Summary
Luke Baker is a Lead Full Stack Engineer based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with nearly two decades of hands-on experience building web and mobile applications across the full stack. He blends deep technical fluency in Ruby on Rails, Django, React/React Native and Mapbox with a proven track record of leading fully-remote agile teams for a decade. At Agathon he acted as a hands-on technical lead—mentoring engineers, scaling teams, and shipping complex projects including a Rails-backed research platform and a React Native app with integrated audio and animation. Earlier work includes large-scale PHP site stabilization and web performance improvements that cut server CPU usage by over 50%, demonstrating a pragmatic focus on reliability and efficiency. Now at Cisco Meraki he continues to drive architectural decisions and delivery excellence on cloud-connected networking products. Colleagues describe him as a practical leader who pairs delivery focus with thoughtful engineering process improvements like automated linting, formatting, and testing.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Science at Calvin University
English