Caleb Piekstra is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of full-stack experience, currently leading engineering efforts at Monit after senior roles at Sage and New Relic. He specializes in C#, Java, Kotlin, Python, and TypeScript, with a track record of greenfield cloud-native development and shipping secure, maintainable systems in Azure and other cloud environments. Caleb combines strong technical leadership with hands-on execution across database, API, backend, and front-end layers while vigilantly managing technical debt and code complexity. Known for pragmatic documentation, testability, and readable code, he mentors teams, runs architecture and workflow improvements, and communicates effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. A former university tutor and grader, he brings a teaching mindset and fast self-directed learning to solve unfamiliar problems and adopt new technologies.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Portland
Associate of Science (A.S.) Computer Science, Associate of Science (A.S.) Computer Science at Clark College
Miscellaneous projects ranging from throwaway code to learning experiments.
Contributions:1 PR, 65 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 10 months
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Caleb Piekstra - Principal Software Engineer at Monit