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Scott Kennedy

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Engineering Lead at Replit
📍 San Jose, California, United States

Scott Kennedy is the VP of Engineering at Replit, aiming to make programming joyful and accessible. He previously spent over a decade at Google, where he led Engineering Productivity for Search, focusing on core infrastructure and tooling. He earned his BSc from the University of Calgary.

Originally from Canada, Scott now lives in California with his wife, two children, and two dogs. He is a proponent of writing as a way to improve thinking and occasionally shares his thoughts on his personal blog.

He joined Replit because he believes modern software development has lost the joy of bringing ideas to life, a feeling he wants to help more people discover.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Engineering Lead
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Jose, California, United States
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Accessible Coding
His primary mission at Replit is to empower the next billion software creators by making programming simpler and more intuitive for everyone.
Engineering Productivity
He spent more than ten years at Google leading teams focused on improving tooling and productivity for engineers working on Google Search.
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Career

Work history

1-2022
Engineering Lead
Replit
10-2018 - 1-2022
Senior Engineering Manager
Google
4-2016 - 10-2018
Staff Software Engineer
Google
10-2013 - 4-2016
Senior Software Engineer in Test
Google
5-2011 - 10-2013
Software Engineer In Test
Google
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Media appearances

Scott Kennedy – Replit Blog Author. Featured in Replit Blog
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The Self-Driving Company. Featured in Replit Blog
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Education
2002 - 2007
BSc
University of Calgary
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