# Edward Swernofsky

> Senior Software Engineer | Ex-Google

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/edwardswernofsky

Senior Software Engineer who transforms infrastructure costs into competitive advantages. At Arch and Google, I've made the impossible scale - turning 7-second workflows into sub-second actions and reducing operational overhead by 70-80% through intelligent automation.

I architect distributed systems that handle millions of requests while maintaining sub-second response times. I've saved companies millions in infrastructure costs through systematic performance optimization, from database query tuning to multi-core scaling strategies that achieve 40-90% performance gains.

Beyond code, I mentor engineering teams on building resilient, cost-effective systems and lead cross-functional initiatives that directly impact the bottom line. Whether it's designing hierarchical permission systems for 100,000+ objects or automating complex workflows, I focus on solutions that scale elegantly.

Currently exploring senior roles at established companies building category-defining products where I can apply my expertise while maintaining sustainable work-life balance.

Tech: TypeScript, React, Node.js, Python, SQL, microservices, distributed systems, AI coding

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Arch
Jan 2025 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Arch
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | New York, NY
Built and scaled critical infrastructure for a fintech platform serving family offices managing alternative investments.

* Contributed to scaling from 12 to 200 employees and 4 to 50 engineers, helping grow ARR from $3M to $22M through critical infrastructure and automation improvements
* Led company-wide performance optimizations achieving 50x faster critical automated workflows, 40-90% improvement in LP Portal response times, and 40% latency reduction through multi-core scaling and strategic migrations
* Pioneered AI-assisted development infrastructure and adoption strategy, driving early company-wide Cursor implementation and establishing agent instruction standards, resulting in 2x+ productivity gains across multiple engineering teams
* Designed automated email processing framework that scaled to 100,000+ emails/month, enabling Operations team to automate 70-80% of investment activity workflows
* Architected hierarchical permissions system with recursive access control supporting 100,000+ folders and sub-second authorization checks, replacing legacy flat permission model
* Mentored 5 engineers and led technical training sessions on performance optimization and databases

Technologies used: React, MySQL, SQL, TS, TypeScript, JS, JavaScript, Node.js, Git, CI/CD, distributed systems, microservices

### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked on tools and infrastructure for Google's video processing pipeline.

* Led development of next-generation pipeline browser using Angular.
* Wrote a livestream traffic forwarder to catch critical bugs before they reached production by providing user traffic to earlier testing stages.
* Resolved critical quality regression metrics issues by investigating and tuning k-means clustering algorithms.

Technologies used: GCP, Angular, C++, Python, JavaScript, distributed systems, microservices, high availability architecture

### Software Engineer @ Pure Storage
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Pure Storage sells flash-based network attached storage for datacenters. I built and maintained the Angular GUI, CLI, and REST APIs for the flagship scale-out storage appliance, FlashBlade.

Technologies used: Angular, Python, JavaScript, Git

### Software Engineer @ Streak.com
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
Streak is the CRM software suite for Gmail. There, I maintained and improved the Streak cloud-based test infrastructure and Chrome extension, and developed the company homepage.


## Education
### Full Stack Web Developer
App Academy


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-30