Summary
Carter Adams is a Senior Full Stack Engineer with nine years of experience building web applications and leading teams across startups, nonprofits, and higher education. Currently at Steppingblocks, he brings deep Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and PHP expertise paired with hands-on experience shipping full-stack products like a pay-per-view streaming platform and clinical trial scheduling tools. He has led development teams at VidaFair and SpryteLabs, architecting Next.js and React Native solutions while also managing curriculum and TA staff as a former lead instructor at Byte Academy. Comfortable across front-end, back-end, and DevOps concerns, Carter combines practical delivery skills with a teacher’s aptitude for explaining complex systems. Based in Atlanta, he’s equally at home mentoring engineers and rolling up his sleeves to ship production features. A detail that often surprises collaborators: he blends academic rigor from his Columbia coursework with startup pragmatism, making him effective in both structured and fast-moving environments.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
professional, Python Full Stack, professional, Python Full Stack at Byte Academy
partially complete bachelor's of arts., Mathematics & Visual Arts, 3.8, partially complete bachelor's of arts., Mathematics & Visual Arts, 3.8 at Columbia University in the City of New York