Ricky Hougland
Software Engineer at Indeed.com
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRicky Hougland is a full-stack software engineer based in Seattle with a decade of professional experience and a particular passion for backend engineering and compiled languages. Currently at Indeed, they bring strong communication and leadership skills to building scalable services using Java/Spring, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/React, and a mix of Python and Scala. Ricky has a track record of accelerating search systems (including a 10x search-speed improvement work during an early role) and is comfortable across databases and search tech like MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and SQL. They combine technical depth with an intersectional, anti-oppression lens developed through long-standing work with social-justice organizations, making accessibility and equity practical parts of product decisions. A quick learner who thrives on continual growth, Ricky pairs production-focused engineering with thoughtful collaboration and mentorship.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies, with honors, GPA: 3.8, Bachelor's degree, Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies, with honors, GPA: 3.8 at Grinnell College
French, English
Github Skills (25)
tac8
keyword-search7
keyword6
xmlrpc5
metadata4
solar-system4
solar3
react3
javascript3
search-engine3
browser3
css3
ruby2
drag2
rails2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jennaplusplus/seemore
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
Contributions:164 pushes, 1 branch in 10 days
hougland/catface
Nov 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:3 PRs, 48 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
reactnetworkingnodejssocial-networkingmongodb
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