# Doug Wright

> Engineering

Location: Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/dougwright

Software developer with over 10 years experience writing, designing and debugging application code. Skilled in the many languages & frameworks of web development. Love Elixir, Kafka event-driven systems and well documented APIs. Worked 5 years in Marketing prior to engineering. Expert in AB testing and analytics.

In my free time I enjoy spending time with my kids.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Hiive
Jan 2024 – Present | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
I'm working as a foundational engineer on Hiive's Investing team, building the core infrastructure that powers investment decisions for thousands of users. As an active member of our backend guild, I focus on thoughtful refactoring and system improvements while exploring AI integrations to enhance our platform capabilities.

### Lead Software Engineer @ The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area
Led a cross-functional engineering team to deliver multiple product initiatives for one of the world's largest beauty companies. I managed engineering resources while architecting RESTful APIs and event-driven systems that handle millions of customer interactions daily. Focused on maintaining high code quality standards while meeting aggressive delivery timelines.

### Staff Software Engineer @ RealSure
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
As a Staff Engineer, I led a small but mighty engineering team focused on building data infrastructure for the insurance industry. I designed schema systems and automated workflows for Kafka and Segment integrations, while mentoring junior developers through pair programming and code reviews. Created comprehensive documentation that became the standard for our Data Engineering team.

### Senior Software Engineer @ The RealReal
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
Built scalable systems using Elixir, TypeScript, Ruby, GraphQL, and Kafka for the luxury consignment platform. Led the A/B testing engineering initiatives, increasing our experimentation velocity by 40%. Took ownership of the Analytics platform and established testing best practices that are still used across the organization today.

### Software Engineer @ Versus Systems
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Greater Los Angeles Area
Made one of the most rewarding decisions of my career here - migrating our entire backend from Ruby to Elixir, which improved system performance by 300%. Built a comprehensive analytics platform with Segment and Mixpanel integrations for the gaming industry. Designed backend architecture while also developing frontend components in ES6 and React.

### Software Engineer @ Earlier Career Highlights
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
Head of Engineering - Bedside (Healthcare, HIPAA compliance)
Director of Platform - CommitChange (Non-profit technology)
Software Engineer - Bloc (Education technology)

During these formative years, I gained experience leading engineering teams, navigating HIPAA compliance, building Rails applications, and working across healthcare, education, and non-profit sectors. This period taught me the importance of thoughtful architecture and the value of building systems that truly serve their users.


## Education
### Business in Operations Management & Information Systems
Santa Clara University

### MFA in Producing for Film & Television
Academy of Art University

### Nanodegree in Deep Learning
Udacity

### Data Structures & Algorithms
Udacity


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mrdougwright
- Website: https://doug.io

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Last updated: 2026-03-23