Raymond Deal
Sr. Software Developer at Iridium
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRaymond Deal is a seasoned software developer with over 15 years of experience building Windows and web applications across a broad technology stack. He is currently a Senior Software Developer at Iridium in Phoenix, AZ, where he crafts and maintains complex systems while guiding migration efforts and ensuring reliability. Earlier in his career he served as President of Data Technologies Inc and held senior roles at Onvia and Diverse Technologies Corp, demonstrating leadership and hands-on engineering across databases, reporting, and integration projects. Notably, he contributed to the Django project as a back-end developer, tackling intricate database interactions and ORM internals, underscoring a deep understanding of relational data and backend frameworks. His career spans from early work with EDI and healthcare data to enterprise SQL Server and Oracle ecosystems, reflecting a robust, end-to-end systems mindset. A former U.S. Air Force Life Support Technician, he brings disciplined execution and a proven ability to solve complex problems under pressure.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Pierce Community College - McChord AFBSurvival School and Resistance Training, Survival School and Resistance Training at Community College of the Air Force - Fairchild AFBAircrew Life Support Technician, Aircrew Life Support Technician at Community College of the Air Force - Chanute AFB
Github Skills (11)
databases10
orm10
django210
python10
modeling10
django10
database10
mysql9
jsonfield9
postgresql9
testing8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
django/django
Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 reviews, 3 commits, 10 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Raymond primarily contributed to the Django framework by fixing bugs related to database interactions, specifically concerning reverse foreign key, many-to-many relations, and JSONField lookups. They addressed issues related to unsaved objects and deprecated certain behaviors within related filters. Their work involved modifications to Django's model fields, related descriptors, and database backends, demonstrating a deep understanding of the framework's internals.
pythondjango-frameworkappsdjangoframework
raydeal/Misago
Sep 2022 - Mar 2025
Misago is fully featured modern forum application that is fast, scalable and responsive.
Contributions:42 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 6 months
scalablephpforumflarumforums
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