Nathan Wailes
Software Engineer at Upwork
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Wailes is a senior full‑stack software engineer based in San Francisco with 12 years of experience building Python backends and Vue frontends, and substantial familiarity with Angular and Node. He has a track record of shipping pragmatic solutions for startups and small companies—ranging from CRM and scheduling tooling to a web UI for 3D bioscience visualization—and is frequently hired as a solo contributor to refactor, document, and stabilize codebases. Notable strengths include clear, well-documented code (praised by multiple clients), deep practical knowledge of OAuth/OpenID integrations (he authored a widely referenced Stack Overflow guide for GitHub social login), and contributions improving docs and scheduling features in popular Python projects. He blends analytical rigor—evidenced by a rare perfect LSAT score—with an entrepreneurial curiosity spanning programming, finance, and mathematics, and is comfortable learning new stacks on the job.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High school diploma, High school diploma at The Bergen County Academies, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology (AAST)Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy / Psychology (Double-major), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy / Psychology (Double-major) at The College of New Jersey
Spanish
Stackoverflow
10,907reputation
2.7mreached
136answers
88questions
mysql
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google-api
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javascript
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authentication
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github-api
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flask
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Github Skills (35)
datetime10
google-api10
lib10
python10
datetimes10
flask-ask10
vue10
google-oauth10
oauth10
flask10
documentation10
mysql9
javascript9
authentication9
unit-testing9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
singingwolfboy/flask-dance
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Doing the OAuth dance with style using Flask, requests, and oauthlib.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:17 commits, 4 PRs, 21 comments in 8 days
Contributions summary:Nathan primarily focused on improving and expanding the project's documentation. Their contributions include adding detailed explanations of core functionalities like the `authorized()` function and how backend token loading works, as well as clarifying the session concepts. They also corrected grammatical errors and ensured the quickstart guides were accurate. The user also added docstrings to improve the readability of the code.
flaskpythonoauthdance
dbader/schedule
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
Python job scheduling for humans.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 1 PR, 12 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Nathan primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the `schedule` Python library. Their contributions include adding support for second precision in time specifications, refactoring code to improve readability, and implementing support for recurring tasks at specific minute marks. The user also addressed bugs and improved the robustness of the time parsing logic. Additionally, the user updated documentation examples to reflect the added features.
pythonschedulingfor-humansjobjob-scheduling
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