Colin Fisher

CTO at Rivet Health · API platforms

Rivet Health

New York, NY · ET (UTC-5)

16+ years experience

Harvard University

English

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Overview

CTO at Rivet Health, focused on API platforms. Shipped 30 launches on the public API team without a rollback. Built the experimentation framework 9 product teams use to ship changes safely. Before that: Databricks and Airbnb. Most at home with Redis and Django. Board member at a local non-profit.

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RedisDjangoPostgreSQLOpenAPIrate limitingembedded LinuxREST

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Hiring a staff sre for the public API team - New York

Role: Staff sre
Level: Staff / Principal
Type: Full-time
Work mode: Hybrid
Compensation: $132k-$198k + equity
Team: Public API, 5 people
Start: As soon as possible
Must have: Production experience with Redis Production experience with rate limiting Comfort with ambiguity
Process: Two interviews and a paid trial day

Comp $181k-$309k. Three interviews over a week. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

New York, NYrestredispostgresql

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Co-founderLooking for a co-founder

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Looking for a go-to-market co-founder for procurement for nonprofits

The idea: Procurement for nonprofits
Stage: Customer interviews
I bring: 9 years in API platforms
Looking for: Commercial co-founder who has sold to enterprises
Commitment: Full-time after funding
Location: New York or remote

I bring 18 years of API platforms (currently Rivet Health). Ideally you've run operations in Europe. Full-time from day one.

New York, NYopenapidjangoembedded linux

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Experience

CTO
Jul 2022 - Present
Rivet Health · 4 yr 3 mo · Contract · New York, NY
- Reduced cloud spend on public API by 32% in two quarters.
- Shipped 9 launches on the public API team without a rollback.
Principal Engineer
Nov 2018 - Jul 2022
Databricks · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
- Sit on 5 boards.
Engineering Manager
Jun 2017 - Nov 2018
Airbnb · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
- Shipped 9 launches on the public API team without a rollback.
- Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 40 minutes to under 3.
Backend Engineer
Apr 2014 - May 2017
PepsiCo · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
- Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 28 minutes to under 4.
Senior Backend Engineer
Apr 2011 - Apr 2014
Stripe · 3 yr · Full-time · New York, NY
- Mentored 7 engineers through their first promotion.
- Built the experimentation framework 40 product teams use to ship changes safely.

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Harvard University
AB, Electrical Engineering
2004 - 2008

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