Location: US
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: No
FT?: Open to FTE for right opportunity, very open to contracts, especially if they can fluctuate between PT/FT, or are contract to hire.
Technologies: Ruby, Rails, Ops (heroku/aws/ansible/docker), CI/CD, testing, API design, integrations/plumbing.
Some: Python, Elm, IoT stuff, machine learning Love: architecture, mentoring, useful and absurd experimentation
Email: hello_from_hn@ericstiens.dev
Website: https://ericstiens.dev
Resume: https://cloud.wonderluxhouse.xyz/f/fd98d4cbdc104e3d8151/
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Senior/Staff full-stack dev (lean more towards devops->backend than backend->frontend, but I can still sling some React components together and reduce your JS payload size). Technical Lead.
I excel at figuring out how to solve problems at all levels of abstraction (including what level of abstraction you should use), getting a solution in place, and then figuring out the feedback loops to iterate on that solution. Sometimes the most impactful code is the code you don't write.
I've been programming on the web since 1995, had a first career as a social worker and policy statistician, and have worked full-time as a coder for almost a decade now at all stages of startup as well as done solo consulting.
Especially enjoy API and system design, integrating with crappy systems, user research, and really weird bugs. Make a decent PM in a pinch, but would prefer you have great PMs. Enjoy mentoring and light mgr/people stuff.
Will give you more looks if you can tell me why what you are doing makes the world better, but you've got to really believe it.