Aaron Wood
Assistant Professor at University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolAaron Wood is an assistant professor and software engineer with eight years of professional experience bridging pure mathematics and production web architecture. He holds a PhD in Mathematics and has transitioned from postdoctoral research and teaching into senior engineering and architecture roles, most recently shaping API, permissions, and cloud design at mpathic and Mavenlink. Aaron combines deep expertise in number theory and representation theory with hands-on experience building scalable web apps and designing secure application architectures. Based in Salt Lake City, he applies academic rigor to practical problems—translating abstract mathematical thinking into robust system design and permission models. He also spent time at the Recurse Center sharpening modern development practices, reflecting a continual commitment to learning and craft. Colleagues describe him as someone who brings theoretical clarity to messy engineering trade-offs and consistently delivers well-architected, maintainable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The University of UtahMaster of Science (M.S.), Mathematics, Master of Science (M.S.), Mathematics at Oregon State UniversityRecurse Center
Github Skills (6)
python7
programming-language2
virtual-machine2
functional-programming-language1
functional-programming1
concurrency1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
itscomputers/advent_of_code
Dec 2020 - Jul 2026
Contributions:179 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 8 months
itscomputers/archimedes-cattle-problem
Feb 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 5 months
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