Andrew Richardson
About Andrew Richardson
Andrew Richardson is a Senior Lead Software Engineer at Asurion with extensive experience in software development and engineering roles.
Title: Senior Lead Software Engineer
Andrew Richardson holds the position of Senior Lead Software Engineer at Asurion. His tenure began in 2023 and he works out of the company's Nashville, Tennessee office in the United States. In his role, he has made significant contributions to the company’s software engineering projects and leadership.
Company: Asurion
Andrew Richardson is currently employed by Asurion, based in Nashville, Tennessee. This marks his second tenure at the company, having previously worked as a Software Engineer from 2020 to 2021. His extensive experience at Asurion underscores his expertise and value in the field of software engineering.
Career Background and Previous Experience
Andrew Richardson has an extensive career in software engineering, having worked for several notable companies. Before rejoining Asurion in 2023, he worked at Tanium as a Software Engineer in 2022 for 11 months. Prior to Tanium, he was a Frontend Software Engineer at Postscript from 2021 to 2022. Andrew also held a crucial role at Asurion from 2020 to 2021 as a Software Engineer. Earlier in his career, he gained practical experience as a Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon in Austin, Texas in 2019 for 3 months.
Education and Expertise
Andrew Richardson earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from The University of Alabama in Huntsville. His academic foundation laid the groundwork for a robust career in software engineering. Throughout his professional journey, he has tackled numerous complex projects, contributing innovative solutions that led to significant improvements in process efficiency and team productivity.
Key Projects and Achievements
Andrew Richardson has led and contributed to several impactful projects during his career. He developed a dynamic, templatized ingest process that generated over 5000 new marketing pages, significantly improving SEO scores and customer traffic. He also played a crucial role in reducing Digital Gateway's security risk by eliminating over 500 vulnerabilities in just one quarter. Additionally, Andrew rewrote the entire build and CI/CD process, cutting build time by 50% and enabling up to 8 on-demand deployments daily. He also developed an automated feature experiment and A/B testing service, enhancing fast and confident iterations. As a team lead, he successfully reduced the team’s cycle time from over 4 days to 2 days within six months, leading to the promotion of two team members.