bryan schwab
wget resume.pdflocation: Redwood City, CA
email: bryan@schwab.sh
Engineering leader with 25+ years of experience specializing in infrastructure, security, payments, and product development. Known for building high-performing teams and driving innovation through cross-functional collaboration.
Led product engineering across mobile and web platforms for consumer financial services and P2P payment features.
Reduced cloud costs by over 70% through data pipeline optimization. Built security monitoring infrastructure with fraud prevention capabilities.
Led infrastructure, security, and blockchain teams. Built blockchain infrastructure for Libra/Novi project. Established Rust Foundation contributions. Managed global teams across multiple offices.
Scaled payment platform APIs and SDKs for developers.
Led development teams through payments platform migration. Created studio-wide payments infrastructure supporting in-game currencies, bundles, and promotions.
Architected checkout and payments systems that enabled IPO.
Developed recurring billing backend and designed online store checkout. Integrated billing with third-party fulfillment APIs.
Led $50M billing migration project and PayPal recurring payment systems.
Refactored Hotbot search engine code for performance. Redesigned backend advertising system, contributing to tripling ad revenue.
Consulted with CNN and Warner Bros on performance optimization. Developed Apache and Netscape web server modules.
languages: Rust, Python, TypeScript, SQL
databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake
frameworks: React, Next.js, PyTorch, langchain
devops: Docker, Git, Jenkins, Agile/JIRA
artificial intelligence: LLM development, RAG systems, vector databases, embeddings, machine learning, fine-tuning
English (native), German (fluent)