Amy Palamountain

Maker of Software · Builder of Teams · Type 2 Fun Advocate

Hi, I'm Amy

I love to create useful software, scale systems, and grow organizations so they can make even more useful things. I bring ideas into reality via big-picture pragmatism, teamwork, empathy, grit, and being pretty good at computers.

I'm a babe in the backcountry. A skier, backpacker, hiker, runner, and below-average mountain biker. Waking up outside? That's living.

Amy Palamountain

How can I help?

Something's stuck, something's stalled, or you just need someone good in the room. Here's how that usually goes.

Fractional Leadership

You need someone to actually lead, not advise from a safe distance.

VP or Director-level, a few days a week or full-time for a stretch, in the room making the calls.

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Phone a Friend

You need someone who will give you honest & clear advice.

One honest hour on your specific problem, or a standing arrangement where I'm around to support you for the harder calls, over a multi-month engagement.

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Put Me in Coach

I still write code, and I genuinely do not care whether I lead or build.

If what you need is someone who can sit down and build the thing, not just talk about the thing, I'm in. TL or IC, whichever gets it shipped.

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Career TL;DR

  • SandboxAQ2025 – 2026VP Engineering & OperationsLeading Engineering, R&D, TPM, and Customer Success.
  • Fastly2018 – 2025Senior Director of Engineering - ComputeTook WASM at the Edge from prototype to a platform spanning Compute, Storage Products, Observability Products, & Dev Rel.
  • GitHub2013 – 2018Staff Software Engineer·Senior Engineering ManagerEngineer on GitHub Desktop, then GitHub.com's Core Apps team, then managed teams across data platform, semantic code, core systems & internal developer experience.
  • GreenButton / Microsoft Azure2012 – 2013Senior Software EngineerA High Performance Compute platform that was acquired & integrated into Microsoft Azure.

Other things I've built

avyapi.com

A normalized API aggregating historical avalanche forecasts from 49 avalanche centers across 494 zones worldwide, for avalanche education and snow-safety research.

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Missions

A digital fieldbook for backcountry skiers, splitboarders, and ski tourers to log trips and spot risk patterns across seasons.