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Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes

@yitzchakscott-thoenn1

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Distinguished full‑stack software engineer driving scalable, user-focused SaaS product architecture.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles where I can lead architecture, scale SaaS platforms, mentor teams, and drive product reliability and user-focused features.

I am a distinguished full‑stack software engineer with deep experience owning architecture and technical roadmaps for scalable, highly available SaaS solutions. I lead full lifecycle development from requirements through architecture, design, testing and ongoing enhancements, with a strong product and customer focus.

At Shiftboard I transformed core product capabilities to drive exponential revenue growth, broaden market reach, and support customers from small businesses to Fortune 500 organizations by introducing configurable onboarding, payment processing, time & attendance tools, demand planning, voucher systems, reporting engines, integrations (SSO/SCIM, API, webhooks), and robust backend optimizations.

I actively mentor and onboard engineers, contribute to open source communities (PerlMonks, Perl5‑Porters, Stack Overflow), and continuously improve reliability and performance through pragmatic engineering, automation, and collaboration.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Content Contributor

Current

Stack Overflow

Jan 2008 - Present (17 years 9 months)

Top contributor providing Q&A support focused on MySQL, MariaDB, and Perl, helping millions of developers solve programming and database problems.

MySQL MariaDB Perl Technical Writing Troubleshooting Community Support SQL Optimization

Current

Site Administrator

Current

PerlMonks.org

Jan 2005 - Present (20 years 9 months)

Manage and maintain a large online Perl community, overseeing site infrastructure, performance improvements, and moderation to support developer collaboration.

Perl System Administration Performance Tuning Web Infrastructure Apache & Security

Distinguished Software Engineer

Shiftboard

Jan 2008 - Jan 2024 (16 years)

Owned architecture and technical roadmap for an enterprise workforce management SaaS, driving product enhancements that expanded the customer base from SMBs to Fortune 500s and improved system scalability for high-concurrency usage.

Perl Python MySQL Redis API Design Scalability Microservices

Core Developer

Perl5 Porters

Jan 1999 - Jan 2016 (17 years)

Contributed to the Perl language as a core developer by fixing bugs, reviewing code, and implementing new features to advance the language's reliability and capabilities.

C++Code Review Feature Design Cross Platform Development Testing

Senior Perl Developer

CollegeGear.com

Jan 2007 - Jan 2008 (1 year)

Enhanced e-commerce functionality and the Pick Pack Ship system, adding gift card/voucher support and replacing static storefront generation with dynamic pages to improve search and customer experience.

Perl MySQL E Commerce Payment Systems Backend Development Ecommerce

Senior Software Engineer II

Whitepages

Jan 2006 - Jan 2007 (1 year)

Developed and maintained backend systems and a scalable RPC server for a large online directory, implementing DB interfaces, SOAP/REST services, and proprietary socket protocols to support core site functionality.

Perl C C++RPC SOAP REST Databases Performance Tuning Site Reliability Developer Support

Software Development Engineer

Independent Contractor

Delivered architecture, development, and QA for diverse clients, leading SDLC phases for large-scale systems including OS performance tools, transaction processors, and Perl-based CMS solutions.

Perl Database Design Code Review QA Automation

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Oregon State University

Computer Science

Completed coursework in Computer Science at Oregon State University focusing on foundational computer science topics and software development practices.