- CTO2010 - PRESENTLeeward Bound Corp
- Worked on dozens of projects in the digital advertising space for over the past 8 years.
- Designed and implemented high-volume, high-availability analytics engines.
- Built tools of all shapes and sizes for acquisition, attribution and analytics to help optimize marketing efforts for large and small teams.
- Implemented API integrations with Facebook, AdWords, and more.
Technologies: Python, Django, Ruby, Rails, PHP, Redis, HBase, Elasticsearch - Contract2016 - 2016Flagship Marketing
- Designed and implemented automatic server provisioning and health management utility.
- Created a system for orchestrating the creation of thousands of Docker containers across hundreds of VMs in 10 data-centers worldwide.
- Collected and ingested over 100,000 datapoints per minute to analyze system health and identify problems.
- Engineered self-testing docker containers that autonomously monitor and heal themselves.
- Built a real-time RESTful API for all statistics and management features.
Technologies: Python, Django, React, EC2, DigitalOcean, Docker - Lead Developer + Architect2015 - 2015TrafficHaus
- Designed a new ad server handling a real load of 1 billion impressions per day (peaking at 20,000 impressions/second).
- Reduced server costs by over 80% (from >$30k/mo).
- Team building and leadership of a mismanaged development team increased developer output by over 2.5x.
- Increased transparency and communication between development and upper management.
- Developed a new automated movie download bot that scrapes over 100GB of video content per day.
Technologies: PHP, Redis, MySQL - CTO, Technical Founder2014 - 2015Rebar Secure CRM
- Created a load balancing billing gateway for recurring payments.
- Optimized merchant account utilization based on cohorts and projected rebill rates.
- Scaled a team up to 5 developers and 2 support staff members.
- Developed a secure PCI-compliant credit card warehouse for storing sensitive data.
- Designed, prototyped and implemented both the front-end and back-end services.
Technologies: Python, Django - CTO2011 - 2012BeVo Media Affiliate Tracking Platform
- Managed and motivated engineering team in developing ad tracking solutions.
- Designed and implemented a Facebook Ads uploader before the official API supported it.
- Automated testing of creative variations and tracking of stats across platforms.
- Developed user attribution model and advanced analytic segmentation.
Technologies: PHP, MySQL - Lead Engineer2009 - 2011Ads4Dough Affiliate Network
- Developed auto-scaling landing page redundancy solutions for high volume media buys.
- Assisting partners with tracking pixels and software integrations.
- Developing frameworks for optimizing conversion rates across ad campaigns.
Technologies: PHP, Python, Amazon EC2 (beta) - Software Developer Engineer (Intern)2008 - 2009Microsoft
- Designed, developed, and implemented an offline-mode Windows product key authorization service for developing nations.
Technologies: C#, ASP.Net, MS SQL
Lee Edward Bailey
San Diego, CA, United States
Member since December 27, 2015
Lee is a full-stack DevOps architect who loves solving problems once-and-for-all. He enjoys writing tests, automating large-scale deployments, creating new libraries and frameworks, and walks on the beach. He's a natural leader and mentor. Lee is also great at building teams.
Lee is now available for hire
Portfolio
- Leeward Bound CorpPython, Django, Ruby, Rails, PHP, Redis, HBase, Elasticsearch
- Flagship MarketingPython, Django, React, EC2, DigitalOcean, Docker
- TrafficHausPHP, Redis, MySQL
Experience
- Linux, 12 years
- JavaScript, 12 years
- Django, 6 years
- Python, 6 years
- Distributed Programming, 4 years
- AngularJS, 1 year
- Docker Compose, 1 year
- React, 1 year
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Unix, Git, Vim
The most amazing...
...project I've built is a real-time bidding software that displays 1BN ad units per day (12k/s) and helps optimize profitable segments.
Employment
Experience
- GlobeTrotter (Development)
This provides real-time analytics for high volume advertising campaigns; it optimizes media buys for thousands of segments and datapoints, instantly detects outliers and problems hidden in big traffic influxes.
Skills
- LanguagesPython, JavaScript, SQL, PHP, Ruby
- FrameworksDjango, Flask, Ruby on Rails (RoR), AngularJS, Redux
- Libraries/APIsFabric, Facebook Ads API, AdWords API, React
- ToolsGitLab, GitHub, Docker Compose, Adobe Photoshop, Git, SaltStack, JSX, Webpack
- ParadigmsDistributed Programming, DRY
- PlatformsLinux, Mac OS, Docker, Android
- StorageMySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, NoSQL
- OtherAnalytics, Big Data, Attribution Modeling
