Charles Kern
Software Engineer at Amazon
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Kern is a pragmatic full-stack software engineer with 10 years of experience building high-availability systems and developer-facing projects from startup to enterprise. He currently works at Amazon and previously engineered privacy-first identity infrastructure using zero-knowledge proofs and production-grade fund routing for high-volume crypto swaps. An active open-source contributor and former Flarum core developer, Charles has hands-on experience improving front-end UX, refactoring admin interfaces, and maintaining stability for community-focused projects. He combines TypeScript-driven modular design with cloud-native deployment and observability ownership on Azure and AWS. Comfortable bridging cryptographic primitives and product needs, he’s known for translating complex technical concepts into usable systems for non-technical stakeholders. Based in Bellevue, WA, he pairs entrepreneurial experience as a founder with a steady record of shipping reliable, secure software.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Bellevue High School
Github Skills (8)
javascript10
front-end-development10
admin-interface10
laravel-mix9
laravel9
php9
co8
forum8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
flarum/framework
Apr 2017 - Apr 2021
Simple forum software for building great communities.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:36 reviews, 59 commits, 21 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Charles made several contributions to the Flarum framework, primarily focusing on updating and maintaining the front-end components. They implemented and modified JavaScript and related dependencies for the forum interface, fixing UI bugs related to drag and drop functionality. Additionally, the user updated the project to align with beta 8 releases, enhancing overall stability. They also refactored the admin interface.
forumjavascriptphpcommunitiesflarum
KyrneDev/Evergreen
Jul 2020 - Jul 2021
Add 1 level comment trees to your Flarum Community
Contributions:10 releases, 13 commits, 11 pushes in 11 months
treesflarumflarum-community
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