Travis Shields

As Director of Engineering at Vimeo, I lead transformational technical initiatives that modernize enterprise web platforms and build high-performing engineering teams. I specialize in platform architecture, marketing technology, experimentation frameworks, design systems, and AI-accelerated engineering that deliver measurable business impact.

At Vimeo, I led a major platform overhaul: migrating from a monolith PHP backend serving a static site to a standalone Next.js server with Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR). I modernized the frontend from Page Router to App Router and converted the codebase to a monorepo with GitHub Actions CI/CD, achieving 50% faster iteration cycles and enabling independent deployments. I established a unified experimentation framework with Eppo, empowering teams to self-serve A/B tests. I sponsored the Chroma design system unifying Figma, Storybook, and Builder.io, and eliminated $150K in annual operational costs by migrating WordPress to Builder.io.

My leadership approach centers on developing technical leaders who own architecture and decision-making autonomously. I've mentored engineers to win Director's Cut awards for transformational work. I've also pioneered AI-accelerated development workflows using GitHub Copilot and Claude Code, boosting engineer velocity and paving the way for agentic coding initiatives.

With 10+ years of engineering experience, I previously led teams at WeWork, where I drove a 140% NPS increase through microservice architecture, and The Madison Square Garden Company, where I served as principal developer for Knicks.com and engineered Lambda@Edge optimizations that reduced page load times by 30%.

I'm committed to fostering cultures of ownership, excellence, and continuous innovation where engineers thrive and deliver extraordinary results.