# Andrew Sherman

> Staff Software Engineer at PayPal

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/andrewsherman

I'm a Software Engineer with a passion for problem solving. I'm always curious and enjoy learning how things work and researching ways to improve them. I'm an advocate for project maintenance and sustainability through CI/CD and other techniques. In my free time, I enjoy building applications, learning new libraries and exploring new concepts.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ PayPal
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Working on the Braintree product - braintreepayments.com

### Senior Software Engineer @ Twitter
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
Tech lead and full stack developer for Twitter’s Ads Manager product team on ads.twitter.com.

• Tech lead responsibilities include collaborating on quarterly roadmap planning, 
advocating for tech initiatives, and mentoring engineers.
• Implement large scale GraphQL API with multi data source pagination.
• Lead backend performance improvements for Twitter Ads Manager.
• Drive improving testing strategies to support deployment strategy.

### Software Engineer @ Twitter
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California
Tech lead and full stack developer working on Advertiser Analytics web apps. 

• Tech lead responsibilities same as the Senior Engineer description above.
• Developed improved data sources and pipelines for web app rebuilds.
• Led migrating web app auth strategy to Okta through cross-team collaboration.
• Led micro-service re-architecture to Docker to improve maintainability and 
dependency management. 
• Developed reusable and maintainable React components to improve front end scale and maintainability.
• Created and improved team practices including continuous deployment, testing, 
database management, project feature management, and on-call support.

### Software Engineer @ GTL
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California
(Global Tel Link acquired Telmate April 2018)
Full stack developer in Ruby on Rails, React with Flux/Redux and AngularJS applications; focusing on data management, e-commerce and WebRTC platforms.

• Led design and managed the development of a consumable, cross-browser, 					JavaScript audio player.
• Upgraded data management applications React/React Router to latest versions.
• Integrate WebRTC into legacy Flash Video Visitation platform. 
• Develop and improve build pipelines and continuous deployment strategies.
• Manage and deploy production service architecture with new features.
• Consultant on new epics and feature development.
• Work with Account and Product Managers during new business installations.

### Digital Communications Intern @ Wikimedia Foundation
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, California
The Foundation supports and operates Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects.
• Relaunched the Foundation’s WordPress VIP blog.
• Increased engagement for the Foundation’s multilingual blog post by four times; translated into 25 languages. 
• Collaborated with outside WordPress development firm to create blog updates and new features.
• Developed a process to gather daily metrics for the blog and tandem social media content. 
• Completed a blog competitive analysis reviewing page layouts and features of 15 other websites. 
• Assisted videographer with producing, editing and captioning videos for the Foundation’s storyteller.
• Presented status reports at weekly staff meetings and participated in planning special projects for the Foundation.

### Learning Migration Specialist (LMS) @ Miami University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Oxford, Ohio
• Collaborated with teachers and creative directors to update online course content as well as edit and caption videos to meet ADA compliance guidelines.
• Received, worked on and delegated projects with five-plus other student aids to meet weekly/monthly goals.
• Learned a new software program in order to migrate a total of three courses from the old CMS (Niihka) to the new CMS (Canvas) platform.

### Web Design Intern @ National Council of Jewish Women
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | St. Louis, Missouri
• Responsible for creating a new website for the non-profit agency’s resale store, including migration to new web design software. 
• Oversaw clean-up crew for agency’s primary community event Back to School! Store.
• Assisted with general office tasks.

### Camp Counselor @ Camp Ojibwa
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Eagle River, Wisconsin
• Responsible for co-counseling cabin of 18 nine-year-old boys.
• Coached and refereed sports teams. 
• Selected to film activities and special events for the 2011 Camp Movie. 
• Gained experience with videography and third party editing software.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Interactive Media Studies (IMS); Web Development and Communications
Miami University

### Advanced Software Engineering Immersive
Hack Reactor

### Parkway Central High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/andrewsherman2

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Last updated: 2026-04-12