Luke Kende is a seasoned full-stack engineer and owner with over 15 years of experience building web products and leading small engineering teams from conception to launch. He has deep hands-on experience across CMS platforms, custom .NET systems, test and screenshot/visual-regression tooling, and workflow automation, having shipped a SaaS visual testing product and improved core platform performance by ~50%. As a consultant he partners with small businesses to deliver practical, scalable solutions—from polished websites to AI-enabled tooling that automates processes and surfaces insights. Recently he focuses on pragmatic AI integrations using OpenAI and automation frameworks like Temporal Python to make ML useful, not just novel. Comfortable wearing many hats, he blends product-minded engineering with operations and client-facing consulting, often translating ambiguous requirements into deployable systems. Based in Denver, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a track record of evolving long-lived SaaS products and bespoke solutions.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Memphis
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