Kristopher Merolla
Engineering Manager at cotality
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorKristopher Merolla is a Senior Software Engineering Manager based in San Jose with nearly a decade of experience leading fintech and SaaS engineering teams to modernize platforms and deliver measurable business outcomes. He has a track record of scaling teams, driving large platform initiatives, improving system performance and reliability, and delivering a full portal redesign in six months. A servant leader, he emphasizes execution rooted in strong engineering fundamentals while mentoring engineers to reach their potential. Kristopher blends hands-on product impact with strategic thinking—recently completing Stanford’s AI Professional Program and building Obexis, an AI safety copilot that adds guardrails and compliance for enterprise LLM usage. His background in physics and early roles across technical services and financial data operations give him a practical, data-driven approach to complex problems. He thrives at the intersection of product, reliability, and responsible AI adoption.
9 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
11reputation
170reached
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Github Skills (5)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kristopher-merolla/HOW-TO
Jun 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:18 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
kristopher-merolla/personalPortfolio
Sep 2017 - Mar 2020
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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