Garret Sweetwood
Software Engineer III Technical Lead at FloQast
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGarret Sweetwood is a pragmatic software engineer and technical lead based in Kirkland, WA, with nine years of professional experience spanning front-end development, AWS services, and open-source contributions. He brings strong JavaScript/TypeScript and React skills alongside backend familiarity in Java and AWS tooling, having improved VS Code’s AWS Toolkit with features like SAM local container support and enhanced AWS Explorer telemetry. Transitioning from an internationally award-winning nine-year career in medical device design, Garret combines rigorous quality and regulatory thinking with modern cloud-native development practices. At FloQast he progressed rapidly from SWE II to Technical Lead, demonstrating both hands-on delivery and team leadership. Known for learning new technologies quickly, he blends product-focused frontend polish with deep operational awareness from his AWS and medical device backgrounds.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Oregon State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Major: Biology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major: Biology at Roosevelt University
German, Spanish, English
Github Skills (9)
typescript10
typescripts10
aws10
vscode-extension10
typescript-types10
sam10
lambda9
lambdas9
aws-cloudformation8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-toolkit-vscode
Dec 2019 - Jan 2023
Amazon Q, CodeCatalyst, Local Lambda debug, SAM/CFN syntax, ECS Terminal, AWS resources
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:266 reviews, 191 commits, 113 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Garret primarily focused on enhancing the AWS Toolkit for VS Code, particularly the AWS Explorer and SAM debugging features. They refactored AWS Explorer initialization, added telemetry for tracking active regions, and implemented support for the "use container" option when running Lambdas locally. The user also contributed to improving the user interface, including updating Quick Start and invoking SAM functions.
aws-lambdaserverlessaws-resourcesawsecs-exec
AlanBinu007/aws-toolkit-vscode
Jan 2020 - Apr 2021
AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code, an extension for working with AWS services including AWS Lambda.
Contributions:26 commits in 1 year 3 months
visual-studiovisual-studio-codevscodevscode-extensionserverless
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