Isaac Thiessen
Software Engineer at OpenArk
Greater Victoria Metropolitan Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolIsaac Thiessen is a pragmatic Senior Software Engineer with 8 years of experience building and modernizing web services, infrastructure, and developer workflows across startups and government projects. Skilled in Python, Django, Flask, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, and CI/CD, he led Leadpages’ Python 2→3 migration and represented the company at developer conferences while coaching junior engineers. Isaac pairs hands-on implementation—APIs, automation, AMD/ARM transitions and security hardening—with systems-level planning, currently running a client-facing engineering practice at OpenArk. He maintains a homelab for experimentation and pursues numerous personal projects, bringing practical curiosity and strong organisation to complex technical transitions. An avid climber and multi-instrument musician, he blends disciplined engineering with creative problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma of Education, Computer Science, Diploma of Education, Computer Science at Camosun CollegeProcess Operator, Process Operator at Selkirk College
Github Skills (69)
pip10
bare-metal9
python-development9
kubernetes-cluster9
ansible9
high-availability9
python9
packaging9
aws9
virtualenv9
openldap8
docker8
kubernetes8
pipfile8
limiting7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
fargusplumdoodle/budget-api
May 2020 - Jun 2023
privately keeping track of finances
Contributions:1 PR, 30 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 1 month
financefinanceskeeping
fargusplumdoodle/SortImages
Jul 2019 - Mar 2021
For routinely sorting images based on their width/hieght/aspect ratio for finding suitable wallpapers
Contributions:1 PR, 5 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 8 months
pythonbackground-imagefindingwidthwallpapers
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