About Me
Melissa Benua has worked in nearly every software development role—dev, test, DevOps, and program management—at companies big and small and somewhere in-between. She's created and run high availability, high-quality services for PlayFab, Bing, Cortana, Xbox One, and most recently for mParticle's enormous data platform.
Melissa discovered her love of massively-scaled systems while growing the Bing backend, where she honed the art of keeping highly-available complex systems up while undergoing significant code churn. An experienced group engineering leader, she's passionate not only about maximizing efficiency in her teams' product code and in their dev workflows, but about turning that into maximized value for her companies and their customers.
A frequent international speaker, Melissa loves to drive leadership and development best practices across the tech world at large!
Career Highlights
mParticle
Engineering Leader • Current
Leading teams building mParticle's enormous data platform with high availability and quality services.
PlayFab
Engineering Leader • Previous
Created and ran high availability, high-quality services for gaming infrastructure.
Microsoft
Various Engineering Roles • Previous
Worked on Bing, Cortana, and Xbox One, focusing on highly-available complex systems.
Expertise
Engineering Leadership
Building and leading high-performing engineering teams that deliver exceptional results.
Massively-Scaled Systems
Designing and maintaining high-availability, complex systems at scale.
DevOps Excellence
Implementing efficient development workflows and operational best practices.
Technical Speaking
Delivering engaging talks on engineering leadership and technical excellence.