Bret Funk
Senior Software Developer at United Community Bank
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBret Funk is a Senior Software Developer based in New York with nine years of full-stack experience building and leading projects in financial services. He specializes in JavaScript, Python, Elixir/Phoenix, Postgres, LiveView, GraphQL and AWS, and has been the lead engineer on multiple internal and external products at United Community Bank and Navitas. A former founder and CEO, Bret brings entrepreneurial judgment and customer-focus to system design and delivery, informed by prior crisis-communications roles in Congress and the Senate. His background in the U.S. Navy as an aviation electrician cultivates a disciplined, operational approach to reliability and incident response. Trained at the Turing School and holding a BS in Aeronautics, he bridges rigorous engineering practices with practical, mission-driven product work. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex regulatory and security constraints into maintainable, production-ready systems.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Backend Engineering, Backend Engineering at Turing School of Software & DesignBachelor of Science, Aeronautics/Aviation, 3.8, Bachelor of Science, Aeronautics/Aviation, 3.8 at University of Central Missouri
English, Spanish
Github Skills (34)
marketplace8
solidity7
ethereum6
javascript6
react5
monorepo5
blockchain5
ruby5
ipfs5
elixir5
neovim4
typescript4
css4
vim4
language-server3
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
bretfunk/dotfiles
May 2018 - Oct 2023
Contributions:105 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
bretfunk/anki_sound_frontend
Oct 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:146 commits, 30 PRs, 127 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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