Brian Todt
Senior Software Engineer at Weedmaps
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Todt is a Senior Software Engineer based in Philadelphia with seven years of professional experience building cloud and data center automation, LAN/SAN systems, and full-stack web applications. Currently at Weedmaps, he blends infrastructure expertise from EMC and Cisco with modern cloud development practices to deliver reliable, automated systems. He has hands-on experience across the stack—from backend models and integrations to front-end UX enhancements—demonstrated by contributions to the popular open-source iNaturalist Rails app where he added UI features and editor integrations. Brian’s background in applied networking and systems administration gives him a strong operational lens when designing scalable software, and he’s equally comfortable shipping frontend polish and backend model changes. Known for turning complex infrastructure and data requirements into pragmatic, auditable solutions, he brings both systems-level thinking and product-focused execution to engineering teams.
7 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Applied Networking and Systems Administration, Applied Networking and Systems Administration at Rochester Institute of Technology
English, German
Github Skills (13)
javascript10
front-end-development10
react10
ruby-on-rails9
backend9
back-end-development9
rails9
html9
css9
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
taxonomy7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
inaturalist/inaturalist
May 2020 - Jan 2023
The Rails app behind iNaturalist.org
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:30 reviews, 78 commits, 70 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily contributed to the front-end of the iNaturalist application, introducing UI elements and features such as flag links and user mention autocompletion in the identification form. They also modified backend models related to projects and taxon names and integrated the text editor component throughout the application. These changes included enhancing features like adding the ability for admins to add and edit project members and updating the observation edit page with new sort and ordering options.
ruby-on-railsrails-apprailsinaturalistruby
todtb/inaturalist
May 2020 - Feb 2023
The Rails app behind iNaturalist.org
Contributions:113 pushes, 81 branches in 2 years 9 months
ruby-on-railsrails-apprailsinaturalistruby
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