Software Engineer — Available for Work
Full Stack / Python / Web
I build things that work. From FastAPI backends to HTMX-powered interfaces, I care about shipping software that's fast, readable, and actually solves the problem.
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A web app for coordinating dietary restrictions and food preferences across events. Built with FastAPI, HTMX, PostgreSQL, and Tailwind. Real users, real data, real privacy considerations.
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Ever tried to travel with a group of 8, with each person having their own "must haves"? I went through the popular short term rental sites and made this VRBO clone to help us decide. The backend is Python/FastAPI and I learned how to deploy to the same Hetzner server as the PLTRPLNR project as a cost saving measure. The React frontend is another Netlify-hosted project.
For the past four years I've been building and maintaining software that runs on commercial fishing vessels and NOAA science boats in the Pacific. The applications I work on collect bycatch and species data that feeds directly into federal fisheries management — the kind of data that ends up in regulatory decisions and, occasionally, Supreme Court cases.
That means the software has to work. Not "works on my machine" works — works on a ruggedized tablet in rough water, maintained by people who are counting fish, not debugging Python.
I also have a master's in Public History from WSU, which I earned the hard way. It's why I write documentation people actually read, think carefully about what data means before moving it between systems, and communicate clearly with people who aren't engineers.