Gwendolyn Faraday is a Lead AI Engineer and seasoned software architect with 11 years of experience building scalable SaaS systems and AI integrations from prototype to production. She blends hands-on engineering in Python, Vue/React front-ends, and AWS services (including Bedrock) with leadership roles that have spanned principal engineer to head of engineering and leading teams of seven. As founder of Faraday Consulting and Faraday Academy she mentors developers, creates curriculum and publishes practical guidance on AI systems design, contributing to freeCodeCamp and a public curriculum-app project. Her work emphasizes pragmatic architecture for LLM/AI features in product contexts like marketing and education, not just research experiments. Based in Indianapolis, she pairs deep technical execution with a passion for teaching—helping startups and developers adopt responsible, production-ready AI. An under-the-radar strength is her consistent delivery across diverse stacks, from blockchain and serverless microservices to modern ML deployments.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering, Engineering at Boston University
Certificate in Full Stack Web Development, Computer Software Engineering, Certificate in Full Stack Web Development, Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Western Governors University
Bachelor's degree, Cybersecurity, Bachelor's degree, Cybersecurity at Purdue Global
Create, share, and keep track of your learning curricula.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:184 commits, 100 PRs, 237 pushes in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Gwendolyn primarily focused on implementing and updating the create curriculum form within the "curriculum-app" repository. They modified the Vue.js components, including the CreateCurriculum.vue file, to add new features for managing resources and projects within the curriculum sections. Additionally, they incorporated styling improvements in the SASS files and updated the display and home page layouts. These commits showcase their focus on front-end development to enhance the user experience.
Management system for students of our free coding school.
Contributions:43 commits, 2 PRs, 39 pushes in 4 months
djangomanagement-systembackendpython
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