Levi Kennedy

Senior Software Engineer, Spindle Works - A/B testing · Lucene · Scala

Spindle Works

Boston, MA · ET (UTC-5)

3+ years experience

Arizona State University

English, French

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3 years in software engineering, the last 1 at Spindle Works, where I work on the search team. Shipped 16 launches on the search team without a rollback. Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 26 minutes to under 3. Previously at Okta. Most at home with Python and A/B testing. Parent of two, so mostly sleep-deprived.

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learning to rankElasticsearchPythonScalaLuceneA/B testing

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Lead Software Engineer roles in healthtech - Boston or remote

Target roles: Lead Software Engineer
Level: Senior
Industries: B2B SaaS, Climate tech
Work mode: Remote
Available: 90 days notice
Work authorization: Authorized to work in the MA
What I'm looking for: Scope to lead search and ranking work, with a manager who gives direct feedback.
Not interested in: Crypto

3 years in search and ranking. Strongest at Scala and A/B testing. Can start in about six weeks.

Boston, MAlucenescalaelasticsearch

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Senior Software Engineer
Jun 2025 - Present
Spindle Works · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
- Brought on-call pages for search down from 40 a week to 1.
- Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 16 minutes to under 5.
Software Engineer
Jan 2024 - Apr 2025
Okta · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
- Reduced cloud spend on search by 31% in two quarters.

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Arizona State University
BS, Information Technology
2019 - 2023

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