# Aaron LaBrie

> Experienced engineer with proven track record of building and scaling products used by millions

Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aaronlabrie

Experienced engineer with proven track record of building and scaling products used by millions. Expert in frontend architecture and full-stack systems design with demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives. Passionate about developer experience, accessibility, and building performant engineering teams.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ GitHub
Jan 2022 – Present
- Lead UI/UX engineer developing Copilot AI features for the Pull Requests platform, including Copilot code review and Copilot chat
- Took Copilot code review features from early internal R&D to performing millions of reviews and automated code suggestions
- Worked closely with design, product, data science, executive stakeholders, and outside partners to design release timelines for major product releases and developer conferences
- Managed availability incidents for Pull Requests, a globally-used platform with 99.9% uptime
- Designed and implemented API improvements for major features, resulting in a 98% reduction in compute spend with no impacts on usability or availability
- Maintained a high level of accessibility for both new and existing features, ensuring that all users are
supported across the platform

### Senior Software Engineer @ Varsity Tutors, a Nerdy Company
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Lead UI engineer for ecommerce side of a digital education platform
- Worked closely with design, product, and executive stakeholders to reduce customer friction
- Developed standards for company-wide GitHub Actions usage and led the migration from the legacy CI/CD platform
- Led adoption of TypeScript to improve code safety and developer experience

### Senior Software Engineer @ Popdog
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
- Greenfield front-end development on highly-interactible site designed for streaming videogame content
- Iterated with design and product on taking features from MVP to highly-polished and shippable states
- Implemented performant, accessible, and localized component libraries
- Designed and maintained infrastructure and deployments
- Collaborated on design and implementation of backend features and services
- Led internal engineering summit designed to help reduce knowledge silos between teams

### Senior Software Engineer, Technical Team Lead @ Return Path
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Austin, Texas Area
Lead engineer on multi-application consumer product initiative
Balanced business needs, product direction, design considerations, and engineering capability
Designed and maintained infrastructure and deployments
Advised other engineering teams on technology use and best practices
Mentored and developed skills of team members; interviewed prospective hires

### Software Engineer @ Return Path
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Austin, Texas Area
Led front-end development of React/Golang applications serving over one million users
Developed features and tools for an API with over four million users
Led R&D projects such as generating GRPC clients from Protocol Buyers
Mentored and trained junior engineers across the stack
Evaluated front-end technologies/practices for long-term use
Designed and maintained open-source API client libraries
Rebuilt and modernized legacy user-facing applications

### Software Developer @ Tradelogic Corporation
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Austin, Texas Area
Led front-end development of Angular/Node applications
Designed and maintained Wordpress sites, themes, and plugins
Developed libraries and SDKs for internal use
Performed usability testing and UX improvements on existing software


## Education
### Incomplete Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science
The University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2010 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aaronlabrie
- Website: https://aaronlabrie.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22