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I'm a technology player/coach with 25+ years of experience building modern web applications. I excel at turning vision into delivery, establishing engineering standards, and aligning technical initiatives with business goals. I thrive in cross-functional environments, mentor teams, and design scalable architectures that support growth. I value clear communication, data-driven decision making, and practical, customer-focused solutions.…I'm a technology player/coach with 25+ years of experience building modern web applications. I excel at turning vision into delivery, establishing engineering standards, and aligning technical initiatives with business goals. I thrive in cross-functional environments, mentor teams, and design scalable architectures that support growth. I value clear communication, data-driven decision making, and practical, customer-focused solutions.

J. Julian Crosson-Hill

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Full Stack Developer, Web Developer, Programmer, +3

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I'm a technology player/coach with 25+ years of experience building modern web applications. I excel at turning vision into delivery, establishing engineering standards, and aligning technical initiatives with business goals. I thrive in cross-functional environments, mentor teams, and design scalable architectures that support growth. I value clear communication, data-driven decision making, and practical, customer-focused solutions.…I'm a technology player/coach with 25+ years of experience building modern web applications. I excel at turning vision into delivery, establishing engineering standards, and aligning technical initiatives with business goals. I thrive in cross-functional environments, mentor teams, and design scalable architectures that support growth. I value clear communication, data-driven decision making, and practical, customer-focused solutions.

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Fairborn, United States

I’m a technology player/coach with 25+ years of experience building modern web applications. I excel at turning vision into delivery, establishing engineering standards, and aligning technical initiatives with business goals.

I thrive in cross-functional environments, mentor teams, and design scalable architectures that support growth. I value clear communication, data-driven decision making, and practical, customer-focused solutions.

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Work Experience

Senior Developer Relations Manager at Instructure

April 22, 2024 - October 1, 2025

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.

Principal Software Engineer at Cengage Learning

October 23, 2023 - November 1, 2024

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.

Software Engineer Team Lead at Affect Therapeutics

June 21, 2021 - December 13, 2021

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.

Director of Engineering, Manufacturing & Fulfillment at Teespring

June 18, 2018 - June 18, 2021

Oversaw fulfillment systems and engineering managers; fostered an engineering culture. Led domain-driven design efforts to decouple monolithic architecture across e-commerce and fulfillment. Formed an infrastructure group to migrate hosting to AWS. Architected and led a strike team to build a system using Python/Flask, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ/Celery, and React to leverage surplus manufacturing and fulfillment capacity, paving the way for a multimillion-dollar line of business. Contributed to reducing turnover to 0% through mentoring and leadership. Played a pivotal role in product decisions, including replacing a service that yielded substantial annual cost savings.

Principal Software Engineer at Ability Network

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018

Actively contributed to software products by writing and rigorously testing code. Scoped upcoming work with product management, analyzed requirements, and defined designs. Led UI revamps and API-related enhancements; served on the Architecture Review Board and mentored peers. Promoted to Principal Software Engineer for exceptional contributions.

Chief Technology Officer at PPC Communications

January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2017

Led technology strategy and roadmap; managed offshore resources and expanded the development team. Recruited and trained developers; oversaw IT budgets and security improvements; modernized equipment and systems, including security enhancements and compliance initiatives. Guided modernization of the product stack using Python, Angular, and PostgreSQL.

Software Developer at eHealth Data Solutions

April 13, 2015 - November 24, 2014

Contributed to healthcare data analytics software for the long-term care industry. Implemented features using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and SQL. Worked with agile teams to refine requirements, participate in test-driven development, and integrate with CI (Jenkins).

Senior Software Engineer at Dermpath Lab of Central States

October 15, 2014 - April 8, 2015

Directed the transition of a digital microscope project from offshore to in-house development. Built and mentored the in-house team; championed agile methodologies and test-driven development; collaborated with stakeholders to model a robust, scalable system architecture.