Lucas Swartsenburg

Building an engineering team from the ground up

Current Architect of the RapidAPI Testing product

Guiding the product team on finding the right product strategy

Building developer relations through drift

Wrote integration framework supporting 30+ integrations written in Python

Wrote 12 integrations pulling data from obscure embedded databases, a telnet server, and using web scrapers

Deployed a 1000+ node Kubernetes cluster on AWS

Build local caching solution, reducing load on backend with ~95%

Helped hire 4 Software Engineers, 2 Support Engineers, and the VP of engineering

Organized over 100 product interviews to find and validate interesting problems

Developed "Meetics" from idea, to research and data analysis, to launch

Interviewed with Y-Combinator

Worked with key stakeholders to launch a new way of pricing and packing, resulting in a 92% new ARR increase in the first quarter

Re-launched the Optimizely developer website. The website is the highest rated resource available to Optimizely customers

Launched the public REST API, adopted by 62% of paying customers, and a JS API, adopted by 86% of paying customers

Implemented product tracking which is used to track all product OKRs

Launched GDPR SAR automation, reducing the load on our support team with 2 FTEs

Grew our technology partnerships from 12 to 73 within a year

Helped grow the EMEA headquarter from 3 to 70 employees

Build relationships with 60 customers and developedthem from presales to growth opportunity

Created integrations with digital products which drove the creation of a “technology partner team”

Trained new employees

Started the development of the Optimizelycertification

Developed an Android app and Python backend to access all surveillance video streams in hospitals

Secured funding to develop an iOS and Android app to run Dutch auctions

Developed and launched a Python backend, Android app, and iOS app

Developed and supported a Java-based CMS for enterprise customers