Moss Drake
Senior Software Engineer at Flat Out Press
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolMoss Drake is a Senior Software Engineer based in Portland, Oregon, with 10 years of focused experience and a multi-decade background building business-critical systems. He combines a BS in Computer Science and a BA in English to bridge technical architecture, databases, and clear technical writing across projects in Python, PHP, and Ruby on Rails. Moss has led full product lifecycles and teams—from developing dental practice management systems and automated claims delivery to supervising IT development and integrations at Moda/DMC. Since 2020 he’s worked as an independent consultant while also editing, designing, and marketing niche automotive books at Flat Out Press, showing an unusual mix of technical depth and publishing/product instincts. He contributes volunteer leadership to the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, applying marketing and design skills to technical community building. Known for pragmatic problem solving, Moss has repeatedly delivered durable, production-grade tooling that modernizes legacy systems while keeping end-user workflows front and center.
10 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Jackson HSOkemos High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Oregon State University
English, French, German
Github Skills (17)
backend9
testing6
react5
api5
backend-api5
calculator5
nodejs4
docker4
rest-api4
python3
javascript3
django1
typescript1
docker-compose1
monorepo1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mxmoss/mysite
Oct 2016 - Apr 2023
simple django site using mysql
Contributions:41 PRs, 96 pushes, 21 branches in 6 years 7 months
pythonmysqldjango-rest-frameworkdjangodjango-site
mxmoss/FLLCalculator
Aug 2017 - Apr 2023
Calculator for the First Lego League 2013 challenge - Nature's Fury
Contributions:40 PRs, 129 pushes, 23 branches in 5 years 8 months
first-lego-leaguelegojavascriptnaturefury
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