Russ Winters
Lead Software Engineer and Platform Architect designing, building, and maintaining scalable, durable systems.
I work across architecture, implementation, and technical leadership to build systems that teams can operate, extend, and maintain without constant friction.
I stay engaged with modern engineering practices, including cloud-native platforms, frontend and backend frameworks, and AI-assisted development workflows that enhance quality, accelerate implementation and reduce operational overhead.
I work best in environments that value steady execution, clear thinking, and shared ownership.
Résumé
LinkedInModern Engineering Workflow
AI has become a practical part of modern software engineering workflows. I use it throughout implementation, debugging, review, and documentation to reduce repetitive work, accelerate delivery and enhance quality.
The value is not the tooling itself, but understanding where automation helps, where engineering judgment still matters, and how both fit into reliable long-term delivery practices.
Featured Work
Coca-Cola Remix Experience
Delivered a high-visibility consumer engagement platform for the World of Coca-Cola "The Studios" exhibit that enabled kiosk-generated media experiences to be uploaded, stored, and retrieved through branded shareable links.
Holiday Vacations
Modernized legacy travel booking platform into a headless, service-oriented architecture enabling scalable self-service reservations and increasing online bookings by 150%.
Platform Health Dashboard
Implemented a lightweight observability layer to monitor and surface platform health across over 60 distributed Drupal applications, reducing site-level diagnostics from hours to minutes and enabling proactive upgrade planning.
Coca-Cola SmartLabel
Designed and built a full-stack archival platform combining a serverless AWS data pipeline with a React-based browser interface to capture, store, and explore SmartLabel product history.