Summary
Ian Baker is a Senior Software Engineer with 7 years of hands-on experience building full-stack .NET solutions and shaping software architecture across retail and assessment platforms. He founded The Devs Guild, a 1,200+ member community that mentors, collaborates on projects, and accelerates professional growth—evidence of his passion for teaching and developer advocacy. Ian has delivered production systems at Lowe's and Prometric, consulted on architecture for startups like Planted Detroit, and graduated top of his Revature bootcamp cohort. A lifelong learner who recently marked his 100th Udemy course, he continually sharpens skills from front-end state management (NgRx) to back-end .NET practices. Based in Tennessee and formerly living in Florida, he balances technical leadership with hands-on coding and community building, often connecting with early-career engineers and Revature trainees.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Technology - MTech, Computer Software Engineering, Master of Technology - MTech, Computer Software Engineering at Charleston State University
English, Italian, French