Eric Jorgensen

CTO

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States21 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led a 30+ engineer organization at GitHub.
Expert in React and Rails tech stack.
Strong focus on mentoring and team growth.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS engineering leader with extensive experience in team management and product delivery.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipPlanning

Other Skills

Director levelCross-functional CollaborationsEngineering ManagementReactRailsWordPressHTMLCSSPHPJavaScriptWeb DevelopmentPhotoshopIllustratorGitMySQL

About

As a Director of Software Engineering at GitHub, I lead a 30+ engineer organization responsible for delivering high-value features in Projects and Issues in a React / Rails tech stack. I collaborate closely with Product leadership to plan the team's roadmap and ensure alignment with business goals. I also mentor and grow both managers and engineers, fostering a culture of moving quickly with purpose and ambition. In my previous role as Staff Engineering Manager at GitHub, I led engineering teams working on GitHub Projects and Marketplace, shipping value to customers and coaching full-stack software engineers. Prior to that, I was the Director of Product Engineering at Wirecutter, where I oversaw 15+ engineers across three distributed teams working on various user-facing parts of the product.

Experience

21 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Github

2 roles

Director of Software Engineering

Promoted

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Leads the engineering org responsible for GitHub Projects and Discussions
Delivers high value features to customers while also serving as good stewards of a React / Rails tech stack
Drives continuous growth and improvement in the org
Collaborates with Product and Design leadership to drive the team's roadmap
Mentors and grows the management and engineering teams

Director levelEngineering LeadershipCross-functional CollaborationsPlanningEngineering Management

Staff Engineering Manager

Jun 2022 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

Leads engineering teams working on GitHub Projects and Marketplace
Collaborates closely with Product and Design to ship value to customers
Coaches, mentors, and helps full-stack (Rails + React) software engineers grow in their careers
Serves on the incident commander rotation

Wirecutter

3 roles

Director of Product Engineering

Promoted

Oct 2019 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Responsible for 15+ engineers across three distributed engineering teams working in a React, GraphQL, and node.js web stack on Wirecutter’s Reader Journey, Growth, and Experience missions
Accountable for technical decision-making and culture within Product Engineering
Led DEI-informed hiring and staffing efforts across all teams
Collaborated with other cross-functional directors and managers on roadmaps, department culture, vision, and large projects (examples include: creating a hiring process that allowed us to hire engineers quickly and meet DEI-goals, developing an on-call system to support internal users and downtime incidents, and standardizing and improving engineering documentation around how we work, our tech stack, etc.).

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Aug 2019 – Sep 2019 · 1 mo

Top-level accountability for technical architecture and approach decisions made within product engineering
Top-level accountability over the process and expectations for documenting architectural decisions and ownership over the process and expectations of their integration into our workflows
Accountability for our technical project roadmap and product engineering application maintenance
Leading other Engineering Managers with coaching, mentoring, and engineering management best practices

Engineering Manager

May 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Led a team of back-end, full-stack, and front-end engineers working on the Wirecutter's content-management system
Responsible for hiring and talent retention
Collaborated with product and project management teams to ensure that we build the right software in the right way
Worked on project scoping, estimating, and planning

Mirum agency

Director of Front End Development

Mar 2016 – May 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed a team of 7-9 front end developers
Architected technical solutions with junior developers
Worked with account and project management teams to help estimate and scope projects
Hired full-time and contract developers
Pitched new work to clients and potential clients

Electric pulp

Developer

Dec 2013 – Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Served as developer on enterprise-level WordPress and Laravel projects using PHP, MySQL, Javascript, HTML5, and CSS3
Built custom back-end functionality in web applications
Worked with project managers and directly with clients to scope and estimate projects, address technical feedback, and provide training
Collaborated with designers and project managers on project UI/UX

Westwerk design

Lead Developer

Jan 2013 – Dec 2013 · 11 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Served as lead developer on medium-sized to enterprise-level WordPress projects using PHP,
Javascript, HTML5, and CSS3
Worked with project managers and directly with clients to scope out and estimate projects, address
technical feedback, and provide training
Drafted client-facing company documents (technical brief, maintenance brief, etc.)
Wrote copy and worked on branding/strategy for Westwerk and external clients
Collaborated with designers on project UI/UX

Jms hockey llc

Marketing Director/Brand Manager, Designer, Web Developer

Aug 2012 – Dec 2017 · 5 yrs 4 mos

Wrote front-end and back-end code in web application built in the Symfony2 framework
Designed marketing material and advertising
Designed new logo and brand system
Oversaw marketing efforts