Summary
Roger Miller is a Lead Software Engineer in Portland, Oregon with 11 years of experience building full-stack web applications using Ruby on Rails, React, and modern JavaScript. He brings a rare blend of journalism and data skills—teaching Python and building scrapers and Pandas pipelines—to turn messy data into actionable insights and compelling visualizations. At Sweeten he architected backend systems that tripled page speed and at Barkbox he now leads engineering work across product and platform. Comfortable both fixing legacy complexity and shipping new features, he also has hands-on experience with web scraping (BeautifulSoup, Selenium) and data-driven storytelling. Outside engineering he’s an avid fisherman, cook, squash player and pianist, a mix that reflects his methodical curiosity and attention to craft.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature, General, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature, General at St. Lawrence University
Master's Degree, Journalism, Master's Degree, Journalism at Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
Clarkson School Certificate, Biology, General, Clarkson School Certificate, Biology, General at Clarkson University
English