Austin Sims
On Leave at N/A
Reston, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAustin Sims is an experienced software engineer with 12 years in the industry, including a decade at Google where he worked on shopping, web search infrastructure, and privacy/data protection. He combines deep backend systems knowledge with practical front-end and integration experience from consulting work that automated payments and legacy migrations for nonprofits. Known for quickly ramping into new domains, he has a track record of translating business needs into production systems that reduce costs and improve release cadence. Currently on a sabbatical in Reston, VA, he’s tentatively open to mission-driven opportunities and learning about roles that match his values. Beyond engineering, he’s supported teams as a teacher and mentor and even performed as a semi-professional trombonist, suggesting a collaborative, disciplined approach and creative curiosity.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Purdue UniversityMichigan City High School
Stackoverflow
13reputation
3kreached
1answer
1question
Github Skills (8)
javascript6
knockoutjs6
render3
react2
canvas2
webgl2
threejs2
accessibility1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
austinsims/commonplace
Feb 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:40 commits in 3 months
austinsims/userscripts
May 2017 - Mar 2021
User scripts for Tampermonkey Chrome extension.
Contributions:4 PRs, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
violentmonkeygreasemonkeyuserscriptchromeduolingo
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