# Ethan Hathaway > Product Architect and Engineer Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ethanhathaway Software Engineer and Product Architect working across the stack, with experience in Product, Management, and UI/UX Design. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer & Group Product Manager @ Social Native Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater Los Angeles Area ◆ Stepped in during a reorg to lead the product team. Implemented best practices around: reporting, roadmaps, backlogs, cross team communication, and customer engagement. Developed new feature and platform initiatives. Stabilized the team and handed off to new VP. ◆ Co-architected a new 13 microservice GraphQL backend using Kubernetes, MySQL, Kafka and Elasticsearch. Used to replace the legacy system. ◆ Lead developer of 5 open source libraries related to GraphQL connections, Elasticsearch, custom GraphQL scalars, SQL migration generator for packages, and a "build your own Create-React-App" node tool. ◆ Co-authored an internal library that implemented the Saga abstraction over Kafka with a Redux-Saga compatible interface. ◆ Helped set standards for the Frontend and Product teams - including the introduction of MobX and Figma. ◆ Created a reference implementation of GraphQL Versions (see attached link) ### Senior Software Engineer @ Curisium Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area ◆ Helped modernize the frontend client codebase (React) ◆ Implemented authentication features (Sagas) ### Lead Software Engineer & Product Manager @ Humon Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Cambridge, MA and remote (Los Angeles) Led a team to design and deliver the software side of an initial product launch for a wearable that tracks muscle oxygenation in real-time. Team's work included building a mobile app, multiple web apps, and a backend rewrite. Mobile: ◆ Led development of the iOS and Android mobile client (React Native, Redux, Flow, Jest, GraphQL, Sagas) Web: ◆ Built the web client from the ground up (React, Redux, GraphQL, Zeit Now) - app.humon.io ◆ Built a real-time leaderboard app for showcasing off our tech at marathons (Firebase, React) - marathon.humon.io Backend: ◆ Helped scale the backend and cleaned up legacy code (Rails, MySQL, AWS EC2, RDS, Route 53, S3) ◆ Implemented a GraphQL API with a custom authorization system - api.humon.io/graph ### Software Engineer @ Backupify (now a part of Datto) Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Greater Boston Area ◆ Helped build a data processing pipeline that moved and transformed petabytes of data from AWS into an OpenStack cloud. ◆ Worked on a highly concurrent system that processed hundreds of millions of API calls and downloads a day ◆ Developed interfaces to interact with large amounts of data ### Scientific Support Specialist, Contract Project @ Abcam Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Greater Boston Area Contract nature: I provided support while Abcam underwent an internal reorganization ◆ Solely developed and implemented a graphical sequence alignment program that was able to query the internal Abcam catalog of immunogens and make recommendations for antibodies to novel research targets. This introduced a new and high impact cross-selling opportunity to the scientific support team. ◆ Senior scientific consultant to scientists who needed troubleshooting and protocol advice ◆ Developed and supported complex SQL queries and data analysis scripts. ### Graduate Student Researcher @ UC Irvine Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Irvine, California Left PhD program after 3 years seeking a career change Master's Degree Project (Gandhi Lab): ◆ The functional maturation of transplanted parvalbumin interneurons in the visual cortex using two-photon imaging and fluorescent calcium dyes. Also assisted in research to investigate: ◆ Environmental effects on cellular memory ensembles ◆ Embyronic development of auditory system during cochlear damage ◆ Characterization of endocannabinoid metabolism using a novel inhibitor ◆ Developed data analysis scripts using Python and Matlab ◆ Invented a small-animal homeothermic heater using custom electronics ◆ Provided technical support and development assistance for 3D modeling and 3D printing ### Research Intern @ Green Mountain Antibodies Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Burlington, Vermont Area ◆ Researched antibodies for taxonomic identification of cyanobacteria ◆ Developed protocols for scaled up cyanobacteria production using bioreactors ◆ Optimized protein extraction procedures and antibody-based molecular assays ### Quality Assurance / Quality Control - Contract Project @ Seventh Generation Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Burlington, Vermont Contract nature: I ran the quality control laboratory while the supervisor was on maternity leave ◆ Assured the chemical formulations of each production batch by cGMP / ISO compliance testing and documentation ◆ Performed analysis that helped bring to market the first liquid laundry detergent in a compostable fiber shell ### Undergraduate Researcher - Wellman Lab @ University of Vermont Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 ◆ Investigated the role of the CYP4 enzyme and Kv potassium channel in subarachnoid hemorrhage using molecular and electrophysicological techniques ### Summer Undergraduate Researcher - Glick Lab @ Albany Medical Center Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 ◆ Used 18-MC, an antagonist of α3β4 nicotinic receptors and derivative of Ibogaine, to investigate treatments for addiction using in-vivo behavioral and pharmacological techniques ## Education ### Master's degree (as part of PhD program) in Neurobiology and Behavior UC Irvine Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 ### Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry, Pharmacology University of Vermont Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 ### Mechanical Engineering University of Maryland Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/erhathaway --- Source: https://flows.cv/ethanhathaway JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ethanhathaway/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23