Summary
Adam Jimerson is a seasoned freelance software engineer and systems architect with over a decade of experience building and modernizing web and backend systems using PHP, Go, and Laravel. He blends hands-on server and networking skills (Linux, FreeBSD, GCP, DigitalOcean, Kubernetes) with pragmatic application design—recently shipping a Go/HTMX/Tailwind platform for language learning deployed on Kubernetes. Adam has repeatedly led migrations and refactors of monolithic PHP codebases into client-server architectures and has deep operational expertise in databases, caching, search, and backups (MySQL/Postgres, Solr, Varnish, Borg). He’s comfortable across the full stack and infrastructure stack, from firewall and virtualization administration to front-end UX with HTMX and Alpine.js. Based in Cleveland, Tennessee, he prefers GitLab for source control and often consolidates legacy systems into maintainable, testable services. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, security-minded engineering that keeps production systems robust while enabling iterative product development.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Associate, Computer Networking, Information Security, Associate, Computer Networking, Information Security at Cleveland State Community College