# Eduardo Vargas

> Senior Engineering Manager at Cloudflare leading UI Platform teams.
> Specialises in frontend architecture, developer experience, and release infrastructure at scale.
> Based in Austin, TX. Available at hello@ticoatscale.com.

Eduardo Vargas is a UI engineering leader with 10+ years of experience spanning individual contributor, tech lead, and management roles. He builds the shared technical foundations—platform engineering, developer tooling, and release systems—that help product teams ship faster and more reliably. He is comfortable at any altitude: setting direction in an RFC, reviewing a PR, profiling a slow build, or pairing with a blocked team.

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## Current Role

**Sr. Engineering Manager, ETI — Cloudflare**
Apr 2026 – Present · Austin, TX
_(Previously: Engineering Manager, ETI · Jun 2025 – Apr 2026)_

Leads Cloudflare's UI Platform organisation, setting priorities for frontend architecture, developer experience, and releases across the dashboard product.

Delivered improvements across:
- **Frontend modernisation** — shared React foundations, cleaner module boundaries, improved routing and data-access patterns
- **Build tooling** — reduced TypeScript declaration build times; added checks to verify output consistency
- **Accessibility** — automated CI accessibility checks with clear ownership; VPAT audits; Accessibility Conformance Reports (ACRs)
- **CI / CD** — canary releases, production release controls, consistent asset versioning
- **AI localisation** — AI-assisted translation pipelines with language-specific rules, terminology safeguards, and human review stages
- **Regulated environments** — FedRAMP-compliant dashboard via infrastructure-as-code, deployment automation, and operational documentation

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## Career History

### Adobe — 6 years, 5 roles (2019–2025)

| Title | Period | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Manager | 2023–2025 | Austin, TX |
| Sr. Software Engineer, Adobe Analytics | 2022–2023 | Toronto, ON |
| Sr. Software Engineer, Adobe Analytics | 2021–2022 | Austin, TX |
| Lead Frontend Engineer, LiveSearch | 2020–2021 | Austin, TX |
| Software Engineer, Commerce Integrations | 2019–2020 | Austin, TX |

Grew from individual contributor to Engineering Manager across Commerce Integrations, LiveSearch, and Analytics product areas.

### Earlier Career

- **NCR Corporation** — Digital Strategist & Architect (2018–2019, Atlanta GA)
- **BlackRock** — Software Engineer (2018, San Francisco CA)
- **The Coca-Cola Company** — Digital Platforms Specialist & Analyst (2016–2017, Atlanta GA)

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## Capabilities

- UI Platform Engineering
- Frontend Architecture
- Developer Tooling
- Accessibility Systems
- Release Infrastructure
- AI-Assisted Workflows

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## Education

- **McKinsey & Company Leadership Academy** — Management Accelerator (2022)
- **Georgia Institute of Technology** — BS Computer Science, specialisation in AI and People (2015–2019)

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## Contact & Links

- **Website:** https://ticoatscale.com
- **Email:** hello@ticoatscale.com
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardovargast
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/Eduardo-Vargas
- **X / Twitter:** https://x.com/TicoAtScale

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## About This Site

Single-page portfolio built with React, Vite, and Tailwind CSS, deployed on Cloudflare Workers.