Summary
Derek Schultz is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience building cloud-native platforms across SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and recent Functions-as-a-Service work. He has held senior roles including Principal Member of Technical Staff at Oracle and Principal Software Engineer – Backend at PrizePicks, and led engineering for The NFT League. His career uniquely spans low-level hardware work with single-board computers and Linux administration through to platform integrations and serverless architecture, allowing him to bridge hardware and cloud concerns when designing systems. Based in Chandler, Arizona, he pairs a relentless curiosity for new technologies with disciplined, creative pursuits like Muay-Thai, music production and data science.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Systems Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering at Arizona State University