Summary
Don Adams is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building and operating user-centric web platforms, currently at Pathwise after a multi-year tenure at Ceros. He excels at turning complex product initiatives into reliable systems, owning end-to-end delivery from pixel-perfect React frontends to performance-sensitive serverless backends and database design. At Ceros he led cross-cutting technical designs, authored a custom CKEditor plugin, and operated AWS Lambda-based PDF rendering services while serving as release owner and on-call incident responder. His background includes mission-focused work for the intelligence community, where he delivered secure, UX-driven portals and simulation tools under TS/SCI clearance. Don is passionate about local-first software and thoughtful tooling, with a practical focus on maintainability, observability, and collaborating closely with designers and product teams. He combines deep production-operating experience with a knack for translating ambiguous requirements into well-scoped engineering plans.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Loyola University Maryland
English, Spanish