Forrest Wilkins
Sr. Software Engineer at RevolutionaryText
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolForrest Wilkins is a senior software engineer with 11 years of experience building full-stack web applications and real-time platforms, currently focused on legal tech and courtroom streaming. He brings deep Node.js (7+ years), Ruby on Rails (6 years), and React expertise, plus hands-on DevOps and microservices experience deploying scalable systems on AWS. Forrest has a track record of shipping production-grade features—from WebRTC audio/video workflows and GraphQL backends to responsive, accessible front-ends—and routinely handles on-call support and live production data fixes. He’s worked at both enterprise (Oracle) and startup-like environments, gaining strong discipline in testing, CI/CD, and API design while also leading projects, interviewing, and onboarding. Passionate about free software and socially conscious tech, Forrest combines practical engineering rigor with a user-focused mindset shaped by customer-facing roles and collaboration with support and QA.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Johnston Community College
Stackoverflow
478reputation
25kreached
9answers
26questions
Github Skills (200)
postgresql10
democracy10
databases10
sap10
material-ui10
apollo-client10
apollo10
sketch10
javascript10
browser10
react-component10
social-networking10
decision-making10
apollographql10
social-media10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ethanwilkins/elheroe
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:333 pushes, 2 comments in 11 months
ethanwilkins/gsc_surveying
Jan 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:287 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 7 months
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