Summary
Rob Ballou is a Senior Software Engineer II with 17 years of experience building web applications, modernizing engineering practices, and delivering customer-facing features from microservices to browser extensions. Based in Denver, he currently helps BombBomb rehumanize communications by designing backend Node/TypeScript services, React components, and deployment pipelines that speed reliable rollouts. His background includes leadership and hands-on work across Drupal/PHP sites for nonprofits and news organizations, where he streamlined publishing workflows and contributed to the open-source community. Known for pragmatic technical strategy, he led the migration of an auth system to a microservice to enable third‑party logins—a change that improved flexibility and integration. Collected experience from agency to product teams gives him a strong sense for balancing developer ergonomics, testing, and shipping customer value.
17 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
University of Missouri