Doug Sparling
Staff Software Engineer at Toptal
Shibuya, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolDoug Sparling is a Staff Software Engineer with over a decade of professional experience and more than fifteen years coding across Android, web frontends, and distributed backend services. Based in Shibuya, Japan, he combines hands-on polyglot development with entrepreneurial experience as owner of Cyberdeck Consulting and a long-term senior contributor through Toptal. At Indeed he now focuses on scalable systems and product-driven engineering while still engaging in client-focused consulting work. Doug’s background blends large-company product sensibilities with boutique consulting agility, enabling rapid prototyping and reliable production delivery. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Manitoba and often operates at the intersection of mobile, web, and cloud-native architectures. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he brings a cross-platform perspective that helps teams bridge UX and backend reliability.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at University of Manitoba
English
Github Skills (31)
development-environment10
kind10
tilt10
skaffold9
dev-environment9
android-applications9
android9
mozilla9
docker8
operator8
kubectl8
kubernetes-operator8
bash8
debug8
kubernetes8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
OnyxCorpInt/xtamtmpl
Dec 2018 - Jul 2024
Contributions:2 pushes in 5 years 8 months
dougsparling/gm-bot
Nov 2015 - Apr 2019
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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