Adam Rudolph

Senior Lead Software Engineer

Adam Rudolph

20+ years bridging business strategy and technical execution — architecture, platform modernization, and high-performing teams.

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About

Who I Am

Senior Engineering Leader with 20+ years of experience aligning technical roadmaps with corporate objectives. Proven track record of scaling high-performing teams, optimizing architecture, and driving multi-million dollar business growth.

Competencies

Core Skills

Architecture & Design

  • · System/application architecture
  • · REST & GraphQL design
  • · Distributed systems
  • · Data modeling

Technical Leadership

  • · Cross-functional collaboration
  • · Roadmap planning
  • · Executive communication
  • · Mentorship

Product & Delivery

  • · Agile/Scrum
  • · End-to-end product lifecycle
  • · Customer research
  • · Qualitative data analysis

Engineering

  • · GoLang
  • · React
  • · Java
  • · TypeScript
  • · SQL
  • · AWS
  • · CI/CD
  • · AI tools & workflows

Career

Experience

Independent

Solar Production Monitoring App — Designer & Developer

Dec 2025 – Present

Designed and built a full-stack solar production monitoring app from scratch as the sole developer — owning UX, architecture, data model, and code — using React, GoLang, and DynamoDB, with deployment to AWS in progress.

Capital One

Senior Lead Software Engineer

Feb 2022 – Present

Serve as architect and horizontal technical lead across multiple engineering teams — shaping roadmap with executive stakeholders, delivering enterprise-scale platforms, and driving SDLC process improvements adopted by 20+ teams — while mentoring 10+ engineers and pioneering AI-driven development workflows.

Lead Software Engineer

Feb 2016 – Feb 2022

Led technical direction across 4 engineering teams, owning critical money movement and authentication capabilities on the Small Business platform, and founded the organization's REST API coaching program to raise design and security standards across the engineering org.

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2012 – Feb 2016

Built full-stack web and mobile applications using Spring REST services and Angular, championed Scrum adoption, and created internal tooling for real-time deployment visibility — while mentoring engineers through onboarding and development plans.

ING Direct

Senior Test Analyst

Jan 2008 – Jan 2012

Led the design and rollout of an automated TDD testing strategy, established testing standards across multiple projects, and facilitated a weekly Testing Community of Practice to grow consistency and craft across the QA organization.

ACE Computer Experts

Co-owner & Consultant

Jan 2008 – Feb 2013

Founded and operated a regional technology services company — providing hardware repair, IT consulting, and e-commerce website development for small business clients, while managing all business operations including bookkeeping and tax filings.

W3i

Product Manager

2005 – 2007

Owned the full product lifecycle for an online advertising platform — managing roadmap and backlog, authoring competitive analysis and PRDs, and serving as the central bridge across Sales, Marketing, Media, and IT.

Account Executive

2004 – 2005

Drove all new business development for the company, managing multi-million dollar client accounts nationwide and designing the employee training program from scratch.

VoyageurWeb

Web Developer

2003 – 2004

Designed, built, and maintained custom web applications and PostgreSQL databases while supporting project planning and legacy system upkeep for a regional web development firm.

Education

Credentials

Certified Solutions Architect — Associate

Amazon Web Services

B.A., Business Computer Information Systems

St. Cloud State University

Community

Giving Back

Program Advisory Board & Project Lead, Tech Pro Bono

Capital One

Site Lead, Coders Program

Capital One

Treasurer & Board Member

Airstream Park of MN

Big Brother

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Contact

Let's Talk

Open to senior engineering, product management, project management and leadership opportunities. Reach out by email or connect on LinkedIn.