R. Spencer Fink

• Owned product strategy, technical execution, and delivery for two major product areas, partnering with design and product from discovery through launch. Transitioned execution to junior engineers while continuing to lead product strategy and architecture.

• Led a cross-functional team of 4 engineers, 2 designers, and 1 product manager, setting priorities, developing talent, and driving high-quality execution.

• Redesigned the software engineering interview process to better assess product judgment, engineering excellence, and collaborative problem-solving, improving hiring signal and consistency.

• Instituted comprehensive production reliability practices, including stronger observability, incident-response processes, release safeguards, and operational ownership, to improve system resilience and delivery confidence.

• Provided hands-on technical leadership by setting architectural direction, unblocking complex work, and raising the bar for engineering quality across the team.

Rights Manager

• Project Go Dark

  Led the development of a compliance framework that enabled instant content blocking and muting across all media usage within the Meta family of apps. This solution ensured regulatory compliance and protected the company from potential violations of music licensing agreements, with no latency impact for end users.

• Matching Algorithm Improvements

  Spearheaded direction of next-generation media matching algorithms and performed integration into copyright protection tooling, an upgrade that enhanced media detection and cut annual hardware costs by over $10M.

• Music Metadata Clustering

  Designed a system to resolve ownership conflicts, deduplicate database records, and streamline complex data models for efficient management in the music ownership space.

Horizon Creator Economy

• Creator Incentives Bonus Programs

  Designed, developed, and deployed two data-driven bonus programs that incentivized creators to build immersive worlds, driving mobile user engagement and increasing in-world purchases through monetary incentives for top creators.

• UI Shop

  Designed and developed a fully customizable in-game UI shop, streamlining in-game purchases and empowering both internal game designers and third-party creators with robust tools for creating and managing virtual storefronts.

• Played a key role in the full web design and development lifecycle, by providing design input and executing development, hosting, troubleshooting and maintenance.

• Aid in the development and maintenance of server-side tools powered by Node.JS and Express

• Employed Amazon Web Services for static site hosting using S3, EC2, CloudFront, and Route53

• Improved workflow by leveraging continuous integration and deployment with AWS CodePipeline and TravisCI

• Collaborated with graphic designers, UI/UX designers, CGI Artists, and client-facing project managers.

• Founded and managed a boutique photography and cinematography business, overseeing client acquisition, project execution, marketing, and financial operations.

• Delivered premium real estate visuals through professional shoots and advanced post-production editing using Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, and Illustrator.

• Built strong client relationships, driving repeat business and referrals through exceptional service and quality.