Dylan Salay
Senior Software Engineer at Scientist.com
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDylan Salay is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Diego with seven years of professional experience and a strong foundation in full-stack web development. He transitioned from a four-plus year career in financial analysis, bringing analytical rigor and financial modeling instincts to product engineering and system design. At Scientist.com he progressed from Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer, shipping features across React and backend stacks and likely influencing platform-level decisions. His early work at Notch8 and LEARN Academy honed practical skills in React, Ruby on Rails, Docker, and test-driven development, while his finance roles cultivated attention to data integrity and operational reliability. Known for collaborative development practices—paired and mob programming—and a knack for turning complex requirements into maintainable code, he blends quantitative discipline with pragmatic software craftsmanship.
6 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Sinagua High SchoolBachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Economics & Finance, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Economics & Finance at Gonzaga University
Github Skills (17)
pii7
collections7
creative-commons6
blacklight6
metadata6
data-management5
docker4
digital-humanities3
dylan2
issue-tracking2
open-access2
latin1
image-server1
python1
iiif1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dylansalay/RubyonRailsPortfolio
Sep 2019 - May 2020
A Ruby on Rails Portfolio Site
Contributions:151 PRs, 167 pushes, 79 branches in 8 months
ruby-on-railsrailsruby-onruby
dylansalay/ecommerce-app
Sep 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:129 PRs, 89 pushes, 111 branches in 8 months
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