Drake Fish
Technical Lead Crafter at 8th Light
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDrake Fish is a results-driven full-stack Technical Lead Crafter based in Austin, Texas, with nine years of software engineering experience and a track record of advancing through hands-on roles at 8th Light. He blends practical leadership and mentorship with deep implementation skills across front-end and back-end stacks, and has a particular interest in applying Generative AI to solve real product problems. Drake’s background spans startups and enterprise technical support, where he built internal analytics tools and shipped dozens of front-end projects, demonstrating both customer-focused problem solving and craft-oriented engineering. Notably, he pairs a pragmatic “break and fix” curiosity with disciplined software craftsmanship, turning legacy or underperforming systems into reliable, testable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code CampFront-end engineer, Computer Science, Front-end engineer, Computer Science at The Iron Yard
Github Skills (5)
tac2
csharp1
tdd1
dotnet1
solid-principles1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Drake-fish/You-Pick
Nov 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:16 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
Yudishtira6/rudyredux
Dec 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:58 PRs, 107 pushes, 4 branches in 10 months
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