Peat Bakke
Founder at Refactor Projects
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolPeat Bakke is a seasoned SaaS engineering leader and founder with over 25 years in software and 17 years in senior engineering roles, helping companies navigate hypergrowth, M&A, reorganizations, and cloud/platform migrations. He combines hands-on technical leadership with a people-first approach—coaching, mentoring, and empowering teams to ship secure, reliable systems at scale. Peat has led engineering organizations through major milestones including a Series C at Peek, built and scaled native mobile teams at eBay and Kickstarter, and founded multiple consultancies and startups. Based in Portland, he volunteers as a mentor for early-stage companies and runs a volunteer nonprofit focused on cancelling student debt, reflecting a blend of civic-mindedness and entrepreneurial grit. Known for fostering cultures of trust and experimentation, he excels at translating complex technical transitions into pragmatic delivery plans.
17 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Philosophy Economics Linguistics, Philosophy Economics Linguistics at University of CanterburyGeneral Studies, General Studies at Portland State UniversityComputer Science English, Computer Science English at Simon Fraser University
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Github Skills (70)
peer-to-peer10
shell10
cli10
decentralization10
twitter-api10
libp2p10
zsh10
networking10
oh-my-zsh9
twitter9
api9
spice9
rust9
python9
bash9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
peat/wardlaw
Jan 2020 - Jan 2020
Contributions:12 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
textcamp/textcamp
Jul 2020 - Sep 2020
It's a multiplayer text based adventure game!
Contributions:157 commits, 72 pushes, 10 branches in 2 months
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