Summary
Lucas Penzeymoog is a Senior Software Engineer based in Chicago with eight years of professional experience and a six-year engineering focus on designing and delivering high-quality software. He moved from nonprofit and journalism roles into software, bringing strong communication, stakeholder management, and data-driven decision skills honed at City Year and as a freelance writer. Lucas has worked across the stack at 8th Light and Rewards Network, shipping solutions in Java, Scala, Ruby, Elixir, TypeScript/JavaScript, and React while mentoring peers as a senior crafter. He combines pragmatic engineering with a client-focused craft approach, favoring clarity and maintainability in complex codebases. Notably, his background in nonprofit leadership and publishing gives him uncommon strengths in cross-team collaboration and translating technical work for nontechnical audiences. Based in Chicago, he blends hands-on coding with product-minded engineering to drive measurable business outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Community and Nonprofit Leadership, Bachelor's degree, Community and Nonprofit Leadership at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Community and Nonprofit Leadership, Community and Nonprofit Leadership at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
French