Summary
Brian Carroll is a Principal Engineer with 12 years of experience turning product ideas into reliable, cost-effective software — from high-level strategy to hands-on implementation. Based in Dublin, he has led architecture and feature delivery at NoRedInk, driven a 10x database shrinkage as a Staff Engineer, and represented engineering teams at industry conferences. His background spans startups and enterprise clients as a consultant and former CTO, where he built scalable cloud infrastructure, automated deployments, and product roadmaps that aligned engineering with business outcomes. Comfortable communicating across technical and non-technical stakeholders, he excels at bringing clarity and focus to teams migrating legacy systems and reducing operational cost. He pairs an engineering foundation in electronic systems with an INSEAD MBA, offering both deep technical craftsmanship and commercial judgement. An understated strength is his pattern of shipping practical migration tools and storage optimizations that unlock measurable savings and ease long-term maintenance.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, General Management, Entrepreneurship, MBA, General Management, Entrepreneurship at INSEAD
BEng, Electronic Engineering, BEng, Electronic Engineering at University College Dublin
ME, Electronic Engineering, ME, Electronic Engineering at University of Limerick
English, French, German, Spanish