Summary
Adam Freemer is an Associate Principal Engineer with 11 years of experience building and modernizing mission-critical federal systems, currently co-leading an agency-wide platform at USCIS to monitor and secure digital assets. He combines hands-on full-stack expertise (Rails, React, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS) with pragmatic architecture and team mentorship, repeatedly improving performance and developer productivity across large government programs. Adam has a track record of re-architecting fragile ETL and distributed systems into simpler, faster solutions and integrating analytics platforms like Databricks for national-scale datasets. Known for thoughtful, empathetic leadership, he navigates complex bureaucratic environments to deliver auditable, resilient software and tooling that accelerates operations. An electrical engineering graduate who pivoted through immersive web development training, he brings both systems-level thinking and practical developer-first improvements to long-running legacy stacks.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Front End + Back End Web Development, Front End + Back End Web Development at General Assembly
Bachelor's degree Electrical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical Engineering at Penn State University