Scott S.

Technical Lead @Bitly

Denver, CO, US

As a Technical Lead at Bitly, I have an advanced understanding of software development practices with expertise in multiple areas and disciplines. I work on problems of diverse scope and complexity where my judgment is relied upon for designing architecture and selecting methods, techniques, and technologies to obtain scalable and performant solutions. I strive to serve as an example of quality and mentor other members of my team. I provide actionable feedback to team members and peers as well as lead team discussions around architecture and process. I continue to develop working relationships outside of my team and discipline while serving as a go-to resource for my domain area- Architected a new Threat Detection Ecosystem (TDE) using Go (golang) for Bitly\'s Trust and Safety initiative - Included a unified service system to handle both synchronous and asynchronous partner APIs - Integrated results into existing messaging infrastructure using NSQ for easy tracking, archival, and event distribution - Implemented Threat Detection at scale using Go to analyze millions of URLs per day across Bitly\'s platform for malware, phishing, and other potential threats to customers- Designed and implemented the distributed Abuse Mitigation system using Go (golang) to ingest, aggregate, and analyze threat data and then take action against identified threats - Includes a REST API, event processing and publishing using NSQ, and high-throughput capability - Leverages Google Cloud (GCP) and specifically Bigtable to handle thousands of requests per second - Prioritized observability and telemetry at all levels- Led cross-team learning sessions around development practices and in-depth utilization of our development toolchain- Held ongoing mentoring and learning sessions with team members and junior developers to help guide them in improving their skillsets- Worked with integrating external partner sources into the Abuse system to provide additional data for analysis