Summary
Edward Long is a Principal Engineer with 15 years of hands-on experience building and operating full-stack web applications and mission-critical infrastructure for over 100,000 customers. Based in Pennsylvania, he blends backend expertise in Python, PHP and Perl with systems automation (Puppet/Chef), messaging (RabbitMQ), and database tuning for PostgreSQL, while supporting 24/7 production environments. His background includes J2EE, AMX automation, and integrating payments and shipping systems, reflecting a pragmatic focus on solving real business problems end-to-end. Classically trained as a pianist and an avid photographer, he brings a creative mindset and a “F yes!” can-do attitude to engineering challenges.
15 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at West Chester University of Pennsylvania
English, French