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I am currently employed at Govstream.ai, making permits less terrifying. Housing continues to be a major problem in my country and onerous permits are part of the problem. We are looking for engineers who care about making a positive societal difference. We use AI tools but are looking for any civic impact minded individual with technical aptitude. Get in touch g@thisdomain.

If you are active in climate, sustainability, low/no-carbon energy, or education equity spheres charity/nonprofit and could use an engineer's volunteer time, please get in touch. g@ this domain. I'm based in Seattle.

My last gig was a ~9.5 year stint at Socrata (now owned by Tyler Technologies), as a Principal Engineer. It's an AWS/Rails/React/Postgresql/Docker shop. Previously worked on Windows (DevEx) and Live Labs @ Microsoft.

I have a CS degree from Rice University, Houston TX.

If you prefer social media, here's my LinkedIn.

I'm a generalist - a partial list of things I have at least moderate competency in (starred items indicate core skills):

I hold a current mental health first aid certificate. Get yours too?