Experience

Muck Rack

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Remote



Roadside Software & Adventures

• Canada
• Software Development

• Python Engineer 🐍 and Outdoor Guide ⛺️

  • Apr 2017 - Present

  Canmore, Canada I've brought together the two things I love, tech and the outdoors. I provide software engineering services alongside my work as an outdoor tour guide in Western Canada and the Canadian Rockies. It's an interesting story that I'd love to share if you're curious.



PyCascades

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Co-Organizer

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  I helped build a regional Python conference in the Pacific Northwest. Our mission is to strengthen the local community and create a safe and welcoming space for anyone interested in Python. We are moving between locations in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon.



Uplight

• United States
• Software Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • Jun 2020 - Sep 2021

  Remote



Dataquest.io

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Backend Engineer

  • Mar 2018 - Apr 2020

  Remote I've supported the Engineering team through several operational challenges with the platform and helped defining the roadmap for improving the code running system and API services. I provided technical guidance, mentorship and the development of guidelines to the engineering team.



White Mountain Adventures

• Canada
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Guide

  • Dec 2018 - Sep 2019

  Canmore, Alberta, Canada


ALTA EXPEDITION CANADA INC
• Canada
• Hiking Guide

  • Apr 2017 - Aug 2019


Eventbase

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior 🐍 Engineer

  • Nov 2016 - Jul 2017

  Vancouver, Canada Area Building Python microservices with asyncio through API-driven development. Containerizing all the things in development and production using Docker 🐳. Enjoying the amazing selection of in-office ☕️ and 🍺.



Mobify

• Pakistan
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Backend Engineer

  • Jan 2015 - Oct 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Area Wrangling the 🐍 in various projects across the organization. Maintaining and improving legacy code bases. Developing infrastructure guidelines and tooling for Docker-based services 🐳. Establishing new services in a microservice infrastructure and integrating it with older services. Building service prototypes for the future of mobile shopping.



Snowball One

• Australia

• Full-Stack Django Developer

  • Mar 2012 - Oct 2014

  Melbourne, Australia Developing medium and large-scale Django-based e-Commerce solutions. Extending and maintaining the django-oscar ecosystem (open source). Providing and integrating RESTful APIs, payment gateways and other services. Enhancing the web experience using client-side technologies. Managing and orchestrating complex server infrastructure.

• Software & Web Development

  • Jun 2010 - Dec 2013

  Überlingen, Germany Developing web applications and software mainly in Python. Creating a multi-platform experience for a diverse clientel. Ensuring easy maintainance and robustness through agile development.



Deutsche Börse

• Germany
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Python Developer

  • Jun 2010 - Jan 2011

  http://deutsche-boerse.com Maintaining & extending an existing test software framework for a financial trading system. Re-designing parts of the system with focus on maintainability & performance. Development of Python modules for network transmission protocols. Implementing & maintaining C/C++ extensions wrapped with boost.python. Extending & improving framework documentation with Sphinx. Developing a user-friendly graphical application for easy log file analysis.



University of Koblenz-Landau

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2009 - Jun 2010

  Researching rescue and service applications in the field of robotics. Managing several development projects with robotic objectives. Developing further a large-scale robot application in C++ & Qt4 on Linux. Implementing various research tools in C++ & Python. Developing an open source library for image quality measures.



ReportBuyer.com

• Software Developer

  • Jul 2007 - May 2009

  London, United Kingdom Planning & designing a content management software. Developing the application in Python and Qt4 on Linux. Integrating interaction with a company-wide database in MySQL. Deploying the application for multi-platform use (Windows, Mac, Linux). Designing & implementing automatic categorisation based on statistics.

• Student Assistant

  • Dec 2005 - Aug 2006

  Prototyping for a university-wide web content management system based on Zope/Plone. Developing prototypes and tools in Python. Designing & realising themes and templates in HTML & CSS.

• Technical Chief Designer

  • Oct 2005 - Jun 2006

  Developing further a modular software architecture in C++. Integrating robot hardware and logic into the software. Adapting the software to competition-specific requirements. Participating at the competition RoboCup RescueLeague 2006, Bremen (Germany).

• Technical Chief Designer & Lead Developer

  • Jun 2005 - Dec 2005

  Designing a concept for a multimedia CD-Rom about life & living in Koblenz. Planing & designing a Flash-based adaptive multimedia application. Developing the software in ActionScript with XML data basis. Deploying a content management system for data maintenance in PHP with XML. Releasing a master CD-Rom for publication at all local universities. Cooperation project between the University and the City of Koblenz.