# Ross Larner

> Software Engineer at Quizlet

Location: Orinda, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rosslarner

Passionate engineer with experience leading teams building complex solutions to fun and interesting problems. Focused on lean customer-driven development.

Specialties: Education, social networking, games, media, construction, defense, and retail.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Quizlet
Jan 2018 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Helping students master whatever they are learning

### Engineering Manager @ Udemy
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led the Growth Engineering team at this education marketplace, helping to improve lives through learning.
- Managed a team of highly skilled engineers in a fast-paced
environment, successfully delivering high impact projects
while nurturing their growth and advancing their careers
- Colaborated with stakeholders, PM and designer to ensure
team focus on highest ROI projects
- Organized Hackathons as a member of “Culture Crew”

### Principal Engineer @ Udemy
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California
- Designed highly configurable and extensible rules and
targeting systems enabling customized pricing and user
experience throughout the platform
- Developed automated solution to enabe purchasing
150,000+ items on Android and iOS app stores
- Automated paid acquisition campaign performance system,
leading to 66% higher ROI

### Lead Engineer @ IMVU
Jan 2007 – Jan 2015
Developing software for 3D Avatar-based Entertainment company in PHP, JavaScript, Python, and MySQL using rapid releases and constant feedback loops. Responsible for increasing revenue via new products, promotions, payment methods, subscription programs, and optimized signup flow.
- Managed 7 engineers, achieving promotions for 2
- Improved build systems, increasing engineering velocity
- Doubled revenue in one year, achieving profitability
- Integrated mp3 and streaming music into core product
- Developed real-time matching platform, improving
activation

### Lead Developer @ The Home Depot Supply
Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 | San Diego, CA
Lead Engineer for the eBusiness group at HDSupply, the B2B arm of Home Depot. 
- Led Java development for eCommerce site with revenue in excess of $1 Billion
- Developed custom Java Spring application to integrate with external partner procurement systems
- Enhanced WebSphere Commerce with Java Web Services
- Connected supply chain to warehouse distribution system
using Java EAI
- Primary technical contact for business leaders and clients

### Manager of Database Engineering @ CalAmp
Jan 2005 – Jan 2006
Led development of B2B application in WebSphere for Home Depot.
- Created Enterprise Service Bus architecture in Java using Spring
- Created PL/SQL packages and database tables in Oracle
- Used JMS/XML to receive orders and transmit invoices
- Developed web pages for monitoring application using JSP
- Main point of contact for business leaders and external clients
- Fully automated process resulting lower support costs, faster order fulfillment

### Lead Database Engineer @ G2 Software Systems
Jan 2001 – Jan 2005
Led database development for three-tier solution for U.S. Army.
- Designed database architecture and auto-generated sql scripts and EJB code from data model
- Achieved 400% performance improvement using STATSPACK and SQL TRACE

### Chief Engineer @ One Media
Jan 2000 – Jan 2001
Led development of multimedia design magazine.
- Implemented content management system to allow editors to publish content to print, online, or mobile devices
- Developed subscriptions and greeting cards in Perl and Flash
- Fully responsible for website availability (24/7)

### Software Engineer @ Phoenix-Pop Productions
Jan 1999 – Jan 2000
Started as "Buildmeister", left company as Lead Engineer. Built software solutions for dot.com startups, including an education portal, and a multi-media magazine.
- Designed and implemented Java Servlets for B2B application
- Configured MySQL, Java, and Apache Web servers in Sun
Solaris environment
- Developed build scripts in Python and gnu make

### Control Systems Engineer @ Bechtel
Jan 1996 – Jan 1999
- Designed Oracle application for tracking movement of crude and refined petrol for Saudi Arabian oil refinery
- Completed Control Systems upgrade to Chilean copper concentrator
- Integrated AutoCAD loop drawings with dBase IV database


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and Mathematics
UC Santa Barbara

### Associates Degree in Mischief
Los Osos Jr. High


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-11