Kevin Townsend
Senior Lead Software Engineer at Overland AI
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Townsend is a Senior Lead Software Engineer in Seattle with 11 years of experience building full-stack, highly reliable web applications and automations across AWS and GCP. He moves projects from concept to production, blending front-end React/Next.js and backend Node/Rails expertise with strong database tuning (Postgres, DocumentDB) to deliver measurable performance gains. Kevin has led architecture and front-end builds for legal document platforms and CMSs that serve millions, and he’s automated onboarding and multi-cloud deployments to reduce manual toil. Known for pragmatic leadership and hands-on mentoring, he balances strategic planning with deep implementation skills in CI/CD, Docker, and API integrations. Less obvious: his background spans design and physics foundations, giving him a rare combination of user-focused aesthetics and analytical problem-solving.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of WashingtonAssociate of Science Physics, Associate of Science Physics at Seattle Central CollegeAssociate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) Graphic Design, Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) Graphic Design at Shoreline Community CollegeRuby on Rails Development Accelerator Ruby on Rails, Ruby on Rails Development Accelerator Ruby on Rails at Code Fellows
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Github Skills (41)
animation9
stylesheets9
cross-browser9
css-animations9
css8
ruby-on-rails6
react6
mousewheel6
browser6
scroll6
jquery6
ruby6
trackpad6
ruby-install6
javascript6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
True-Orbit/web
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
A social media platform
Contributions:55 releases, 120 PRs, 198 pushes in 2 months
codefellows/code-rails
Aug 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:5 PRs, 281 pushes, 20 branches in 29 days
ruby-on-railsrailsworkbookruby
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