Aaron Kavlie
Staff Software Engineer at Workiva
Mesa, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolAaron Kavlie is a Staff Software Engineer with 16 years of full-stack web development experience, currently focused on delivering robust applications at Workiva. He brings deep Python backend expertise (Django, Flask, SQLAlchemy) paired with modern front-end skills (jQuery, Backbone, Handlebars) and a track record of shipping in startup and small-business environments. A consistent open-source contributor, Aaron has improved tooling and test coverage in notable projects like Flask and Pelican, including practical fixes to import tools and configuration handling. He has advanced product quality through both feature work and QA-focused test suites, demonstrating a blend of hands-on coding and engineering rigor. Based in Mesa, AZ, he combines long-term production experience with a habit of publishing and maintaining useful OSS utilities that ease content imports and developer workflows.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Japanese Japanese International Business, Japanese Japanese International Business at Arizona State University
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Github Skills (27)
python10
django10
testing10
configuration-management10
beautifulsoup10
flask-ask10
pandoc10
flask10
static-site-generator9
git9
wsgi9
pelican9
documentation9
javascript7
packaging7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
djangopackages/djangopackages
Mar 2011 - Mar 2011
Django Packages is a directory of reusable apps, sites, tools, and more for your Django projects.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:13 commits in 3 days
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily focused on improving the test coverage for the Django Packages project, specifically for grid view functionalities. They added numerous functional tests to ensure the correct behavior of various grid views, including add, edit, and delete operations. Additionally, the user contributed to the implementation of form validation within the grid package features and improved the UI by implementing search functionality for the packages.
pythondjangopackagingsitesdirectory
pallets/flask
Mar 2011 - Apr 2011
The Python micro framework for building web applications.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily focused on enhancing the Flask configuration handling within the repository. They added a "silent" option to `from_pyfile` and incorporated tests to validate this functionality. Additionally, they improved the wording of the docstrings for silent failure scenarios and contributed to documentation updates. The user also merged in upstream changes, indicating involvement in maintaining the project's overall code base.
micro-frameworkpythonweb-applicationspyramidjinja
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