Derek Lawless
Staff Software Engineer at State Farm
Bloomington, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolDerek Lawless is a Staff Software Engineer with 11+ years of experience building cloud-native, event-driven systems and leading cross-functional engineering teams. He blends deep hands-on expertise in Android, Node.js, Angular/SPAs, RESTful and GraphQL services with a strong background in information security and ML model integration for realtime applications. As a former CTO and Chief Engineer, he designed and delivered a modern GCP-based data platform and mentored managers and engineers through large-scale reengineering efforts. Currently at State Farm, he drives architecture and developer experience while translating data science into production mobile and web features. Known for pairing pragmatic product thinking with robust engineering patterns, he often bridges security, data, and mobile concerns in production-grade systems.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at University of Northern Iowa
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Github Skills (38)
python10
data-science10
machine-learning10
typescript10
build-system10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
bazel-rules10
bazel10
neural-network10
extensible10
scalable10
npm9
typescript-definitions9
ml9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
flawless2011/vaxtrax
Apr 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:44 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 2 years
flawless2011/node-water-sensor
Jul 2017 - May 2020
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 years 10 months
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