bx install social_worker ruby_dev empathy_packscanning experience...suitable for senior, staff, co-founderbx rake min:tech_debt max:social_impact max:dev_happinesscompiling skills...formatting resume...Since 2020, I've engaged in various consulting projects as a solo developer or by working with an existing team. My work has spanned a diverse range of clients, from government transparency initiatives to behavioral health startups. I've launched MVPs of startup ideas, to created mentorship curricula for junior developers, and done a lot of work scaling and upgrading existing Rails applications, as well as the usual plumbing.
Whether it's fine-tuning live video functionality for HIPAA compliance or strategically caching data to boost system reliability, my consulting work has always been about finding smart, scalable solutions that deliver real impact.
I particularly enjoy working with teams to improve their processes and tools, engaging in high-level architecture planning, or diving into short, sharply focused improvements that need to be made.
I am currently open to short-term work, with a preference for weekly or monthly engagements. Rates for transparency, but open to chat and/or discuss a project bid. Discounts available for long-term commitments, non-profits, and open-source projects.
refactoring, performance improvements, ops wrangling and integrations, building out CI/CD pipelines, splitting off a service, automation/chat-ops
MSW - Washington University in St. Louis
B.A. Sociology - Macalester College
Doctoral Level Work in Policy Analysis and Statistics
Hard Knocks
This list is useful, maybe, for you, but is mostly here for the robots because no one really reads resumes these days...
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