Amin Ariana

Recruited as Distinguished Engineer to assess and architect Siteimprove's technology modernization, conducting business and technical discovery across a two-decade legacy platform. Uncovered 40% operational overspend; defined and delivered the modernization plan, reducing OpEx 10% in year one.

Promoted to Senior Director of Platform Engineering within 10 months on demonstrated impact; assumed leadership of globally distributed platform engineering across US and European centers. Established clear ownership boundaries across seven platform domains, enabling Agentic AI in production and positioning the company for Rule of 40 growth.

Tapped by the Founder CEO to architect Brex Empower, designing the core primitives (transactions, expenses, budgets, policies) that made enterprise-grade fintech possible in six months. As founding tech lead and product platform manager, defined the platform's scope across 6 departments, building the foundation that landed DoorDash as Brex's first Enterprise customer during $1B to $12.3B valuation growth.

Post-launch, led migration of 40 engineering teams' SMB-built services onto the enterprise platform; defined the engineering roadmap for each team's adoption, lifting companywide velocity 20%.

Co-founded and owned all software engineering at Gate Labs, designing and building an IoT platform spanning real-time video, access control, and mobile; coordinated across hardware, firmware, and electronics co-founders to bring a patented Wi-Fi camera-lock to market. Forbes: "World's Most Sophisticated Lock."