Summary
Charles Kreps is a senior software engineer and founder with over a decade of experience designing scalable, full-stack systems for high-frequency/low-latency environments across ML, e-commerce, finance, and ad-tech. He specializes in building scalable pipelines and distributed architectures, from Scala back-ends with Kafka and FS2 to modern front-ends and Kubernetes-driven deployments. As founder of Blurmix and co-founder of Eluciv Knowledge (a YC-awarded startup), he combines technical depth with product intuition and startup discipline. He has led platform engineering at Rewards Network and previously built live ad decisioning at Disney Streaming, delivering systems that scale to tens of millions of viewers. Based in New York, he mentors teams, shapes SDLC and release processes, and translates complex requirements into reliable, auditable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
University of Pittsburgh