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I am a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems and full-stack applications. I’ve built and owned systems serving millions of users, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and robust system design. I have a proven track record of driving technical strategy, improving system efficiency, and mentoring engineers in high-growth environments, especially in fast-moving teams and regulated domains.…I am a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems and full-stack applications. I’ve built and owned systems serving millions of users, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and robust system design. I have a proven track record of driving technical strategy, improving system efficiency, and mentoring engineers in high-growth environments, especially in fast-moving teams and regulated domains.

Justin Brower

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I am a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems and full-stack applications. I’ve built and owned systems serving millions of users, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and robust system design. I have a proven track record of driving technical strategy, improving system efficiency, and mentoring engineers in high-growth environments, especially in fast-moving teams and regulated domains.…I am a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems and full-stack applications. I’ve built and owned systems serving millions of users, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and robust system design. I have a proven track record of driving technical strategy, improving system efficiency, and mentoring engineers in high-growth environments, especially in fast-moving teams and regulated domains.

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I am a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems and full-stack applications. I’ve built and owned systems serving millions of users, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and robust system design.

I have a proven track record of driving technical strategy, improving system efficiency, and mentoring engineers in high-growth environments, especially in fast-moving teams and regulated domains.

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Work Experience

Senior Staff Software Engineer at Coinbase

September 1, 2025 - Present

Led the architecture of distributed services processing 5M+ daily transactions, boosting system throughput by 40% via async processing and service decomposition. Drove cross-team platform alignment across 6+ services, reducing integration latency by 35% and accelerating developer velocity. Designed caching and data access strategies that reduced p95 latency from 320ms to 180ms across critical APIs. Mentored 10+ engineers, increasing team delivery efficiency by 25% through design reviews and engineering standards. Partnered with product and compliance teams to deliver high-availability systems (99.99% uptime) under strict regulatory constraints.

Principal Software Engineer at Eigen Labs

June 1, 2024 - July 1, 2025

Designed event-driven backend systems processing 1M+ events/day, improving pipeline reliability to 99.9%. Built APIs handling high-throughput data flows, reducing response times by 30% through query and indexing optimizations. Led system design initiatives across multiple services, reducing system complexity and cutting onboarding time by 40%. Implemented observability improvements that reduced incident debugging time by 50%. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ship 5+ major features, improving system scalability and maintainability.

Staff Software Engineer at Coinbase

January 1, 2022 - April 1, 2024

Built backend services supporting 3M+ users, improving system reliability and reducing error rates by 45%. Designed and deployed 12+ REST and GraphQL APIs, increasing frontend integration efficiency by 30%. Reduced API latency by 25% through database optimization and caching strategies. Led cross-functional initiatives across engineering and product, improving feature delivery speed by 20%. Mentored 6 engineers, contributing to promotion of 2 team members to senior roles.

Software Engineer at Meta

July 1, 2017 - November 1, 2021

Developed full-stack features used by 2.5M+ users, improving engagement by 15%. Built and optimized APIs supporting high-traffic systems, increasing throughput by 35%. Reduced page load times from 3.5s to 1.8s, improving user retention by 12%. Collaborated with product and design teams to deliver 20+ features across web applications. Improved system reliability by reducing production incidents by 30% through monitoring and debugging improvements.

Software Engineer at Trade

September 1, 2016 - June 1, 2017

Built internal web applications improving operational efficiency by 20%. Developed backend APIs reducing manual processing time by 30%. Improved system performance and reliability through optimization and bug fixes.