Eli Huntington

About Eli Huntington

Engineering leader with 16+ years at Big Fish Games, including 6+ years managing cross-functional, international teams across software engineering, QA, release engineering, systems, and project management. I led a $50M+ e-commerce migration from a legacy platform to Adobe Commerce — and when new ownership needed fast results, I architected a system consolidation that eliminated redundant spend across Salesforce, Adobe Experience Manager, BazaarVoice, and Vertex Tax — saving $1M per year, realized within 3 months. My technical depth spans GCP cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, Terraform, Cloud Run), PCI compliance and SSDLC/OWASP practices, and headless architecture design. I\'ve led teams through large-scale platform migrations, security uplift programs, and AI-assisted development adoption using GitHub Copilot, Google Vertex AI, and Claude Code. I build teams that ship — and I build systems that last.

Experience

1. Manager of Software Engineering

   Big Fish Games

   Dec 2020 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Cloud & Infrastructure: Architected GCP-based cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, Cloud Run, and Cloud Functions. Designed and implemented a headless Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)+ Adobe Commerce integration, replacing a legacy monolith and modernizing the content delivery pipeline. Cost Optimization: Identified and eliminated $1M/year in redundant SaaS spend across Salesforce, Adobe Experience Manager, BazaarVoice, and Vertex Tax by architecting in-house and already-licensed replacements — savings fully realized within 3 months under new ownership budget pressure. Security & Compliance: Owned PCI attestation, audits, and compliance end-to-end. Championed SSDLC and OWASP best practices across the full engineering workflow, including hands-on team training and secure coding standards.🤖 AI-Augmented Engineering: Led team-wide adoption of AI-assisted development tooling — GitHub Copilot, Google Vertex AI, and Claude Code — increasing deployment frequency from monthly to weekly while maintaining output with a leaner team (2 fewer engineers). Expanded AI into the engineering workflow itself, improving PR review quality and volume by approximately 50%.

Education

• B.O.O.S.T (Naval War College)

  College Prep, Math, Physics, Chemistry

  1996 — 1997

• Seattle University

  n/a, Environmental Science

  1997 — 1999

• International Webmasters Association

  Certificate, Microsoft SQL Server

  2005 — 2005

• International Webmasters Association

  Certificate, Advanced Microsoft SQL Server

  2006 — 2006