Corey Carter
Senior Software Engineer at Validity Inc.
Thornton, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolCorey Carter is a Senior Software Engineer with six years of professional engineering experience and a background as an educational leader who transitioned from assistant principal roles into backend engineering. He brings strong people and project management skills, a track record of building systems and processes in high-stakes school environments, and a passion for equity and inclusion to mission-driven tech work. At companies including Handshake, Babylist, Ascend Analytics, and now Validity, he has advanced from associate to senior engineering roles while applying a disciplined, outcome-focused approach. Corey's experience designing curricula, leading cross-functional teams, and securing community partnerships gives him an uncommon strength in stakeholder communication and operationalizing complex initiatives. He is a determined problem solver who combines pedagogical rigor with engineering craftsmanship—comfortable navigating technical, logistical, and interpersonal challenges. Based in Thornton, Colorado, he leverages his teaching-rooted grit to drive practical, user-centered solutions in software.
5 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Principal's Certificate, Educational Leadership and Administration, General, Principal's Certificate, Educational Leadership and Administration, General at The Morgridge College of Education at the University of DenverBackend Engineering, Backend Engineering at Turing School of Software & DesignMaster's, Secondary Education, Master's, Secondary Education at Slippery Rock UniversityBachelor of Engineering - BE, Bachelor of Engineering - BE at University of Pittsburgh
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Github Skills (30)
ruby8
minecraft7
many-to-many7
backend7
php5
one-to-many5
deploying4
software-design4
endpoints4
travis4
csv4
frontend4
api3
sinatra3
ruby-on-rails3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
crc2231/battleship
Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
Mod 1 - Battleship Project
Contributions:23 PRs, 33 pushes, 10 branches in 8 days
modbattleshipgame
crc2231/adopt_dont_shop_paired
Aug 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:27 PRs, 17 pushes, 17 branches in 9 days
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