Rick Boykin is a seasoned Staff Software Engineer with 17+ years building scalable, cross-platform systems for clients ranging from NASA and Boeing to Warner Brothers and Oracle. He blends deep systems and graphics experience (OpenGL, C/C++) with modern cloud-native and full-stack tooling (TypeScript, React, AWS, Lambda, GraphQL), frequently moving between hands-on development and high-level architecture. As a founder and technical leader he has led product and engineering teams, launched startups, and driven CTO-level decisions on architecture, estimates, and devops. Based in Boulder, he thrives on continuous learning and enjoys solving diverse domain problems—from aerospace visualization to consumer-facing mobile apps—often choosing the most pragmatic technology for the job. A less obvious strength is his longevity across both legacy systems (Solaris, embedded tooling) and cutting-edge serverless architectures, giving him rare breadth when modernizing complex systems.
17 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science Mathematics, BS Computer Science Mathematics at Christopher Newport University
Computer Science, Computer Science at Old Dominion University
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 11 months
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