Edwin Karaya
Senior Software Engineer at Rise8
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEdwin Karaya is a Senior Software Engineer in Seattle with 11 years of experience building full-stack, cloud-native systems and leading modernization efforts for Department of Defense clients like the US Space Force and US Air Force. He blends Human-Computer Interaction expertise (MS) with hands-on skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, React/Next.js, Java/Kotlin, Python, Postgres/MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes and GitLab CI/CD to deliver scalable, secure applications. Known for introducing Extreme Programming, Test-Driven Development, and pair programming into teams, he has driven measurable improvements—reducing user-reported time by over 50% and lowering security vulnerabilities via STIG compliance. He’s mentored military and civilian engineers, taught computer science, and co-founded a VR studio that released a Daydream visual novel while running internship and summer camp programs. Comfortable operating at the intersection of UX research and backend engineering, he often serves as the engineering anchor who translates product needs into practical technical specifications. His mix of government modernization experience, academic HCI grounding, and entrepreneurial VR work gives him a rare cross-disciplinary perspective on building usable, resilient systems.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Human Computer Interaction, Master of Science - MS, Human Computer Interaction at Iowa State UniversityAcademia Menonita
Japanese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (27)
terraform9
native-extension8
terraform-provider8
keycloak8
perfect7
hci7
openldap6
mathematics6
geometry-library6
geometry6
math-library5
s65
docker-image5
ldap5
facebook-sdk4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Guarionex/WordSearchKata
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:58 PRs, 679 pushes, 34 branches in 13 days
pillarword-searchkata
Guarionex/Ninja-Shadow-and-Light
Oct 2015 - Oct 2018
Contributions:65 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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