About

Adam Blank is a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix with over 12 years of relevant experience in the industry. He is a proficient coder, and his expertise spans across different programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, React, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Docker, Kubernetes, GraphQL, and AWS. Adam is passionate about building software that is easy to read, test, and deploy. He enjoys working with end-users, stakeholders, and fellow developers to create enterprise software, web services, CLI tools, and desktop apps. At Netflix, Adam is the Engineering informed captain for Netflix Studios, where he is responsible for building new tools and services to manage Netflix content spend and enable content production at scale. He works cross-functionally with product, design, and business partners and has led a working group of peers to define engineering strategy bets within the studio. Before joining Netflix, Adam worked at Amazon as a Software Engineer, where he designed and implemented key parts of the new service architecture for a new end-user computing product for AWS. He also worked at ThousandEyes as a Lead Software Engineer, where he was responsible for essential components of the ThousandEyes platform infrastructure, including the design, implementation, and maintenance of data processing pipelines, evaluation, and notification systems. Adam holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and has also studied Computer Science at Penn State University. His technical skills include Software Engineering, AWS, test, Kubernetes, Docker, Javascript, Elastic Search, Kafka, Web, Python, Java, and infra. Adam is a personable, easy-going, and professional individual who enjoys working with others and delivering quality software solutions.