Courtney Payne
Software Engineer at U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolCourtney Payne is a seasoned software engineer based in Atlanta with over two decades of experience and more than a decade focused on federal systems modernization. She currently leads engineering efforts at DHS to modernize USCIS case management using Ruby on Rails, Docker, AWS, and CI/CD practices, and has a track record of delivering mission-critical systems across USCIS and other federal agencies. Courtney blends hands-on development (RoR, Postgres, Redis, Sidekiq, OCR pipelines) with automation, security tooling, and test-driven practices to reduce risk and operational cost. Her background spans database administration, ColdFusion-era web migrations, and enterprise application delivery, giving her a practical appreciation for legacy-to-cloud transitions. Known for "fighting complexity" and applying the principle of least surprise, she favors clear, maintainable solutions that ease long-term operations. Outside of DHS work, she has repeatedly led successful pilots and deployed systems that improved adjudication efficiency and reduced paperwork for government stakeholders.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Information Systems, Business Administration, B.S., Computer Information Systems, Business Administration at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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Github Skills (21)
knowledge-management9
glossary9
pdf-specification9
poppler8
rails8
pdf-files8
ruby8
engine8
pdf-document8
pdfium8
pdfbox8
specification7
pdf-manipulation7
parser7
pdf-parser6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cpayne624/dokno
Nov 2020 - Sep 2022
Dokno (dough-no) is a lightweight mountable Rails Engine for storing and managing your app's Domain Knowledge.
Contributions:16 releases, 107 commits, 90 PRs in 1 year 10 months
knowledgerailsrails-enginedoughstoring
cpayne624/try_dokno
Dec 2020 - Mar 2023
Rails Dokno engine demo
Contributions:24 PRs, 16 pushes, 25 branches in 2 years 3 months
railsrubyknowledgebaseglossaryengine
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