Glen Stampoultzis
About Glen Stampoultzis
Glen Stampoultzis is a Lead Developer at Envato, where he has worked since 2013. He has extensive experience in software development, having held positions at various companies in Australia and the United States.
Work at Envato
Glen Stampoultzis has been working at Envato as a Lead Developer since 2013. During his tenure, he has contributed to various projects that enhance the platform's functionality and user experience. He implemented a collaborative recommendation system and introduced multiple content types to Envato Elements. Additionally, he created an autosuggest system using web sockets and played a key role in migrating discovery services to AWS. His work also includes tuning search relevancy and converting legacy search systems to Elasticsearch, significantly expanding the search faceting system.
Previous Employment History
Before joining Envato, Glen Stampoultzis held several positions in various companies. He worked at Ansett as a Software Developer from 1998 to 2001 and briefly at Telstra in 1997. He spent a year at Avalon Software Services in Austin, Texas, from 2003 to 2004. His experience also includes working at Sensis for eight years from 2005 to 2013 and at Dws for three years from 1994 to 1997. He had short stints at Internet Business Systems Australia and Object Consulting in 2003, and at Prima in Poland for two months.
Education and Expertise
Glen Stampoultzis studied at RMIT University, where he earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Science from 1990 to 1993. His educational background laid the foundation for his career in software development. He has expertise in various technologies, including Ruby, Elasticsearch, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Elixir, Hadoop, AWS, Puppet, and Heroku. This diverse skill set supports his work in developing complex systems and improving search functionalities at Envato.
Technical Contributions
At Envato, Glen Stampoultzis has made significant technical contributions that have improved the platform's infrastructure and user experience. He developed an OAuth API Gateway to unify the search system and gained operational management experience by supporting the infrastructure he helped build. His work on tuning search relevancy and measuring the effects of relevancy changes has been crucial in enhancing the search capabilities of the platform. His involvement in migrating services to AWS reflects his commitment to modernizing the company's technology stack.