Kevin English
Senior Backend Engineer at dataplor
South Lake Tahoe, California, United States
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Top SchoolKevin English is a senior backend engineer with 17 years of experience building reliable web applications and APIs, currently shaping data infrastructure at dataplor. He combines deep backend expertise in Ruby on Rails, Elixir/Phoenix, and Go with practical front-end experience in React and JavaScript, enabling full-stack delivery and thoughtful refactors. Kevin has a long consulting pedigree, delivering bespoke systems for clients ranging from Riot Games to healthcare and sustainability initiatives, and often leads the product-facing discovery work that sparks practical, elegant solutions. Comfortable in both startups and larger teams, he brings strong TDD and Agile discipline to reduce technical debt while accelerating feature delivery. Based in South Lake Tahoe with ties to San Diego and Hawaii, he blends remote consulting agility with on-site collaboration when needed. Colleagues describe him as an enthusiastic, honest engineer who prioritizes open communication and client delight as drivers of technical success.
17 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at The George Washington UniversityMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Github contributions (4)
kenglishhi/ics632
Sep 2008 - Nov 2009
Contributions:201 commits in 1 year 2 months
kenglishhi/bioflexrails
Mar 2009 - Apr 2009
Contributions:86 commits in 1 month
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