Summary
Brian Lara is a Fleet and Warehouse Manager turned full-stack software engineer based in Lawrenceville, GA, with a decade of hands-on experience optimizing commercial roofing operations and building web systems that automate those workflows. At Dixie Membrane Roofing he progressed from leadman and foreman to managing fleet, inventory, asset tracking, logistics, and budgeting, applying field-honed problem solving to operational design. Technically proficient across React/Vue, Node/Express, PostgreSQL/MongoDB and AWS, he builds pragmatic software that reduces costs and improves real-world efficiency. His background starting on roofing crews gives him uncommon empathy for frontline constraints, enabling solutions that are both technically sound and operationally practical. He enjoys launching projects from scratch and partnering with teams to scale systems that deliver measurable impact. Fluent in both Spanish programming instruction and freelance development, he blends teaching, hands-on leadership, and engineering to bridge people and technology.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering - Immersive Course, Software Engineering - Immersive Course at General Assembly
Computer Science, Computer Science at Georgia State University
Spanish