# Cole Varner

> Senior Software Engineer at Shippo

Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/colevarner

5+ years experience as a Fullstack Engineer. Lead developer on multiple backend microservices, written in Java, Erlang, Python, and PHP. Experience profiling and optimizing multithreaded, mission-critical worker queue. Lead developer on user account access portal and OAuth2 developer portal, both utilizing React + Redux + Webpack. Experience supervising and mentoring junior developers and interns.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Shippo
Jan 2020 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Fullpower Technologies
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Downtown Santa Cruz, CA

### Engineering Intern @ Fullpower Technologies
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Downtown Santa Cruz, CA

### Support Center Coordinator @ UC Santa Cruz
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Supervises student workers and provides Tier 1 and 2 technical support to Students, Staff, and Faculty. Quality assurance and customer service for ITS Support Center client interactions.

### Support Center Technician @ ITS at UC Santa Cruz
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015
Using the ServiceNow platform for Incident Management, I provided technical support for UCSC staff, students, and faculty.


## Education
### Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2010 – Jan 2015


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22