Summary
Adam Goldwater is a software engineer with 8 years of full‑stack experience who parlayed a career as a chef into building thoughtful, user-focused web applications. He’s shipped features across Java/Spring backends and React/TypeScript and Vue frontends for enterprise teams at Allstate, InnerWorkings, and Southwest Airlines, and maintains a strong habit of test coverage and incremental refactors. Comfortable in Ruby/Rails, JavaScript, SQL/Postgres, and API integrations, Adam also mentors and taught at Actualize, turning debugging into a teachable skill. His chef’s curiosity informs pragmatic design choices and a knack for algorithmic problem solving—evident in projects like a Big-O analysis tool and a recipe-substitution app that blends domain knowledge with regex-driven automation. Based in the Chicago area, he brings a collaborative, agile mindset and a willingness to experiment until the result is as satisfying as a well-crafted dish.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Religious Studies, Advanced Religious Studies at Ohr Somayach
Computer Science, Computer Science at Actualize Coding Bootcamp & Apprenticeship
Spanish