Gary Bethea
Staff Software Engineer at Gusto
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGary Bethea is a Staff Software Engineer based in New York with 11 years of experience building reliable backend systems primarily in Ruby and Python. He has progressed through senior engineering roles at Medidata and Stash and recently joined Gusto, bringing proven expertise in scalable data pipelines, test automation, and cloud-based architectures. Gary’s background includes NLP-driven web scraping and parallel data processing at Chicory, as well as strong DevOps experience across AWS services. A self-starter and clear communicator, he pairs hands-on coding with mentoring and cross-functional collaboration. Outside engineering he’s a TEFL-certified teacher and dog lover, a combination that surfaces in his patient coaching style and global perspective on product problems.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Matawan Regional High SchoolWeb Application Development, Web Application Development at App AcademyProfessional Certification Teach English as a Foreign Language, Professional Certification Teach English as a Foreign Language at Peking UniversityMaster’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor’s Degree International Studies concentration in International Economics and Trade, Bachelor’s Degree International Studies concentration in International Economics and Trade at The College of New Jersey
English, Chinese
Github Skills (31)
recipe8
cookie7
content-security-policy7
hsts7
rack6
php-library6
defaults6
parsing6
amplitude6
parser6
headers6
asset-pipeline5
php5
middleware5
jekyll4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
OldGareBear/easy_prep
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:10 PRs, 45 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
OldGareBear/rustic-cut
Dec 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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