One
Jan 2022 - Jul 2025 (3 years 6 months)
Built cost-visibility and allocation dashboards and optimization tooling that reduced untagged spend by 58% and cut Snowflake compute spend for pilots, and launched cross-platform budgeting and forecasting that lowered month-end variance by 17%.
COSoftware Engineer
Capital One
Jul 2018 - Jan 2022 (3 years 6 months)
Migrated card authorization and debit processing to AWS and rebuilt core payments services to improve authorization speed and reliability while tuning routing and risk checks to increase approvals and reduce false declines.
ATBuilt a data-driven web dashboard for order tracking and created an application to store conversational data for an AI chatbot during a 3-month coding challenge.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
TUTexas A&M University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2014 - 2018
Completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with coursework in software engineering, data systems, and cloud computing.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Postman
Apache Spark
GitHub
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GitHub Actions
React Native
Xamarin
NumPy
Pandas
dbt
Hadoop
Shopify
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Google Analytics
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OpenCV
Redis
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Gatling
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scikit-learn
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WordPress
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pytest
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Toolkit
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Luigi
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SQL
npm
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Browserify
SciPy
Hugging Face
Supabase
Jotai
Recoil
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