Ridley Larsen
Senior Software Engineer at Canopy
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolRidley Larsen is a senior software engineer based in Salt Lake City with over a decade of experience building high-performance, user-centered systems using Python, Django, Angular, Go, and gRPC. He combines a pragmatic focus on clean, maintainable code with hands-on mentorship, having guided engineers at multiple levels and authored curriculum early in his career. Ridley has a track record of measurable impact—most notably cutting key SQL-driven page loads by over 60%—and he advocates for accessibility for both users and colleagues. Comfortable across startups and acquired teams, he’s blended product-focused engineering with operational ownership through platform migrations and API work. Off-hours he hints at a playful side—“Have you ever played Metroid??”—suggesting a curiosity for elegant design and game-like problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Utah Tech University
English, python
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (37)
python10
django-framework10
django10
orm10
web-framework10
python-client8
cpython8
capability7
micropython7
nintendo-3ds7
api7
client-library7
embedded7
3ds6
django-admin6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dynata/python-demandapi-client
Oct 2019 - Sep 2020
A Python client library to connect with Dynata Demand API
Contributions:74 commits in 11 months
apipythonclient-librarypython-clientdemand
RidleyLarsen/ridleylarsen.github.io
Mar 2015 - Jun 2023
Contributions:61 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 4 months
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