Graham Swan

Staff Software Engineer at vidIQ

Columbia, Missouri, United States

About

I enjoy building software and systems that makes people's lives better. I like to solve gnarly, high-impact engineering problems by collaborating with others and documenting lessons learned along the way.

Experience

  • vidIQ (11 yrs 4 mos)
    • Staff Software Engineer
      Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs

      Joined as an early engineering hire and helped build a suite of web and mobile products that empower millions of video creators with custom insights and publishing tools. Along the way, I've had the privilege of setting technical direction, advocating for modern engineering practices, leading projects, hiring talented people, mentoring teammates, automating release processes, and integrating AI tools to improve velocity.

    • Lead Software Engineer
      Feb 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Engineering Manager
      Sep 2020 - Feb 2021 · 6 mos

  • Software Consultant at Greycroft
    Apr 2013 - Jan 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Worked with a design firm to build a new site to showcase the company's people and investments. Also built a job board advertising roles at partner companies.

  • Software Consultant at Inovia Capital
    Nov 2012 - Jan 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Worked with a design firm to build a new site to showcase the company's people and investments.

  • Software Engineer at Disso|ve
    May 2013 - Aug 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Joined as the first engineering hire and helped build an e-commerce website for selling stock video. Also built the company blog, a beta site for licensing music, and an in-house application for processing video metadata. I decided to depart after a year and a half to move abroad with my wife.

  • Software Engineer (personal startup) at Minesweeper Flags
    Oct 2011 - Apr 2012 · 7 mos

    Helped build a minesweeper game for Android that handled networked games through a Rails API. After 13,000 players, 69,000 games played, and 3.6 million moves logged, our team of 2 graduated from university and each went our own way.