Summary
K Roys is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience who transitioned from industrial engineering to web development and now builds resilient Rails-first products while exploring Elixir and modern JavaScript. Based in Taos, New Mexico, he has driven feature pivots and shipped major rewrites at startups like Polywork and ezCater, and ran his own web consulting practice. He brings a pragmatic, mentoring-focused approach—improving test practices, introducing pull request workflows, and guiding junior developers across teams. Comfortable across front-end frameworks (React, Vue, Ember) and backend Rails APIs, he’s especially passionate about Ruby and continuously learning adjacent technologies like Neo4j and Elixir. A practical problem-solver with classroom and real-world teaching experience, he often pairs engineering craft with clear product thinking.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Spanish, Engineering, Spanish, Engineering at Tecnológico de Monterrey
Ruby Programming, Ruby Programming at Code Academy
B.S., Industrial Engineering, B.S., Industrial Engineering at Bradley University
Spanish