Brian Wyant
Software Engineer at Golden
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SeniorBrian Wyant is a software architect and engineering leader with 14 years of experience building reliable, automated systems across startups and enterprise teams. Currently shaping modelling architecture at Handl Health, he has progressed through roles from platform engineering to CTO, bringing a kaizen mindset, blameless postmortems, and a strong focus on automation to reduce toil and improve delivery. He’s contributed to well-known open-source projects like moment.js at the build/release level, improving packaging, benchmarking, and CI automation. Based in Roanoke, VA, Brian pairs hands-on engineering with leadership instincts—running learning sessions, sharing best practices, and coaching teams to solve problems more efficiently. Outside of engineering he writes intimate stories and dances, a creative streak that informs his pragmatic, human-centered approach to technical leadership.
14 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (17)
javascript10
bundle10
build-automation10
bundling10
gruntjs9
g9
benchmarking8
testing7
sanitization6
refactoring6
vim6
nodejs6
requirejs6
jquery6
security6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
moment/moment
Sep 2013 - May 2015
Parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates in javascript.
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 8 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Brian contributed to the build and deployment process of the moment.js library. They modified the Gruntfile to allow for embedding only one language and customized the target language selection. Additionally, the user implemented checks to ensure language files are UMD-wrapped, indicating a focus on automated build processes and module packaging. The contributions included changes to benchmarking scripts, suggesting optimization efforts to enhance the library's performance.
javascript
wyantb/Settings
Feb 2015 - Jul 2024
Contributions:49 pushes, 5 branches in 9 years 6 months
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