Remote Mentoring with Eric Saunders, Engineering Manager
Eric Saunders is an Engineering Manager at the Stellar Development Foundation, a blockchain non-profit that focuses on improving equitable access to the global financial system. He has degrees in Computer Science and Physics, and a PhD in Astrophysics, and has been writing code since 2000. Previously, Eric was Director of Engineering at Las Cumbres Observatory, a non-profit, professional astronomical observatory.
 
 
Areas of Expertise
  • Leading software teams
  • Agile development
  • Best practices in software engineering
  • Open source development
  • Software engineer hiring
  • Personal information security
  • Project management
  • Running remote engineering teams
  • Python and Go programming
  • Software start-up challenges
  • Software deployment, operations and scaling
  • Algorithms for optimisation
  • Blockchain
  • Astronomy

 

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