J. Julian Crosson-Hill

Work with external integration partners to support their technical work integrating with Canvas LMS. Develop a certification program for partner integrations. Host monthly open office hours to provide product updates to integration partners. Represent Instructure on the product steering committee for the Learning Tools Interoperability standard.

Unblocked teams through technical design and strategy; reviewed technical decisions as a member of the Architecture Review Board. Assessed products from a recently acquired company to plan a robust technical strategy and ensure seamless integration with the parent product. Monitored emerging technologies to ensure innovative solutions. Led API-focused initiatives to maximize usability and stability for large customers. Mentored developers and contributed to PHP, React, AWS Lambda, and ECS; collaborated with architects and product teams.

Drove collaboration with the product team to strategize and execute feature delivery. Led a team of two developers; leveraged Python/Django, RabbitMQ/Celery, React, Tailwind CSS, and PostgreSQL. Performed code reviews, enforced best practices, and embraced agile methodologies to maintain high quality. Broke down requirements into actionable stories with the product manager to support a minimally viable product and a successful launch.