Graham Batzler

Software Architect and Engineering Leader

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Enthusiastic and communicative engineer, mentor, and leader with over a decade of experience understanding and solving business problems with software. Purpose-driven and passionate about using technology to improve lives and outcomes.

Curious by nature, cross-functional by habit, growth-oriented by choice.

Selected Experience

Principal Software Engineer
Hearst Marketplaces | Seattle, WA

Architected a scalable multi-tenant ecommerce ecosystem to power diverse marketplace experiences for established brands. Improved hiring processes and built a high-performing team of 6 full-stack and frontend engineers to launch reliably and repeatably. Accelerated timelines and boosted team knowledge by building software delivery and observability infrastructure, reverse-engineering undocumented functionality, and serving as SME and mentor across a broad set of in-house and vendor systems.

Lead Software Engineer
The Pro's Closet | Louisville, CO

Architected, built, and maintained ecommerce systems for internal and customer-facing use, working closely with Product, Design, and business stakeholders to solve problems with software. Served as Front-End Architect and Node.js SME while managing direct reports and mentoring engineers of all skill levels across the stack. Contributed to department-level engineering standards, SDLC process, interviewing guidelines, and platform improvements.

Senior Software Engineer
Bluprint | Denver, CO

Established robust unit and integration testing for legacy and greenfield systems. Refactored legacy systems into modern distributed scalable services. Mentored junior developers and participated in SRE and site architecture discussions.

Solo Multimedia Developer
grahammakes | Denver, CO

Creative and technical execution of various multimedia projects including design, development, and SEO for local businesses, audio engineering and music production for commercial release, and creation of freeware utilities.

Front End Engineer
1stdibs | Manhattan, NY

Maintained and improved enterprise ecommerce systems, with a focus on 1stdibs' B2C messaging platform. Redesigned, refactored, and modernized legacy apps in React; built a new multi-param search and filtering experience around Apache Solr.

Game Developer
Little Bird Games | Philadelphia, PA

Developed web-native educational games using HTML5 Canvas + Audio APIs, including a PTSD detection training tool used by the American Nursing Association and ADHD therapy games for use in clinical trials at Duke.

IT Manager
Penn Residental Computing | Philadelphia, PA

Managed a team of ten Jr. + Sr. IT support staff, including scheduling and operations responsibilities. Provided hardware and software support, diagnosis, and repair on escalated cases.