# Sean Deneen

> Senior Software Engineer at TripAdvisor

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/seandeneen

I have a strong background in web development and enjoy creating products with a large audience

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Tripadvisor
Jan 2022 – Present

### Software Engineer II @ Tripadvisor
Jan 2019 – Jan 2025 | Needham, MA
Became the tech lead of a team dedicated to the enhancement of the mini-site within TripAdvisor that allows hotel owners to manage their listing and paid products on TripAdvisor.

Working through the process of redesigning a bunch of old web pages to improve the owner experience and use newer technologies that will make the site more maintainable.

Engaging in high level design thinking to determine how to best organize our business logic and data into microservices.

Mentored a summer engineering intern and had regular one-on-one meetings to evaluate progress.

### Software Engineer @ Tripadvisor
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Needham, MA
Helped to build a hotel ads product that is worth millions of dollars a year, including the design and implementation of a funnel tracking infrastructure to enable analysis of ad delivery.

Worked heavily with microservices, PostgreSQL, React, Java, and automated testing frameworks.

Regularly needed to read through legacy code in a monolithic repo in order to gradually migrate to newer technology for various projects, including the redesign of the site's main photoviewer.

Acted as a mentor for new full time engineering hires.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Wayfair
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Boston MA
Created a new tool to monitor relationships with suppliers (PHP, SQL, MVC, JavaScript, HTML, CSS)

Modified previously existing web tool to facilitate loading product information to databases (PHP, SQL, MVC Framework)

Modified previously existing Windows application to upload manufacturer logos (VB.NET and PHP)

### Co-Founder @ Street Smart Cycling
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Medford, MA
Developed a wireless brake light and turn signal system for bicycles with a group of Tufts students.

Used Arduino with an accelerometer to detect braking.

### Web Developer and Designer @ Vialcom
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Santiago, Chile
Created a web site in Spanish to be used by the company to store records of every client along with the work that Vialcom performed during each visit
Received all instructions and communicated with all co-workers solely in Spanish


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Tufts University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016

### Avon High School
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sean-deneen-2a03614a

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Last updated: 2026-03-22