Kirk Werklund
Owner at Functional Independent Systems
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKirk Werklund is an experienced full-stack software developer and founder with 13 years of hands-on experience building scalable web applications, REST APIs, and developer tooling. He blends a strong DevOps orientation—managing CI/CD, infrastructure, and release delivery with tools like Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS—with a background in Ruby on Rails and AngularJS. Kirk has delivered production systems at companies such as Getty Images and Benevity and now runs his own consultancy, applying pragmatic automation and testing practices. Currently transitioning into machine learning and data science, he’s actively studying the mathematical foundations and Python ML ecosystems to bridge infrastructure expertise with model deployment. A former instructor, he brings clear communication and curriculum-building experience to technical leadership and mentoring.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Object Oriented Software Development, Information Technology, Certificate in Object Oriented Software Development, Information Technology at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology / SAIT
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (7)
cucumber6
javascript6
jquery6
capybara6
ruby6
angularjs6
tooltip6
Github contributions (1)
zensunni/config
Jun 2013 - Jun 2017
Contributions:10 commits in 4 years 1 month
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