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Dean Shelton

Seattle,Washington

Summary

Management professional with a strong technical background and a proven track record in driving cross-functional teams. Achievements include recapturing untapped revenue, increasing conversion rates, and expanding market reach to millions of new customers. Focused on customer-centric strategies that deliver measurable results and foster growth.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Staff Engineer

Daylight.xyz
02.2025 - 09.2025
  • Designed and built P&L system for blockchain services.
  • Developed cost estimates and project specifications for proposals.
  • Participated in formal internal design reviews of proposed products and components.
  • Documented and developed engineering procedures and processes.

Sr. Engineering Manager

MoonPay
08.2023 - 02.2025
  • Managed two remote teams of software engineers, improving web3 authentication production.
  • Achieved a 40% reduction in complaints. Increased successful transactions from 30% to 98%.
  • Hackathon winner and Innovator award (twice).

VP of Engineering

Nifty's (exited to MoonPay)
04.2021 - 11.2023
  • Managed multiple teams of remote engineers, built an NFT trading platform, and collaborated with major brands.
  • Achieved a revenue of over $5 million in a single day.

Director Of Engineering

Dragonchain
01.2018 - 03.2020
  • Managed a team to build a distributed cloud-based blockchain network.
  • Created and managed Kubernetes infrastructure, backend, and frontend for a micro-service ecosystem.
  • Launched an open source project in collaboration with leadership upon exit.

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft
10.2017 - 01.2018
  • Worked at The Walt Disney Company, supporting technical teams in integrating Disney services across various platforms.

Education

Bachelor's - Communications

Madison University
01.2007

Skills

  • JavaScript and TypeScript
  • Python programming
  • Terraform infrastructure
  • Nextjs development
  • React framework
  • Git version control
  • Go programming
  • Bash scripting

Summary

Experienced engineering professional skilled in technical leadership, cloud infrastructure management, and architecting solutions. Proficient in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Terraform, Next.js, React, Git, GoLang, and Bash. Seeking an IC role to leverage expertise in driving innovation and delivering impactful solutions.

Career Highlights

  • Built an asset trading platform, generating >$5mil in revenue.
  • 99.9% uptime on thousands of production compute instances.
  • Technical lead on successful acquisition/exit of a startup to an established financial player.
  • Owned the transformation of email templating systems at The Walt Disney Company leading to 400x reduction in lead time for localization changes.

Timeline

Staff Engineer

Daylight.xyz
02.2025 - 09.2025

Sr. Engineering Manager

MoonPay
08.2023 - 02.2025

VP of Engineering

Nifty's (exited to MoonPay)
04.2021 - 11.2023

Director Of Engineering

Dragonchain
01.2018 - 03.2020

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft
10.2017 - 01.2018

Bachelor's - Communications

Madison University

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