Kirk Rader
Self Employed
McFarland, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKirk Rader is a seasoned software engineering consultant with 11 years of professional experience and a longer history of freelance systems work spanning embedded, server and desktop platforms. He blends hands-on implementation (C++, C#, Java/JEE) with architecture and team leadership, having driven features for DIRECTV DVRs, casino gaming systems, and service-oriented platforms at companies like Vubiquity and Mattel. Kirk has led engineering teams and established software governance, CI/CD, and best practices to scale delivery across complex media and enterprise systems. He frequently operates as a contractor or direct hire, managing full project lifecycles from requirements through regression testing and deployment. Based in McFarland, Wisconsin, he pairs a pragmatic engineering mindset with a humanities background (BA in Philosophy), which informs clear requirement translation and technical communication. Notably, his career includes deep domain experience in constrained embedded environments and large-scale broadcast/service ecosystems, a less obvious bridge between low-level firmware and cloud/JEE services.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles
English
Github Skills (26)
node-red10
mindmap9
philips-hue8
flowchart8
javascript8
markdown7
flow-based-programming7
typescript7
voice-commands7
sequence-diagram7
documentation7
visual-programming7
home-assistant6
event-driven5
hdmi5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
parasaurolophus/home-automation
Jan 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:243 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years
parasaurolophus/dinodocs
Nov 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:149 pushes, 14 branches in 3 months
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