Carl Allen
Software Engineer at JetInsight
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCarl Allen is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years building scalable Rails-based applications and cloud infrastructure, currently driving engineering work at JetInsight from Minneapolis. He has deep hands-on experience founding Cloud Engineering at Dispatch—cutting costs, implementing Terraform, achieving SOC compliance, and leading a migration to Docker/ECS and CockroachDB for performance and scalability. As a founding engineer at Centralize he led a small team and established CI/CD, security, and modern front-end practices, demonstrating an ability to build solid foundations for growth. Earlier roles include architecting high-throughput email/SMS systems and financial processing at SportsEngine and large-scale Rails modernization efforts. He contributes to open-source projects like CraftBeerPi3 with practical backend fixes and feature enhancements, reflecting a pragmatic focus on reliability and configurability. Collectedly, he blends startup hunger with enterprise-grade operational rigor, preferring early-stage teams and measurable impact.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Minnesota
Github Skills (6)
gpio10
python10
sql9
onewire9
flask8
flask-ask8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Manuel83/craftbeerpi3
Jun 2017 - Sep 2017
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 19 PRs, 57 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Carl primarily contributed to the CraftBeerPi3 project by enhancing the core functionality and features of the brewing control system. Their work included fixing bugs, such as a copy/paste error in the fermenter controller, and adding new features, notably expanding the GPIO pin options for actors like relays and buzzers. Furthermore, the user improved the system's flexibility by allowing for float values in temperature offsets and permitting schema re-runs and user-defined port configurations, demonstrating a focus on refining existing systems.
sportngin/styleguide
May 2013 - Mar 2019
Sport Ngin's opinions on how best to write high-quality code.
Contributions:64 commits, 9 PRs, 5 pushes in 5 years 10 months
nginxopinionssporthigh-qualitycode-quality
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