Russell Anderson
Staff Software Engineer at Meanwhile
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRussell Anderson is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building and leading full‑stack teams that ship reliable web applications. He blends hands‑on TypeScript/React/Next.js development with deep delivery expertise—introducing CI/CD pipelines, Playwright e2e suites, and API integration tests to accelerate shipping confidence. As a former engineering manager at D2iQ and Lonely Planet he pairs people leadership with practical product thinking, shaping scrum practices, user stories, and cross‑team collaboration. Russell has a track record of rescuing delivery under pressure (reaching tight customer deadlines and standing up staging environments for demos) and of cost‑saving technical work such as sunsetting services. He regularly oscillates between coding and coaching, preferring roles where he can both contribute code and improve how teams work. Based in Nashville, he brings a pragmatic, results‑oriented style forged across startups, consultancies, and large product teams.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BBA, International Business, BBA, International Business at Belmont UniversityTyler Legacy High School
Github Skills (92)
multiselect10
autocomplete10
emotionjs10
react-autocomplete10
editable10
react-testing-library10
planet10
typescript10
wai10
gatsby-plugin10
autosuggest10
react-modal10
combobox10
dropdown10
dcos10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
vacas5/gatsby-source-unsplash
Jan 2018 - Nov 2019
Source plugin for Gatsby to pull in unsplash photos from a collection
Contributions:6 commits, 16 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 9 months
gatsbyunsplash-photossource-plugingatsby-pluginunsplash
vacas5/readableUI
Oct 2015 - Jan 2018
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 2 years 3 months
pythondatahandyuser-datauser-friendly
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