# John Griffing > Software Pragmatist, Architect, Builder Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/johngriffing Software engineer with over 11 years of hands-on experience, adept at both contributing to and leading the development of pragmatic web application solutions. While my background includes several years as an individual contributor in full-stack development, my recent focus has been on steering teams in the creation of effective and reliable back-end messaging platforms and APIs. Throughout my career, I've successfully delivered multiple large-scale, long-term projects that garnered high visibility, showcasing expertise in diverse domains such as system design, performance tuning, and mentorship of junior engineers. My versatile experience spans e-commerce, fintech, ad-tech, and media streaming, encompassing roles in both startup environments and large enterprises ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Disney Streaming Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States Designed and implemented solutions within the sensitive commerce domain, aiming to consolidate and advance a vast micro-service ecosystem. These endeavors played a crucial role in a sweeping, organization-wide mega-project, focused on massive cost reduction by merging platform redundancies associated with previous acquisitions by Disney. Offered valuable guidance, technical leadership, and mentorship to fellow engineers, sharing expertise in reliability, observability, functional patterns, async tools, and more, as part of a collaborative effort to optimize and elevate the overall engineering landscape. ### Software Architect, Lead Software Engineer (prev) @ Vestwell Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | 1410 Broadway Fl 23, New York, NY 10018 Headed team that built the foundational back-end plan automation system in the most visible and important multi-year project. The success of this project was instrumental in securing new rounds of funding. Millions of dollars in cost savings were projected by transitioning core functions from a costly third-party service to this in-house system—a strategic necessity for Vestwell's long-term viability. The system executed over a billion dollars in transactions by pulling large sums from plan sponsor bank accounts then dividing and routing funds for individuals and transacting securities on their behalf to fulfill their retirement goals. ### Software Architect @ S5 Stratos Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Dallas, TX Championed the development of a retail assortment planning tool, empowering retail buyers with insights into historical sales trends and enabling strategic planning for future seasons. Led effort to replace early-stage startup infrastructure that bottle-necked the core real-time analytical workloads when new larger (by orders of magnitude) prospective client dataset size requirements were considered. Data-store technology was swapped, application logic was overhauled, and core workloads were performance tuned with 100x speed improvements. Reported directly to the CEO and played a critical role in managing, hiring, and co-leading a small team of engineers. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Opera Mediaworks Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Dallas/Fort Worth Area Led the design and implementation of the foundational structure and essential features for a new customer-facing single-page SAAS portal. Spearheaded critical decisions on technology, idioms, conventions, project structure, asset build pipeline, automated testing, and other key aspects, ensuring robust and forward-looking solutions. ### Software Engineer @ Opera Mediaworks Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Dallas, TX Contributed to the development of the messaging backend supporting native applications on iOS, Android, and various mobile platforms from inception through launch. Additionally, initiated a substantial overhaul of the customer-facing SAAS portal. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Neiman Marcus Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Irving, TX Played pivotal roles in significant and enduring projects critical to the customer-facing website and internal tools. Specialized in driving modernization initiatives, leveraging cutting-edge web technologies for strategic enhancements. ### Software Engineer @ Neiman Marcus Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Irving, TX Collaborated with a diverse ecosystem of internal stakeholders and external teams to meet expectations during all phases of the software development lifecycle. Led efforts improving and maintaining the customer facing, billion dollar+ annual revenue e-commerce website. ## Education ### Bachelors Degree in Information Systems The University of Texas at Arlington ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/john-griffing - GitHub: https://github.com/Griffingj --- Source: https://flows.cv/johngriffing JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/johngriffing/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22