Chad Crawford
Software Engineer II at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChad Crawford is a Software Engineer II based in Seattle with 11 years of experience building data-driven systems, web applications, and machine learning solutions across companies like AWS and Amazon. He combines a strong academic foundation—a BS in Mathematics, a BS and MS in Computer Science (4.0 MS)—with hands-on production experience as a data engineer, data scientist, and backend developer. Chad contributes to notable open-source tooling such as Python Poetry, where he improved installer caching and added a practical --only-root install option while driving thorough QA and tests. His background spans multi-agent systems, probabilistic modeling, and scalable cloud services, making him comfortable moving models from research to production. Notably, he has a history of independently owning high-impact web projects (from payment integrations to CI/CD pipelines) that demonstrate both practical engineering and product sensibility.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Westlake AcademyBachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics at The University of Tulsa
Github Skills (12)
dependency-management10
python-poetry10
caching10
package-manager10
pytest10
python10
poe10
testing10
command-line9
cli9
command-line-interface9
git7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
python-poetry/poetry
Jun 2022 - Nov 2022
Python packaging and dependency management made easy
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:15 reviews, 6 commits, 5 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Chad primarily contributed to the Python Poetry project by implementing and testing new features, particularly related to caching and the installation process. They added a `--only-root` option to the `install` command, allowing users to exclude dependencies. The user also refactored the codebase to utilize `poetry.utils.cache`, replacing the dependency on `cachy`. These contributions included writing comprehensive tests to ensure the functionality and reliability of the changes.
pythonpackagingpackage-managerdependency-managementpython-packaging
chadac/poetry
Jan 2022 - Nov 2022
Python dependency management and packaging made easy.
Contributions:50 pushes, 9 branches in 9 months
pythonrecipedependency-managementpackagingrequirements-management
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