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Peter Cline

Philadelphia

Summary

Principal Software Engineer with vast experience building robust software solutions as a proven technical leader. Excellent communicator and collaborator, always intent on innovating and delivering. Intent on growing young engineering talent as a mentor and guide. Looking to continually learn and grow with an organization that wants to do likewise and have fun along the way.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Principal Engineer

Comcast
07.2015 - 07.2025
  • Architected distributed, cloud-native systems leveraging AWS compute and higher level services
  • Led teams delivering core business functionality
  • Presented architectural solutions to peers and management in technical forums and solicited feedback
  • Subject matter expert on observability with a focus on Open Telemetry and specifically distributed tracing
  • Mentored engineers and helped them grow in their careers and technical knowledge
  • Helped implement solutions by coding, performing reviews, identifying technical requirements
  • Defined architectural direction of team and its encompassing organization in collaboration with others
  • Designed service oriented architectures, workflow orchestrations, and serverless architectures
  • Designed and delivered presentations on technical topics to large audiences in company wide forums
  • Participated in cross-functional working groups
  • Wrote ADRs/TLDRs complete with C4 and other architectural diagrams

Senior Software Engineer

Comcast
07.2010 - 07.2015
  • Helped define technical solutions Independently tackled projects and exhibited ownership over systems or their constituent components
  • Performed code reviews and testing
  • Wrote technical documentation
  • Implemented oauth authentication workflows
  • Built RESTful APIS using Spring MVC
  • Facilitated app syndication, unlocking new revenue streams

Senior Software Engineer

New York Times Co
06.2000 - 07.2010
  • Implemented e-commerce solutions in Java that drove initial revenue streams on NYTimes.com
  • Participated in PCI audits
  • Built web applications and implemented user registration system for NYTimes.com
  • Lead team of engineers in designing and implementing solutions
  • Lead technology transitions from proprietary technologies to open source and industry standards.

Technology Teacher/Coordinator

New York City Board of Education
09.1997 - 06.2000
  • Taught mathematics and web site design to high school students
  • Coordinated and maintained technology resources for a high school
  • Work with teachers to incorporate technology into their curriculum
  • Wrote a successful grant to obtain equipment for the school


Education

Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science

New York University
New York, NY

Skills

  • Innovative design thinking
  • Expert problem solving
  • Strategic Decision-making
  • Distributed system design: resiliency, reliability, observability
  • Cloud computing technologies, specifically AWS
  • Agile development proficiency
  • Technical documentation writing
  • API design and implementation
  • Proficient in Java, including the reactive paradigm
  • Container orchestration expertise
  • OpenTelemetry expertise
  • Experienced in Python and Lua
  • Team mentoring

Accomplishments

  • Delivered paper at SCTE Expo
  • Engineering Lead for internal Comcast mentorship program
  • Contributed to Open Source projects
  • Received internal recognition for work on various projects

Languages

French
Limited Working
Ukrainian
Limited Working
Russian
Limited Working

Timeline

Sr. Principal Engineer

Comcast
07.2015 - 07.2025

Senior Software Engineer

Comcast
07.2010 - 07.2015

Senior Software Engineer

New York Times Co
06.2000 - 07.2010

Technology Teacher/Coordinator

New York City Board of Education
09.1997 - 06.2000

Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science

New York University

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