Forrest Wallace
Senior Software Engineer at Block
Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolForrest Wallace is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of experience building reliable, maintainable systems across embedded firmware, backend services, and cloud-native architectures. He has led small technical teams and driven product development from prototyping to deployment, notably improving software quality and operational efficiency at energy and payments companies. Forrest blends hands-on engineering with strong communication skills, regularly partnering with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to deliver impactful initiatives. He brings a detail-oriented, organized approach and a track record of introducing transparent, continuous-improvement practices to engineering culture. Based in Bedford, MA, he balances technical work with practical hobbies like woodworking and outdoor exploration, reflecting a pragmatic maker mindset.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science; Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science; Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Magna Cum Laude at Middlebury College
Github Skills (62)
web-application10
python10
anki10
large-scale10
design-patterns10
system10
scale10
webapp10
packaging9
resolver9
mongodb9
sqlite8
database8
sql-server8
nodejs8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
fwallacevt/notion-recurring-tasks
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:150 commits, 12 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 2 months
fwallacevt/redis-heartbeat-lock
Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
A simple Redis locking library written in Python.
Contributions:2 PRs, 27 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
pythonredisredis-clientlockingpython3
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