Austin Karren
Senior Software Engineer at ShipTrac
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAustin Karren is a Senior Software Engineer based in Salt Lake City with a decade of experience building high-availability web platforms and leading small engineering teams. As a former technical co-founder and founding engineer at Event Penguin, he shipped a production-ready .NET/React app on GCP in 12 months and later scaled a Salesforce-integrated portal used by 200+ agents and over a million customers. Now at ShipTrac he’s focused on next-generation ecommerce fulfillment to drive cost savings and shipping transparency, blending practical product sense with hands-on engineering. He combines formal CS training with immersive full‑stack bootcamp experience and a background in grassroots leadership from a two-year mission, which informs his collaborative, execution-focused approach.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma General Studies, High School Diploma General Studies at Lone Peak High SchoolBrigham Young University-IdahoCertification Full stack web development, Certification Full stack web development at Devmountain
Github Skills (43)
tree-sitter10
text-editor10
vercel10
static-site-generator10
nextjs10
browser10
tailwindcss10
code-editor10
compiler10
npx10
react10
prisma9
multiplayer9
javascript9
rust-lang9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
austin-karren/spotlight
Jun 2024 - May 2026
My portfolio to put a spotlight on the amazing work that I can do
Contributions:5 PRs, 34 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 11 months
Austin-Karren/helo
Mar 2020 - Jan 2021
Skills check 3
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 10 months
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