Cole Turner
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCole Turner is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of professional experience who currently shapes API and UI developer experiences at Netflix, focusing on productivity platforms and non-member playback flows. He has a strong track record of shipping cross-functional product work—driving performance and stability improvements, designing self-service tooling, and leading experiments that boosted conversion and SEO. Previously a Staff Engineer at PayPal, he championed developer ergonomics, GraphQL infrastructure, and automation tooling, and his background spans startups to scale-ups including founding roles and full-stack product work. Known as a public mentor and speaker, Cole blends deep technical craft in distributed systems and front-end engineering with practical product instincts and a knack for turning developer pain points into scalable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
California State University, NorthridgeEagle Rock Jr./Sr. High
English, Spanish
Github Skills (180)
atom-editor10
testing10
svg-sprite10
markdown10
javascript10
react-component10
yaml10
html10
exports10
react-applications10
typescript10
java10
spring-boot10
slack-notifications10
mustache10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
coleturner/react-timespan
Jun 2017 - Jun 2019
Timeline component with gallery view and scrolling time plots.
Contributions:4 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years
reacttimelinescrollingtimeline-componentjavascript
coleturner/react-components
Jun 2017 - Jul 2020
React components and other various shortcuts that I frequently use.
Contributions:26 commits, 4 PRs, 22 pushes in 3 years 1 month
react-componentreact-components
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