Summary
Dustin Kahn is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building scalable backend systems and full-stack applications, currently contributing to Slack's engineering organization from Greater Boston. He has strong expertise in Ruby, JavaScript, Go, Rails, React, and PostgreSQL, and a track record of migrating legacy Mendix workflows into RESTful Go microservices and AWS-based serverless infrastructure. At Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance he helped add multiple lines of business supporting 10,000+ policyholders and maintained hundreds of Mendix microflows, demonstrating an ability to bridge low-code platforms with production-grade services. Comfortable across CI/CD, testing, and cloud tooling (CircleCI, RSpec, Capybara, AWS ECS/Lambda/S3/Dynamo), Dustin pairs pragmatic engineering with a background in performance and theater that contributes to clear communication and effective cross-team collaboration.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Acting, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Acting at Syracuse University's London Semester
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Acting, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Acting at Syracuse University's Tepper Semester
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at The Derryfield School
BFA Acting Theatre/Theater, BFA Acting Theatre/Theater at Syracuse University
English