Garrett Vangilder
Staff Software Engineer at Eventbrite
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolGarrett Vangilder is a senior software engineer with nine years of experience specializing in revenue-critical systems, distributed architectures, and operational risk reduction. He has driven measurable business impact—raising payout success from 94% to 98.5% and protecting millions in retained revenue—while modernizing billing, ads eligibility, and timezone-aware pipelines at scale. Comfortable leading cross-team technical initiatives, Garrett authors Architectural Decision Records and builds log-driven validation frameworks to enable safe rollouts and reduce incidents. He blends AWS-native, Python-driven engineering with practical operational rigor, shipping feature-flagging, 2FA, and SOC 2-aligned controls. Based in Atlanta, he pairs a Vanderbilt MS in Computer Science and a background in education to surface clear, auditable solutions and mentor teams through complex migrations.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Vanderbilt UniversitySoftware Development, Software Development at Nashville Software SchoolMaster of Science (M.S.) Education, Master of Science (M.S.) Education at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Chinese, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (32)
capstone8
wkwebview8
angular-library7
webview7
nss7
python7
stylus6
react6
android6
compile5
kite5
css5
react-native5
ios5
typescript4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
garrett-vangilder/ElmLearningMaterial
Oct 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:33 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
garrett-vangilder/garrett-vangilder.github.io
Jul 2016 - Oct 2019
Contributions:10 PRs, 71 pushes, 10 branches in 3 years 3 months
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