Damian J
Software Engineer II at NerdWallet
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolDamian J is a Software Engineer II with a decade of experience building full-stack, data-driven systems and deploying REST APIs for machine learning models. Currently at NerdWallet, he architects scalable user-data pipelines using AWS services (Lambda, SQS, Kinesis, DynamoDB) and contributes across GraphQL, Go, and Terraform to support millions of users. His background includes maintaining enterprise Java and Python APIs for higher education at WGU and developing research-grade ML/NLP tooling as a PhD student at UT Arlington. He blends hands-on ops (EC2/ECS, PostgreSQL/Aurora, S3) with research into bias mitigation for claim-spotting models, reflecting a rare mix of production engineering and academic rigor. Comfortable from microcontroller tinkering to large distributed systems, he’s driven by persistence and a pragmatic belief that most problems have solutions. Based in Fort Worth, TX, he pairs deep technical breadth with a focus on reliable, scalable user-facing data services.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Human Biology, Bachelor's Degree, Human Biology at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.871, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.871 at The University of Texas at Arlington
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
419reputation
80kreached
2answers
19questions
Github Skills (85)
parallel10
python10
ray10
rights10
optimization10
sanic10
reinforcement-learning10
java10
claims10
pytorch10
llm-inference9
python-web9
lstm9
nunjucks9
fact-checking9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
damianj/damianj.github.io
Jul 2015 - Apr 2021
Contributions:116 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
damianj/ACE-RESTful
Apr 2017 - Mar 2020
A RESTful API written in C# for the Adept ACE platform
Contributions:4 releases, 103 commits, 98 pushes in 2 years 11 months
apidotnetadeptrestfulace-platform
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