George Spake
Software Engineer II at Ookla
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolGeorge Spake is a Full Stack Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building user-facing applications and backend services, currently contributing at Ookla from Memphis, Tennessee. He blends modern frontend stacks (React, TypeScript, React Query) with robust Python backends (FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy) and has a strong track record improving performance and telemetry for data-heavy systems. Past roles include leading UI modernization at AutoZone and migrating legacy apps to React and GraphQL at Lensrentals, always emphasizing testing, CI/CD, and developer ergonomics. A pragmatic problem-solver, he introduced team-wide tooling and workflow improvements—like git, Vagrant, and macOS adoption—early in his career and has a knack for turning manual processes into automated, documented solutions. Outside engineering he’s an organizer and public speaker active in the tech community, with creative roots as an artist and stained-glass designer that inform a detail-oriented approach to UX and design.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Business Administration Concentration Business Information and Technology, Master of Science (MS), Business Administration Concentration Business Information and Technology at The University of Memphis
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Github Skills (200)
dashboard10
postgresql10
athena10
python10
web-development10
backend10
javascript10
yarnpkg10
jwt10
sass-framework10
json10
mysql10
databricks10
router10
prototypes10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
uthsc/UTHSC-WPCAS
Feb 2014 - Feb 2016
Contributions:34 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years
wordpressphpintegratecaswordpress-plugin
gpspake/dotfiles
Mar 2015 - Dec 2021
Contributions:49 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 9 months
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