Summary
Kerry Burke is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building full-stack web applications, currently focused on the Node.js/TypeScript/Next.js/React stack from Dún Laoghaire, Ireland. He has led front-end teams and served as technical lead on high-impact projects like a static-site Next.js rebuild for Beast Academy and the ahead-of-schedule launch of a Science 3B product, driving measurable business value. Kerry balances advancing modern architectures with maintaining legacy systems (PHP, 11ty.js), and is the de facto in-house Next.js expert at his current employer. He brings an entrepreneurial mindset from founding and bootstrapping startups and side projects—one stealth project evolved from a hobby into a potential business—and has hands-on experience with graph databases (Neo4J) and syncing hybrid data stores. His background spans fintech, e-commerce, and edtech, with a track record of reducing operational friction by unifying product data and empowering non-engineers via CMS and tooling. Collected skills in architecture, ORM/schema design, and performance-focused front-end engineering make him a pragmatic builder who prioritizes shipping impactful, maintainable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA Journalism, Master of Arts - MA Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor's Degree American History (United States), Bachelor's Degree American History (United States) at New Jersey Institute of Technology
Advanced Software Engineering Immersive Full-Stack Web Development, Advanced Software Engineering Immersive Full-Stack Web Development at MakerSquare - School of Software Engineering
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Northern Highlands Regional High School
English