Ryan Friedman

Product Engineer · Fort Collins, CO · Remote

20 years spanning every software IC role—developer, tech lead, architect, PM—and back to architect. I start things and I finish things.

40%
Faster development
test frameworks
50%
Faster queries
PostgreSQL migration
33%
Faster delivery
telemetry focus
20yrs
Experience
full stack

Technical Skills

Web Stack: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Supabase, Vercel

Data: PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Grafana

Cloud & Infra: AWS, Azure, gRPC, service architectures

Test & Measurement: LabVIEW, TestStand

Tools: Claude Code, Git, GitHub

Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering University of Texas at Austin

Work Style Fully remote 4+ years · Self-directed · High ownership

Experience

Senior Software Architect

NI (Emerson Test & Measurement)

Aug 2025 – Present

Deliberate return to hands-on technical work to deepen architecture skills

  • Defining architecture patterns and guiding teams on platform decisions
  • Hands-on coding 60-80% of time

Principal Product Manager — InstrumentStudio

NI (Emerson Test & Measurement)

Jan 2022 – Aug 2025
  • Shipped NI's first desktop gRPC ecosystem after 2 years stuck in concept—delivered in 1 year with multi-language support
  • Defined and launched InstrumentStudio Professional Edition from scratch
  • Delivered live keynote to 500+ attendees; created sales training driving revenue growth
  • 33% faster feature delivery through telemetry-driven prioritization across 5 teams

Principal Product Manager — SystemLink

NI

Jul 2019 – Jan 2022
  • Shipped Parametric Data Viewer in one quarter—became most customer-loved feature
  • Replaced legacy dashboards with Grafana, contributing to multi-million dollar account win
  • 50% faster queries via PostgreSQL migration, unlocking real-time terabyte analysis

Senior Software Architect — Test Development Services

NI

Jul 2012 – Jun 2019
  • Rescued 3-year stalled project—shipped to all NI manufacturing in 1 year, zero downtime
  • Framework validates billions of dollars in hardware across NI operations
  • Designed test abstraction library saving hundreds of hours of engineering time
  • 80% faster software changeover via automated imaging tool

Staff Software Engineer & Project Manager

NI — Vision Acquisitions

Jan 2006 – Jul 2012
  • Developed image acquisition kernel and drivers for framegrabbers and smart cameras
  • Shipped 8 driver releases as project manager, balancing quality and schedule
  • Built test framework achieving 50% more reproducibility in hardware validation