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I'm a Full Stack Software Engineer with 9+ years of professional experience. While most of my experience has been in Ruby on Rails and Javascript, I've also shipped production-level projects in many other languages including Elixir, C#, Java, Python, and more! A few projects that I'm most proud of include: - Built a live feed that streamed 10,000+ Cryptocurrency prices per second to trading algorithms. - Created an open-source Ruby gem to perform technical analysis on stock price data sets. - Improve the performance and response time of monolithic Rails projects by 80%+ using edge caching. While it's not technically a project, I'm also proud of my experience in mentoring junior engineers. Hobbies and interests - Golf - Cars/motorsports - Dogs (I'm a fur father to a 4-year-old, rescued Catahoula mix)

Seasoned code wrangler with over a decade in Ruby on Rails and a past life as a social worker and policy researcher. I've got a knack for translating geek speak for humans and wrangling stakeholder needs into delighted users and maintainable code. Looking to land in a place where code meets impact. Full stack developer that has spent over a decade in the Ruby/Rails ecosystem. I lean ops to backend, but I can get in there and wrangle JS components and CSS if need be. I often wear at least a little bit of a product manager hat, have been a team lead on large projects, and I even try to remember to write documentation and technical briefs. I'm longwinded in slack, shy in person, didactic and friendly in code reviews, and occasionally down a rabbithole. Loves: Wrangling weird bugs and annoying APIs, refactoring, clear code (for the humans) and good tests (for the robots), figuring out the best places to deliver maximum impact and shipping quickly, teaching myself new things, compassionate communication and collaboration with multiple stockholders, making weird things happen in the CI pipeline Special superpowers: T-shaped generalist that still geeks out on learning new things, sniffing out something that isn't a problem yet but definitely will be (and I don't mean premature optimization), care a lot about readable code. Worked as a social worker for a decade, there's more soft skills than people might think in getting software out the door. Not so loves: JS in general, jerks, arrogance, watching junior developers not get the support they need and thinking it is their fault, refreshing staging for an hour wondering why my debugger isn't getting hit. -- Have worked in startups at all stages of their life cycle as both an introverted grumpy solo developer and team leader, helped make product decisions, mentored other developers, deleted prod a few times, etc. I chafe a bit at schedules, but occasionally I'll figure out a big that would have been a big problem in the future at 3am and just fix it. Love fixing those things. I can meeting during normal human hours though. -- Open to short and long term contracts and FTE for the right fit. Prefer chill flat organizations where everyone likes and respects each other and just gets stuff done. I've shipped features faster at those organizations than any that were focused on relentless hustle. -- Tell me why you believe in your tech and I'll tell you about one of my weird side projects like a Led Zeppelin button or a confessional that floats in the air. -- Have PhD level statistics classes buried in my brain somewhere, know my way around python and some data analysis, have built ETL pipelines - if it has to be done, I'll try to figure out a way to get it done. And the longer you hang around this world, you realize the most important programming language is being able to talk to people in kind and useful ways. -- Senior enough to know that sometimes it's the code you don't write that solves the problem ;) Junior enough to still get excited every time I make LEDs blink with magic words.

As an accomplished senior Full Stack developer with 9 years of mastery in Ruby on Rails and Single Page Application (SPA) development using React, Vue.

Hello! I’ve been a professional Software Engineer for 10+ years and started working with Rails in 2014. I have a lot of experience working for early stage startups and wearing many hats. Most recently, as the first full-time employee and VP of Engineering, I was instrumental in the growth of a startup to over $10M ARR in 5 years with an engineering team of two. This led to an acquisition where I served as the point of contact for the technical due diligence process. I’m detail-oriented and value pragmatism, communication, and simplicity. I’m currently open to part-time and full-time consulting opportunities. How I can help (a non-inclusive list): Feature development Architecture review & planning Performance monitoring & improvements Technical interviews & evaluation Ruby on Rails & Database performance Code review Code refactoring with recorded Loom videos to show why Please reach out if you’re interested in working together!

I help Rails developers build web-powered iOS and Android apps with Hotwire Native. Hotwire Native enables teams to build high-fidelity hybrid apps by rendering HTML inside of native navigation. It means your team can reuse mobile web views across platforms. Create your views once, in Ruby + HTML, and render them on mobile web and in the iOS app. And when you need even more fine-grained control, you can drop down to native UIKit and Swift UI to build fully native views. This flexibility lets you produce large apps with small teams. Achieve baseline HTML coverage for free. Upgrade to native views as needed. Here's how I can help: Bridge the gap between your Rails app and iOS by implementing the necessary Ruby and Swift + Kotlin code. Level up your team's Hotwire Native + Hotwire skills with pair programming and workshops. Offer advisory guidance on best practices in the hybrid space from my 5+ years building Hotwire Native apps. I'm also the solo-founder of RailsDevs, the site you're using right now.

TLDR- I know Rails, let’s build together. I understand that the most important part of any project is getting it in front of users. I am the ultimate buy one get one free; a true full stack developer with years of experience working with Rails and React. Let’s leverage my skill set to get your idea from in your head to on the web. Skills Great knowledge of Ruby. Experienced Next/React user. Sidekiq expert. Domain Modeling. CSS (SCSS, StyleComponents, Tailwind, Bootstrap, Whatever is clever). API’s and Integrations are my jam. I am very familiar with the JavaScript ecosystem including modern React and the current rise of hypermedia on, over, or around the wire. From LiveView in Phoenix, to Hotwire and HTMX, I’ve hosted projects in each. Legacy Code I have experience working with large media organizations that managed many forms of media from digital to printed magazine. Magazine systems are archaic, and very brittle. I refactored America’s Test Kitchen’s subscription service, allowing for greater resilience and capture. I am currently working for an enterprise grade e-commerce platform. We leverage Rails (Sidekiq) and process ~100M jobs a day.

A passionate software engineer with the growth mindset of an entrepreneur. I have experience building web applications with well-known frameworks, including Ruby on Rails. I've been lucky enough to build integrations with many third-party API's including: Stripe, Zendesk, Facebook, Airbnb, Expedia, MailChimp, PayPal, Twilio, Segment, Twitter, Booking.com, Securities and Exchange Commission, and more. I have a high bias for action and like to move quickly and iterate. I'm a patient communicator and introvert. I'm a hacker at heart and like finding creative ways to push business to the next level.

I have been developing for the web since 2007 and with Ruby on Rails since 2012. I am skilled in backend development as well as server-side rendered HTML. I have worked on a variety of projects from small scale to large legacy for a variety of different clients and employers. I have worked for startups, corporations and non-profits. I have experience working as part of team using agile methodologies, as well as working as a solo developer directly with clients. I am passionate about continuing my own education as a developer as well as helping others learn. I was the organizer of the Ruby meetup in Ann Arbor for over five years. I have also spoken at numerous conferences and user groups.

With over 16 years of professional Ruby on Rails experience and leadership at companies like Shopify, Apple, Intuit, as well as successful startups, I bring extensive knowledge, with a reputation for delivering high quality code and value to the teams I am a part of. I've led teams on large-scale systems and have a proven track record of successful cross-organizational collaboration. My focus has always been on creating sustainable growth, both for the systems I work on and for the teams I lead. My leadership approach is deeply rooted in empathy and shared code ownership. I continuously strive for code quality and maintainability, while always balancing the business outcomes. I'm very comfortable with: - MiniTest & Rspec - Haml 🤗 - Hotwire - Stimulus - Turbo - Bootstrap - TailwindCSS & Tailwind UI - View Component - Caching - Queuing - Mentoring - AWS - PostgreSQL I believe in the monolith. <3

From the moment I wrote my first lines of code, I was drawn to the power of solving real-world problems through technology. Over the past 9+ years, I’ve honed my expertise in Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Python, Go, and React, building scalable, high-performance applications across FinTech, SaaS, and Healthcare industries. My passion lies in crafting robust backend systems, secure APIs, and seamless front-end experiences, all while optimizing for performance and maintainability. One of my proudest achievements was leading the migration of a monolithic Rails application to a microservices-based architecture using Go, Node.js, and GraphQL. By carefully refactoring services, implementing event-driven patterns with Kafka, and optimizing database queries, we cut response times by 60% and improved system reliability. This experience reinforced my belief that understanding the trade-offs of different technologies is key to building resilient applications. Beyond writing code, I thrive on mentoring engineers, leading technical discussions, and driving best practices in CI/CD, cloud-native development (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform), and DevOps automation. I love tackling complex authentication challenges (OAuth, JWT, SAML) and designing secure, scalable APIs that empower businesses to move faster. At my core, I’m an engineer who bridges the gap between backend, frontend, and infrastructure—someone who doesn’t just build software but also optimizes it, secures it, and scales it. Whether it's refactoring legacy Rails applications, designing real-time systems with WebSockets, or deploying Go-based microservices, I bring a holistic, problem-solving mindset to every project.