Devan Kestel
Software Engineer at Pluralsight
Orlando, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDevan Kestel is a polyglot software engineer with 11 years of professional experience and over seven years working remotely from Orlando, FL, currently building product at Pluralsight. He brings hands-on production experience across Python/Django, TypeScript/Node/Express/Angular, and Ruby on Rails, favoring TDD and collaborative development practices. His background includes a transition from chemical engineering (B.S. MIT, M.S. Notre Dame) to software through immersive Rails training, giving him a strong analytical and experimental approach to engineering problems. At previous roles he blended domain expertise and engineering rigor—from senior chemical engineering work to startup and platform development—enabling pragmatic solutions that bridge research and production. Known for adaptability across languages and paradigms, he excels at shipping reliable systems and mentoring teams in disciplined development workflows.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Chemical Engineering, B.S. Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyRails Engineering, Rails Engineering at The Iron YardM.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, M.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Notre Dame
Github Skills (15)
git10
github10
patch9
python9
social-media9
basecamp9
kubernetes9
subversion8
react7
golang6
javascript6
go4
ruby-on-rails2
rails2
ruby1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
devankestel/devankestel.github.io
May 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:10 PRs, 60 pushes, 10 branches in 6 months
javascriptimportant
devankestel/TIY-Assignments
May 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:21 PRs, 125 pushes, 20 branches in 1 month
ruby-on-railsrailsruby-onruby
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