Summary
Randy Wigginton is a seasoned reliability engineer with a knack for making diverse tech stacks work—any language, any system—while driving down risk. He specializes in scaling, performance optimization, and building resilient architectures, with a hands-on approach that spans multiple operating systems. As Senior Reliability Engineer at Block (Square), he focuses on improving system reliability and boosting engineering productivity, leveraging prior platform infrastructure leadership at Square and Google's SRE practices. His career traces back to Apple, where he was among the first programmers and contributed to Applesoft, Disk ][, and MacWrite, before taking on leadership roles at Quigo, eBay, PayPal, Chegg, and other high-scale environments. He thrives on tackling seemingly impossible problems and delivering auditable, scalable solutions across startups and large enterprises. Based in Naples, Florida, he combines deep architectural insight with practical execution across cutting-edge technologies.
12 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer