Summary
Brian Widhalm is a Senior Software Engineer and founder with 14 years of hands-on experience building cloud-native, full-stack systems and real-time data pipelines. At Charles Schwab he led development and technical direction for ML-integrated microservices and deployed Kafka clusters for mission-critical real-time processing, while mentoring teams and driving code quality. He also founded Veniae LLC and single-handedly architected, built, and deployed a school dismissal SaaS adopted by production customers, demonstrating end-to-end delivery and product sensibility. Comfortable across Java, Node/TypeScript, Python, Spring Boot, Angular and multiple datastores, he blends operational savvy (Kafka, Docker, AWS/GCP, CI/CD) with strong support and incident leadership background. Known for pragmatic architecture and a preference for clean, test-driven code, he thrives in senior hands-on or tech lead roles guiding teams through complex distributed systems.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's in Software Engineering, Software Engineering, 3.71, Bachelor's in Software Engineering, Software Engineering, 3.71 at University of Phoenix
none, Engineering, none, Engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
AAS, Engineering, AAS, Engineering at Northeast Community College
High School Diploma, General, High School Diploma, General at Madison High School