Summary
Richard Ford is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of focused experience building full-stack JavaScript solutions and backend services using Node.js and Go. He combines deep front-end expertise in Angular, Vue and TypeScript with hands-on backend work—APIs, serverless Lambdas, MongoDB aggregations and relational databases (Postgres, MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL). Currently at Bright MLS, he architects and supports real-estate APIs using serverless patterns, Drizzle ORM and Zod for strong typing and validation. Comfortable in CI/CD with GitLab and ubiquitous open-source libraries, he moves fluidly across cloud-native and monolithic environments. A chemistry bachelor who shifted into software, he brings a practical, data-minded approach to debugging complex integrations and optimizing data workflows.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Course work Computer Science, Course work Computer Science at Central Piedmont Community College
Bachelor of Science - BS Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS Chemistry at Johnson C. Smith University - JCSU