
Software Engineer
Greater Seattle Area

Software Engineer
Greater Seattle Area
Highly scalable web applications
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)
I am the sole employee at my company. I am an experienced software developer and web designer, skilled in XHTML/CSS/AJAX, Python/Django, MySQL/Postgres administration, Linux administration, and many more areas.
(Computer Software industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
(Computer Software industry)
June 2008 — April 2009 (11 months)
- Designed, developed, and maintained highly-scalable, highly-available infrastructure for Foodista.com
- Designed, developed, and maintained Foodista.com using a variety of open-source tools and commercial services.
Foodista is a web-based cooking encyclopedia aimed at creating an online repository of culinary knowledge including recipes, information on foods and tools, and instructions on cooking or preparation techniques. Using Amazon Web Services and a combination of open-source and internally developed tools, I created a highly-available, highly-scalable web application with a multitude of advanced features. User-facing features include social integration with Flickr and Twitter, revision history, specialized recipe parsers, amongst many others. Internally, there are many advanced technologies which provide real-time data on user interaction, allow for post-processing of created content, and provide data APIs for internal services.
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
reading, writing, blogging, politics, science, physics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, human behavior, computers, internet, software, development, linux, apple, soccer, fishing