Vetted GitHub Professionals

“University Rover Competition autonomous-systems lead who architects and debugs a full ROS 2 autonomy stack (Nav2, vSLAM, EKF fusion) and backs it with strong engineering hygiene (Docker + GitHub Actions CI running headless Gazebo and colcon tests). Also has industry-facing ROS 2 hardware integration experience, building a ros2_control plugin for a Unitree G1 arm using CycloneDDS and optimizing real-time behavior via QoS tuning.”

“Frontend engineer experienced delivering React + TypeScript dashboards end-to-end, including real-time updates via WebSockets and scalable component architecture. Has improved inherited codebases by building shared component libraries and performance optimizations (lazy loading/memoization), reporting ~20% faster feature delivery, and ships major features with QA rigor and feature-flagged rollouts driven by analytics and user feedback.”

Tiffany Utvaer Gasser

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Mid-level Software Developer specializing in FinTech

Foster City, CA4y exp

“Software engineer with experience in a large financial institution, including ownership of an internal queue-based service and upgrades to an online credit dispute flow. Stands out for combining backend reliability work, stakeholder collaboration with bank operations staff, and a pragmatic focus on validation, monitoring, and developer experience.”

“Backend Python engineer who built core services for a telecom automation engine monitoring thousands of routers in real time and auto-generating support tickets. As the sole Intelygenz engineer on the project, they diagnosed a costly Terraform/GitLab CI/CD resource-leak issue in AWS and implemented a cleanup redesign that eliminated orphaned resources and reduced client cloud spend. Also shipped applied-AI ticket triage suggestions via API integration and built an end-to-end Gmail-to-ticket ingestion workflow.”

“DevOps/GCP-focused engineer with experience helping move complex/LLM-style prototypes toward production by clarifying requirements, hardening architecture, and driving OS-level test remediation to full pass rates. Debugs LLM/agentic workflow issues like distributed systems using GCP observability (Cloud Logging/Monitoring, GKE metrics) and implements alerting policies for proactive communication. Has delivered internal DevOps training from basics through end-to-end GCP infrastructure and deployment, improving engagement with real-world examples and analogies.”

“Backend engineer who built and evolved the real-time networking/messaging backend for a cross-platform professional networking app (Make Connexions), optimizing for low-latency delivery, privacy, and strong consistency. Experienced scaling Python/FastAPI APIs with async + Redis, and leading safe refactors via versioned endpoints, feature flags, and backward-compatible migrations; strong production auth/RLS expertise including refresh-token rotation edge cases.”

“Robotics software engineer with deep ROS2 experience who built a modular autonomous robotics stack (perception/sensor fusion, localization+mapping, and planning). Led development of a LiDAR+camera fusion and multi-object tracking pipeline (PCL + YOLO + Kalman filtering) and debugged real-time SLAM/localization issues via QoS/timestamp synchronization, EKF tuning, and SLAM Toolbox parameter optimization using Gazebo/RViz and rosbag replay.”

“Backend/data engineer who reports building production Python services (FastAPI + JWT) backed by Postgres and Redis, and modernizing data workflows using AWS Glue + PySpark with S3/RDS. States experience delivering AWS solutions (S3, SES, Cognito) and using golden datasets/snapshot testing for migration parity, with many details withheld due to NDAs. Seeking fully remote work with a $300k base salary expectation.”

“Backend-focused Python engineer who has owned production FastAPI services deployed on Kubernetes, including CI/CD (GitLab CI to ECR) and GitOps delivery via ArgoCD/Helm. Has hands-on experience with complex reliability and infrastructure work—solving data inconsistency with validation/partial-data paths, fixing K8s liveness issues via lazy loading, and supporting a phased cloud-to-on-prem migration with dual-writes and monitoring. Also built Kafka-based real-time ingestion consumers handling bursty, high-throughput traffic with async processing and topic/retention tuning.”

“Built a production AI-powered customer support Q&A system using an internal knowledge base to reduce repetitive ticket work and improve customer satisfaction, with an emphasis on source-backed answers and expert oversight. Also has experience defining deployment services in a microservices architecture and integrating large-scale APIs (including work connected to US HHS/COVID-19).”

“Cloud/ML engineer with production deployment experience on Azure (Dockerized models, managed APIs, data pipelines) who has repeatedly stabilized unreliable systems—e.g., taking an API-driven analytics pipeline from ~60% to 98% reliability and an Azure ML service from ~80% to 97% by addressing rate limits, container memory, and gateway timeouts. Also built an explainable contract-risk model for entertainment bookings (Transformers + SHAP) and integrated it into a legacy booking system via a Flask REST API, plus prior IoT work at Nissan processing CAN bus sensor streams for diagnostics/anomaly insights.”

“Growth/partnerships operator in the creator ecosystem who runs creator-led GTM launches and brand collaborations (not yet a traditional gaming studio partnership). Has executed a baby wellness program launch using Facebook/TikTok/Instagram plus live Zoom Q&As and co-branded partnerships, and designed outcome-based email re-engagement loops to improve repeat engagement; helped drive a campaign that led to a SEA creator award.”

“Full-stack developer with Manulife experience building and scaling a customer-facing digital wealth portfolio tracker and a complex React/TypeScript portfolio dashboard. Strong track record improving mobile UX and reliability with measurable impact (30% lower mobile bounce rate; ~20–22% fewer Stripe payment errors) through CI/CD automation, A/B testing, and monitored incremental rollouts.”

“Frontend engineer with co-op experience at Nokia and prior work at Nimble, delivering React/TypeScript single-page onboarding flows and internal web apps. Builds from Figma to production React, emphasizes modular architecture and consistent UI via Material UI, and applies Jest-based unit/integration testing plus lazy loading to improve reliability and performance in both new and existing codebases.”

“Customer-facing software engineer who rapidly turns business requirements into Figma prototypes and PoC applications, using workflow prioritization and frequent client reviews to stay aligned. Has hands-on experience integrating with existing authentication/user APIs, building MongoDB-backed caching, and implementing robust fallback/retry mechanisms. Comfortable working on-site with customers and resolving production issues in AWS (e.g., DNS/EC2 traffic routing) in collaboration with DevOps.”

“ML engineer/data scientist who built and deployed a real-time fraud detection platform at Citi on AWS SageMaker, processing 3M+ daily transactions and improving fraud response by 28%. Combines unsupervised anomaly detection (autoencoders) with ensemble models (XGBoost/Random Forest) plus Airflow/Step Functions orchestration, drift monitoring, and explainability (SHAP) to keep models reliable and compliant in production.”