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I’m a lead/senior software engineer with 25+ years of hands-on experience across software engineering, architecture, system design, performance, and security. I focus on clean, flexible code, thoughtful architecture, and strong systems thinking—especially in teams that value creative problem solving and long-term maintainability. Over the last decade-plus, I’ve owned end-to-end delivery with minimal oversight, leading teams, mentoring engineers, and partnering directly with enterprise clients. I’ve modernized legacy systems, designed and rebuilt platforms with domain-driven approaches, improved latency and compute efficiency, and scaled infrastructure from single servers to Kubernetes while also driving security and compliance initiatives like SOC2.…I’m a lead/senior software engineer with 25+ years of hands-on experience across software engineering, architecture, system design, performance, and security. I focus on clean, flexible code, thoughtful architecture, and strong systems thinking—especially in teams that value creative problem solving and long-term maintainability. Over the last decade-plus, I’ve owned end-to-end delivery with minimal oversight, leading teams, mentoring engineers, and partnering directly with enterprise clients. I’ve modernized legacy systems, designed and rebuilt platforms with domain-driven approaches, improved latency and compute efficiency, and scaled infrastructure from single servers to Kubernetes while also driving security and compliance initiatives like SOC2.

Shane Iseminger

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I’m a lead/senior software engineer with 25+ years of hands-on experience across software engineering, architecture, system design, performance, and security. I focus on clean, flexible code, thoughtful architecture, and strong systems thinking—especially in teams that value creative problem solving and long-term maintainability. Over the last decade-plus, I’ve owned end-to-end delivery with minimal oversight, leading teams, mentoring engineers, and partnering directly with enterprise clients. I’ve modernized legacy systems, designed and rebuilt platforms with domain-driven approaches, improved latency and compute efficiency, and scaled infrastructure from single servers to Kubernetes while also driving security and compliance initiatives like SOC2.…I’m a lead/senior software engineer with 25+ years of hands-on experience across software engineering, architecture, system design, performance, and security. I focus on clean, flexible code, thoughtful architecture, and strong systems thinking—especially in teams that value creative problem solving and long-term maintainability. Over the last decade-plus, I’ve owned end-to-end delivery with minimal oversight, leading teams, mentoring engineers, and partnering directly with enterprise clients. I’ve modernized legacy systems, designed and rebuilt platforms with domain-driven approaches, improved latency and compute efficiency, and scaled infrastructure from single servers to Kubernetes while also driving security and compliance initiatives like SOC2.

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I’m a lead/senior software engineer with 25+ years of hands-on experience across software engineering, architecture, system design, performance, and security. I focus on clean, flexible code, thoughtful architecture, and strong systems thinking—especially in teams that value creative problem solving and long-term maintainability.

Over the last decade-plus, I’ve owned end-to-end delivery with minimal oversight, leading teams, mentoring engineers, and partnering directly with enterprise clients. I’ve modernized legacy systems, designed and rebuilt platforms with domain-driven approaches, improved latency and compute efficiency, and scaled infrastructure from single servers to Kubernetes while also driving security and compliance initiatives like SOC2.

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Work Experience

Lead Software Engineer at SocialHP

August 1, 2019 - Present

Owned software development, architecture, systems design, cloud infrastructure, and security at a SaaS platform for publishing social media posts and tracking performance. Led an ambitious platform rebuild using API Platform and Symfony with domain-driven design, replacing a legacy system without service interruption and delivering major improvements in latency and compute usage. Implemented and optimized PostgreSQL storage and advanced SQL, including event stores and time-series data. Migrated cron-based processing to asynchronous pub/sub event-based workflows. Led payment processing and accounting code, built and maintained third-party API integrations, and drove Agile workflows. Managed Kubernetes-based delivery to support 99.99% uptime SLAs and contributed to SOC2 compliance. Led and mentored a dev team (2–8), including hiring and technical direction, while continually reducing technical debt and scaling cloud spend.

Senior Software Engineer at SocialHP

July 1, 2017 - August 1, 2019

Maintained and extended a legacy codebase in parallel with a full platform rebuild, ensuring production stability throughout the transition. Designed, implemented, and helped lead architectural changes while developing in-depth SQL and persistence solutions. Collaborated on modernization initiatives that improved performance and operational efficiency, supporting the overall move to a domain-driven rebuild.

Senior Software Engineer at CityBlast

June 1, 2016 - April 1, 2024

As senior software engineer, focused on software development, software architecture, systems design and cloud infrastructure at an SaaS platform used by real estate agents to publish their listings on social media and track engagement. Sister company to SocialHP. - Maintained and extended legacy codebase. - Personally wrote and owned ~75% of updated backend code. Evolved infrastructure from a single VM to scalable cloud VMs and then to Kubernetes in Google Cloud, later migrating to AWS EKS. - Wrote, optimized and continually updated in-house social media API integration libraries and several other third-party API integrations.

Software Engineer at CityBlast

March 13, 2013 - June 1, 2016

Focused on software development, software architecture, systems design and cloud infrastructure at an SaaS platform used by real estate agents to publish their listings on social media and track engagement. Sister company to SocialHP. - Maintained and extended legacy codebase. - Performed code refactoring of the original single-process, overloaded cron-based publishing script as a standalone publishing engine, with internal task queuing, scheduling and multiprocess task execution, allowing it to handle more job types and 400% more throughput while eliminating publishing delays despite doubling the user base. - Wrote, optimized and continually updated in-house social media API integration libraries and several other third-party API integrations.

Senior Software Engineer at CityBlast

March 13, 2013 - April 15, 2024

Primary/senior developer at an SaaS platform used by real estate agents to publish their listings on social media and track engagement. Sister company to SocialHP, and shared resources with SocialHP for several years. :: Maintained and extended the original Zend Framework codebase. :: Personally wrote and owned ~75% of backend code. :: Rewrote the original single-process, cron-driven publishing script with a standalone publishing engine, with internal task queuing, scheduling and multiprocess task execution, giving it the ability to handle significantly more throughput. :: Built and managed infrastructure as it grew from a single VM to scalable cloud VMs and then to Kubernetes in Google Cloud, then migrated to AWS.

CTO and Senior Engineer at SocialHP

March 11, 2013 - May 30, 2026

Led technology and development direction at an SaaS platform used by organizations for publishing social media posts as well as tracking and analyzing their performance. :: Maintained and extended a legacy Zend framework codebase in parallel with a full platform rebuild, keeping production stable throughout the transition. :: Designed, built, and led a ground-up platform rebuild in API Platform and Symfony using Domain-Driven Design, replacing a legacy system without service interruption. :: Thirteen years as the sole author of nearly all backend code (and 20-30% of the frontend code) across both legacy and rebuilt platforms. :: Designed and executed a live database migration from MySQL to PostgreSQL, then extended the data layer with ElasticSearch via a CDC-driven pipeline with very minimal downtime in production. :: Scaled infrastructure from a single VM to a Kubernetes deployment on Google Cloud, owning architecture decisions at every stage of growth. :: Built and maintained internal libraries for asset resizing, multi-transport email, and multi-source content ingestion. :: Led and managed a dev team of 2–8, including hiring, code review, and technical direction.

Software Engineer at SocialHP

March 1, 2013 - August 1, 2017

- Maintained and expanded complex MVC framework implementation. - Wrote many third-party API integrations. - Worked directly with customers on bug reports and feedback. - Worked closely with CEO on feature development.

Software Engineer at The Reading Room

August 1, 2012 - February 1, 2013

Engaged in software development at a social media platform focused on book review and discovery. - Developed the platform from basic book ratings to social book sharing, reviews and purchases, launching several key features in close collaboration with founders. - Managed and scaled the AWS cloud infrastructure. - Continued work as a contractor managing infrastructure after main engagement ended.

Software Engineer at SheSaid Beauty

February 1, 2011 - April 1, 2012

Worked on a beauty-focused social platform, building and extending software features related to content, engagement, and discovery. Contributed to backend services and data/search capabilities to support the platform’s functionality.

Software Engineer at SheSaidBeauty

February 1, 2011 - April 1, 2012

Engaged in software development at a social media platform focused on beauty content, techniques, tips, and products. - Implemented the vast majority of this specialized social media platform. - Expanded the service from basic content sharing to social crowd-sourced content platform and added a product discovery component and box subscription e-commerce component. - Worked closely with the CTO to manage and scale the AWS cloud infrastructure.

Software Engineer, UI/UX, Graphic design at Freelance

January 5, 1996 - January 31, 2011

Worked on dozens projects in a variety of roles for clients worldwide, from database development to PHP engineering to UI/UX. - Canon Europe - British Telecom - UMD's Business Plan Archive - WorldForum 98 - iCourthouse - iFilm - Infoseek - Many more

Software Engineer / UI-UX / Graphic Designer (Freelance) at Freelance

December 31, 1995 - January 31, 2011

Delivered dozens of client projects globally across PHP engineering, database work, and UI/UX and graphic design. Performed live database migrations (MySQL to PostgreSQL), built reusable libraries, and scaled infrastructure from single VMs to Kubernetes on Google Cloud. Owned architecture decisions and consistently reduced technical debt while continuing to expand third-party integrations and internal tooling.