Forrest Akin
Software Engineer at CJ
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolForrest Akin is a software engineer based in Portland, Oregon with a decade of experience building full-stack and back-end systems across startups and enterprise teams. He has returned repeatedly to CJ, where he currently contributes to production systems, and has previous backend and full-stack stints at NuORDER, Seaplane IO, and several fast-moving startups. Forrest blends a disciplined engineering background (Hack Reactor immersive and software engineering degrees) with operational experience from financial services, giving him a pragmatic focus on reliability and maintainability. Outside of work he’s a rhythmic, pattern-driven thinker—his hobby of playing polyrhythms hints at a knack for managing complex, asynchronous systems and elegant, layered solutions.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Software Engineering at The University of Texas at DallasAdvanced Software Engineering Immersive, Advanced Software Engineering Immersive at Hack ReactorAssociate of Science (A.S.), Software Engineering, Associate of Science (A.S.), Software Engineering at Dallas County Community College
Github Skills (150)
javascript-framework10
declarative10
javascript10
ram10
html10
sqlite10
typescript10
functional-js10
mobile-first10
medium10
nodejs10
bootstrap10
css10
sass10
user-interface10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
quizzimodo/orbital-drop
Jun 2016 - Apr 2020
AirDrop for everyone (https://github.com/rexfordkelly-on-makersquare/Orbital-Drop)
Contributions:28 PRs, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 10 months
airdroporbitaldrop
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