Logan Ripplinger
Staff Frontend Software Engineer at Defense Unicorns
Fairfield, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLogan Ripplinger is a results-driven software engineer and engineering leader with eight years of experience building scalable frontend and full-stack systems using TypeScript, React, GraphQL, and Python. He has a strong track record of turning around at-risk projects—most notably leading a 10-person team to deliver an enterprise LLM RAG service—and driving migrations and architectural changes that cut API latency by 80% and boosted developer velocity by 150%. Logan pairs hands-on implementation (React/Node, cloud-native CI/CD, test automation) with strategic work like internationalization and WCAG compliance to secure multimillion-dollar contracts. A former USAF geospatial intelligence supervisor, he brings disciplined ops thinking to software delivery and a knack for automations that save substantial time. Based in Fairfield, CA, he thrives on mentoring engineers and shipping high-impact features that improve reliability and developer experience.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Intelligence Studies and Technology, Associate's degree, Intelligence Studies and Technology at Community College of the Air ForceBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Western Governors University
Github Skills (118)
expressjs10
testing10
javascript10
pipeline10
pachyderm10
versioning10
kubernetes10
distributed-systems10
analytics10
data-versioning10
nodejs10
data-analysis10
docker10
facebook10
server10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
brighthive/data-resource-generator
May 2020 - Sep 2020
An elegant, opinionated framework for deploying BrightHive Data Resources with zero coding.
Contributions:14 reviews, 30 commits, 56 PRs in 4 months
deployingopinionated-frameworkpythondata-repositorydata-trust
brighthive/convert_descriptor_to_swagger
Dec 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:6 releases, 8 PRs, 51 pushes in 7 months
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