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Rachel Thompson
Engineering Manager
Engineering manager with four years leading teams of six to fourteen engineers, after eight years as a developer. I build teams that ship steadily and people who want to stay.
Experience
Engineering Manager, Fieldwise 2021–now
Field-service software, 400 customers.
- Lead two teams (14 engineers) owning scheduling and the mobile app.
- Hired eight engineers and promoted three; no regretted departures in two years.
- Moved the teams to weekly releases from monthly, with fewer incidents.
Senior Software Engineer, then Tech Lead, Pixelbridge 2015–2020
- Led a team of six building the customer portal used by 50,000 people.
- Mentored five engineers, two of whom became tech leads.
Education
BS, Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin 2012
Skills
- Leadership: Hiring, Coaching, Performance reviews, Roadmapping
- Delivery: Agile, Incident management, Release planning
- Technical: TypeScript, Java, AWS, System design