Brett La Pierre
Senior Software Engineer at McGraw Hill
Eugene, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrett La Pierre is a Senior Software Engineer based in Eugene, Oregon with seven years of hands-on experience building full-stack systems in Python, TypeScript, Go, C#, and PHP. He combines practical delivery—covering QA, deployment management, and CI/CD—with a strong focus on clear technical writing and intentional documentation. An active open-source contributor and moderator for the Python Arcade library, Brett is an early adopter and advocate for emergent AI and sentiment analysis techniques. He runs an international Software Engineer Discord club of 130+ members, reflecting a passion for mentoring and community building beyond his day job. His background spans product-focused roles from release management to backend data work with PostgreSQL and SQLAlchemy, and he supplements software work with hobbyist robotics projects using Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Colleagues rely on him for creative problem solving and pragmatic engineering that bridges documentation, automation, and maintainable code.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS, Computer Software Engineering, Associate of Science - AS, Computer Software Engineering at Rogue Community College
Github Skills (19)
python10
arcade-framework10
educational-technology10
opengl10
memory-allocation9
graphic9
cpu9
memory-consumption9
profiling9
scalene9
cpu-profiling9
profiler9
performance-analysis8
gpu8
gpu-programming8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
BrettskiPy/mort_v1
May 2022 - Jun 2022
Contributions:1 review, 72 commits, 6 PRs in 1 month
bbrettle/GearHeart
Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 67 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
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