David Kay
Solutions Architect at Federal Highway Administration
Flowood, Mississippi, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Kay is a solutions architect and proud public servant with over 15 years of hands-on experience designing and delivering scalable software, cloud, and systems solutions across government and commercial domains. He blends full-stack development, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD expertise with enterprise architecture practice—having led migrations to Kubernetes and multi-cloud platforms and built high-traffic systems that handle millions of requests per day. A proven leader and mentor, he translates complex requirements into technical blueprints, advises senior leadership on emerging tech, and provides technical oversight to contractor teams. His background spans defense-grade multi-sensor integrations to state-level education data platforms, demonstrating a rare mix of field systems engineering and modern web/ML-enabled product development. Based in Jackson, Mississippi, he runs a SaaS and design studio (Pyott Digital) while continuing federal work, and his personal motto — “My shirt says NASA. I like to go fast.” — hints at a curiosity for high-performance, mission-driven engineering.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Systems Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Systems Engineering at Colorado State UniversityB.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at Troy State UniversityMississippi State University
German
Github Skills (37)
accessibility10
bulma10
headlessui10
browser-extension10
ui-components10
chrome-extension10
tailwindcss10
vue10
react10
material-components9
javascript9
vuejs39
firefox-addon9
typescript9
vuetify9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
davidbkay/davidbkay
Jun 2018 - Aug 2022
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 4 years 2 months
davidbkay/tec-site-map
Oct 2019 - Feb 2023
PoC for mapping TEC sites
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
sitesmappingpoctec
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