Adam Wester
Full Stack Engineer at Freelance
Quindío, Colombia
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Wester is a full-stack engineer and engineering manager with 11 years of experience building and scaling SaaS products, primarily using Django REST Framework and React.js. He has led technical transitions from monolithic MVPs to modern API-driven architectures, implemented CI/CD and test-driven development, and built engineering teams as VP of Engineering and CTO. As a long-time freelancer he’s shipped a dozen+ products across industries—real estate, e-commerce, accounting integrations, and education—often acting as solo developer, CTO, or VP of Engineering. He brings a rare blend of technical depth and business acumen from formal MIS and MBA studies, which helps him align engineering decisions to product and growth goals. Based in Quindío, Colombia, he favors pragmatic, scalable solutions and developer workflows (docker, staging/develop environments) that accelerate team ramp-up. He’s also experienced in React Native and WebRTC-based real-time features, signaling comfort with both web and mobile product surfaces.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Management of Information Systems, IT, Management of Information Systems, IT at Washington State University
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
9,941reputation
1.1mreached
126answers
94questions
django
top-5%
stripe-payments
top-5%
django-rest-framework
top-5%
Github Skills (109)
python10
django-framework10
authentication10
xadmin10
login-system10
django10
api10
rest10
voting10
django-project10
webauthn10
openid-connect10
two-factor-authentication10
django-rest-framework10
account-management10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
azul-cloud/travelblogwave
Jan 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:30 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 5 months
awwester/profile
Oct 2015 - Apr 2021
Profile site about yours truly, mostly geared towards freelance and sharing my thoughts
Contributions:26 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 6 months
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