John Krzemien

About John Krzemien

Engineering Manager working in the messaging space specializing in backend development, building high performing teams, and delighting end users. I\'m hiring! Our team operates with a growth mindset and fosters an environment of mutual accountability and support. If you love high performance backend systems or delighting users with JavaScript/TypeScript- let\'s chat :).

Experience

1. Engineering Leadership

   Snap Inc.

   Jan 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Led the technical strategy and engineering team behind Snap\'s web platform, scaling organic user acquisition from 0 (zero) to a major DAU contributor reported at the investor level- Drove 60+ feature launches per year across SEO, web app, and identity systems serving Snap\'s 400M+ global user base- Built and shipped an AI powered content pipeline at scale, leveraging LLMs for automated video feature extraction to fuel SEO growth from 4K to 15M+ indexed pages, while leading cross functional partnerships with 25+ teams to establish web as a durable growth channel- Scaled a high performance engineering culture across a distributed org, mentoring 12+ engineers (driving 5+ promotions including Staff), standing up AI enablement programs, and maintaining top tier execution velocity through multiple reorgs, hiring freezes, and leadership transitions.

Education

• University of Michigan

  Bachelors, Computer Science Engineering

• University of Washington

  Certificate in Ethical Hacking, Computer Science

  2019 — 2019

Skills

• Software Engineering
• Software Design
• Eclipse
• Object Oriented Design
• Matlab
• Visual Studio
• Software Development
• Python
• Unix
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Visual Basic
• Css
• C#
• Git
• Objective-C
• Perl
• Html
• Sql
• Linux
• Simulations
• Data Analysis
• Labview
• Operating Systems
• Mysql
• Distributed Systems
• C
• Programming
• Algorithms
• C++
• Computer Science
• Java