Keith Kurson
Engineering Manager & Developer Relations Leader

Led Developer Relations engineering and Glitch platform integration post-acquisition. Managed cross-functional teams while maintaining hands-on technical leadership in developer experience and API tooling.

• Successfully led Glitch engineering team through acquisition, achieving 100% retention rate with team members becoming leaders across Fastly after 3+ years
• Built Fiddle, a browser-based developer experience tool for building and testing WASM applications on Fastly's platform, improving developer onboarding and adoption
• Created comprehensive fastly-CLI tooling and SDKs for WASM deployment to edge computing systems, simplifying the developer workflow
• Worked with the WASM team to push forward Javascript SDKs and developer documentation with a focus on compability with javascript engines like V8 and Deno
• Managed relationships across product, research, and engineering teams to define developer platform roadmap and API strategy for Fastly and Glitch
• Optimized department-wide cloud infrastructure, identifying and eliminating over $3M in unnecessary AWS expenses while improving performance

Managed team of up to 7 engineers building Glitch's core developer platform. Led daily code reviews, architectural decisions, and product strategy for tools used by 5+ million developers worldwide.

• Managed and scaled engineering team from 3 to 7 engineers, conducting daily code reviews and maintaining high engineering standards
• Led product strategy and execution for developer-facing APIs, SDKs, and documentation that powered 3M+ applications
• Created inclusive hiring practices and mentorship programs that developed junior engineers into technical leaders
• Collaborated with product and design teams to ship features that grew user base by 35% year-over-year
• Built and maintained open-source starter kits and templates with coordination from upstream framework maintainers
• Architected complete rebuild of Glitch's web IDE, improving performance while maintaining backward compatibility with all existing projects
• Established clear interfaces and processes for shipping features that spanned multiple teams and technical stacks

Led engineering team of 22 rebuilding healthcare.gov and modernizing government digital services. Balanced technical leadership with product management responsibilities in ambiguous, high-stakes environment.

• Led team of 22 engineers rebuilding healthcare.gov's frontend, creating modern React-based architecture used by millions of Americans
• Wore multiple hats including product management and technical architecture in highly ambiguous government environment
• Designed API architecture and developer interfaces that improved system reliability during peak enrollment periods
• Built 'decision engine' that optimized user flow through complex application process with a tree of 1,000+ rules
• Established engineering culture focused on user experience and accessibility within government constraints
• Created comprehensive technical documentation that streamlined future Nava security audits and FedRAMP compliance

Embedded engineering leader within NYC government, leading cross-functional team to modernize city services. Built reusable technical frameworks adopted by multiple city agencies.

• Led cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and researchers to modernize NYC social services
• Developed API patterns and technical frameworks later adopted by 7 NYC agencies
• Built developer tools and documentation that helped non-profits launch digital services in partnership with the city
• Introduced agile methodologies and modern development practices within city government
• Created data analysis tools that transformed complex poverty data into actionable policy recommendations for the Center for Economic Opportunity

Founded and scaled virtual pet platform from zero to one as a teenager. Built full-stack application serving thousands of users for 20 years while managing distributed team. It's still running today!

• Built startup from zero to million-dollar company, demonstrating entrepreneurial and product leadership
• Managed distributed team of 10-30 people worldwide while developing leadership skills from early age
• Architected and maintained full technical stack handling 3M+ daily interactions with 99.8% uptime
• Developed early API integrations and payment processing systems that enabled scaling to 50,000+ paying users