Derek Foster
Head Of Engineering at Anvil
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolDerek Foster is a Head of Engineering with 11 years of software experience, currently leading engineering at Anvil in the San Francisco Bay Area where he focuses on automating paperwork into robust, user-friendly processes. He rose through hands-on roles at Anvil—from Frontend Engineer to Senior Software Engineer—bringing product-driven frontend expertise into leadership. Prior work as a software consultant at Red Hat sharpened his skills in enterprise-grade systems and client-focused delivery across multiple regions. Trained in Computer Science at UCLA and further schooled in software engineering at General Assembly, he blends formal CS foundations with practical, bootcamp-style engineering agility. Known for translating complex business workflows into scalable engineering roadmaps, he favors pragmatic automation that reduces friction for end users.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at General AssemblyUniversity of California, Los Angeles
English, Spanish, Japanese
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Github Skills (155)
python10
pdf-generation10
runner10
javascript10
docz10
api10
gatsby10
documentation-generator10
fastest10
nodejs10
anvil10
api-documentation10
graphql10
html-to-pdf10
react10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
fostimus/virtual-glovebox
Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
iOS App written with React Native, TailwindCSS connecting to Cloud Firestore. One stop shop for all your driver documentation.
Contributions:9 reviews, 168 commits, 38 PRs in 2 months
reacttailwindcssfirestoreios-appreact-native
fostimus/portfolio-site
Jul 2020 - Jun 2021
The ever-evolving portfolio site/blog. Among many hobbies I have, the blog includes a section where I share my personally curated playlists on Spotify. Written with Next.js, Mongoose ODM, SCSS Modules. Uses the Spotify API (authorization via OAuth), GitHub API and MongoDB Atlas.
Contributions:3 PRs, 159 pushes, 7 branches in 10 months
blog-sitemongoose-jsnext-jsrecoiljscurated-playlists
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