Rick Riensche
Software Engineer at LaunchDarkly
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRick Riensche is a seasoned software engineer with seven years of industry experience and a deep technical foundation grounded in a B.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Washington State University. He currently builds feature flagging and delivery systems at LaunchDarkly after senior engineering work at Autodesk and earlier roles at PlanGrid and PNNL, where he combined research rigor with production engineering. Known for falling in love with programming at age 12, Rick brings a long-term curiosity that shows up as pragmatic problem-solving and a lighthearted attitude in team settings. His background spans research science and applied engineering, giving him a unique ability to translate complex algorithms into maintainable, scalable systems. Colleagues value him for steady delivery on backend systems and for keeping technical conversations grounded and approachable.
7 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at Washington State University
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Github Skills (50)
rebar10
rest-services10
flask-marshmallow10
flask-application10
flask-restful10
flask-api10
marshmallow10
rest9
flask9
rest-api9
python8
soql8
swagger8
converting7
launchdarkly7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RookieRick/AdventOfCode
Dec 2019 - Dec 2024
Contributions:65 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years
plangrid/flask-rebar
Feb 2019 - Jan 2022
Flask-Rebar combines flask, marshmallow, and swagger for robust REST services.
Contributions:1 release, 31 reviews, 17 commits in 2 years 11 months
rest-servicesacsbppythonflask-apiflask
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