Seasoned software engineer and team leader with a robust background in developing engaging applications with enhanced user experiences. Passionate about integrating new technologies and achieving top product quality. Outside of work, I engage in painting, photography and listening to audiobooks.

Karl Boghossian

Hands-On Sr. Engineering Manager at Runway.

Previously: Staff Engineer at Flowspace | Sr. Staff Engineer & Manager at Booster | Founder of Ledger Manager | Co-Founder of Tooride | Engineering at Zynga.

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Skills

Management

  • Engineering team leadership & growth (hiring, mentoring, performance management)

  • Product-driven execution & delivery management

  • Cross-functional collaboration (product, design, research, sales, GTM)

  • Technical strategy & architecture decision-making

  • Coaching senior engineers and emerging leaders

  • Roadmap planning, prioritization, and trade-off management

  • Creating healthy team culture, feedback loops, and psychological safety

  • Translating ambiguity into clear goals, metrics, and execution plans

Frontend / Client

  • Architectural System Designs

  • iOS

  • Swift

  • SwiftUI

  • iOS CoreData / CloudKit

  • JavaScript

  • ReactJS

  • Android (Java / Kotlin)

  • React-Native

Backend / Server

  • Architectural System Designs

  • Node.js

  • JavaScript / TypeScript

  • Ruby / Rails

  • NoSQL (MongoDB)

  • MySQL (Postgres)

Other / Third-Party Services

  • Payments: Stripe, Braintree, PayPal

  • Mail: Mailchimp, Mandrill, Mailgun

  • SMS: Twilio

  • Amazon Web Services: Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail

  • Customer Support: Intercom

  • Analytics: Segment, Amplitude

  • Monitoring: Sentry, Datadog

  • NFC (near field communication)

  • Agile: Jira, Asana, Clubhouse, Todoist

  • Resource Sharing: Confluence, Notion

Prior Experience

  • C/C++ (6 Years)

  • C# (2 Years)

  • Objective-C (3 Years)

  • OS X (1 Year)

  • Cocos2d-X (3 Years)

  • Parse Platform

  • HTML5

  • CSS3

  • SEO

  • HLSL

  • XNA (Xbox360)

  • ActionScript 3 (Flash)

  • XML

  • XSLT

  • Direct Draw

  • GDI+

  • Image Processing

  • OpenGL

  • Ray Trace

  • DirectX

  • Experienced in DirectX Vertex and Pixel Shaders.

Education

MS, Computer Science, DigiPen Institute of Technology, USA. Graduated with Honors.
BS, Real-Time Interactive Simulation (Game Programming), DigiPen Institute of Technology. Graduated with Honors.

Patents

Patent P1212US1: Leveraging Optional Game Features to Remove In-Game Assets from a Virtual Economy U.S. Patent No. 8,821,263.

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