Summary
Kevin Ready is a versatile software developer and consultant with 12+ years building front-end and full-stack web, mobile, desktop and IoT applications across startups and major clients including Amazon, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Origin and Xero. He specializes in JavaScript ecosystems—React, React Native, TypeScript, GraphQL and Node—while also shipping legacy integrations, Cordova/React-Native ports, and backend services in diverse stacks. Kevin combines hands-on implementation (testing, Docker, CI/CD) with architecture and process improvements that have reduced attrition and boosted team productivity. His background includes rich-media, Flash-era engineering and published books on defensive web coding, giving him an uncommon depth in backward-compatible and cross-platform solutions. Based in San Francisco, he’s multilingual, well-traveled, and comfortable leading or contributing on remote and onsite teams. Expect a pragmatic engineer who turns complex data and media requirements into maintainable, production-ready interfaces.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
International Relations, International Relations at San Francisco State University
Bachelor of Arts - BA French Music, Bachelor of Arts - BA French Music at California State University, Long Beach
European Studies, European Studies at University of Amsterdam
French Institutions and History, French Institutions and History at Aix-Marseille University
Dutch, German, French, Spanish, English