About

Megan Conlon is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with a diverse range of experience in the tech industry. With almost five years of relevant experience, Megan has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including her current company, tegus, and her past employer, Grubhub. At Grubhub, Megan served as a Software Engineer II, where she designed a GraphQL API that increased platform stability by reducing the size of requests by 15X. She also pioneered the use of AWS Lambda within the organization to automate the holiday restaurant-closure process, reducing process time from 48+ operational engineer hours to less than 1 hour. Megan identified substantial technical debt in legacy services and removed tens of thousands of lines of code, significantly reducing database usage and saving $14k in monthly AWS spending. Additionally, she facilitated Agile Ceremonies for a development team of six engineers, including Standup, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, and Retrospective. Prior to her role as a Software Engineer II, Megan served as a Software Engineer I at Grubhub, where she was responsible for restaurant platform services, including menu data and restaurant hours management. She implemented load tests using the Gatling framework in Scala and led the migration for enterprise partners to manage menu content at scale using Cassandra database and REST APIs to upload new menu updates, reducing processing delay from 26 hours to 2 minutes (99.9%). Megan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Dance from Northwestern University, where she completed her studies in 2018. She also holds a degree in French Studies from IFE. Megan's technical skills include expertise in AWS, microservices, Cassandra, backend development, Scala, and Java. Overall, Megan is an accomplished and dedicated software engineer with a proven track record of success in the industry. She is a valuable asset to any team and is always eager to take on new challenges and opportunities for growth.