Kevin Burton
Software Developer at Tantalus Web Solutions Ltd.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Burton is a seasoned backend web developer with 13 years of experience building Python and Django-based services, currently contributing at Clarius Mobile Health while also running his own Tantalus Web Solutions. He has a strong track record designing scalable APIs, event processing, and deployment automation—having modernized production deployments with Terraform and built AWS-backed services for high-traffic consumer apps. Kevin pairs deep familiarity with Postgres, Nginx, UNIX, and monitoring tools like Splunk and CloudWatch with hands-on experience in SOC2/ISO compliance from his work at Tugboat Logic. He’s comfortable stepping into both strategic and implementational roles—onboarding teams, documenting designs, and writing automated tests—bringing a pragmatic focus on reliability and observability to complex systems. An early adopter of Django best practices, he introduced migrations and scalable architectures at multiple organizations, and enjoys tackling interesting projects end-to-end from infrastructure to APIs.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree Computer Science, Associate's degree Computer Science at Langara College
Github Skills (14)
django-project10
python9
django9
cms9
django-cms9
django-framework8
location7
meteor4
web-application2
webapp2
django-admin1
web-development1
usability1
ecosystem1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
kburts/drf-music
May 2014 - Oct 2014
Contributions:105 commits in 4 months
kburts/PygameRPG
May 2013 - Mar 2014
Contributions:4 commits in 9 months
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