Ryan Campbell
Staff Software Engineer at Synctera
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Campbell is a Staff Software Engineer with 16 years of experience building distributed systems, cloud-native services, and automation using Linux, Python, Go, and modern infrastructure tooling. He has driven production-grade features and platform improvements across fintech and enterprise storage—helping move teams from quarterly releases to continuous delivery and designing active-active replication services. Comfortable across backend, infrastructure, and frontend integrations, he has shipped ML-backed products, Kubernetes/Terraform infrastructure, and resilient APIs. An attention-to-detail contributor to widely used documentation (realpython/python-guide) and open-source projects, he also improved reliability and API integrations for fitness-sync tooling. Based in Edmonton, he blends hands-on coding with mentoring and operational ownership, often surfacing subtle reliability fixes that prevent production pain.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Engineering, BSc, Computer Engineering at University of Alberta
Github Skills (25)
fitness10
textbook10
restructuredtext10
health10
python10
storybook10
django10
synchronized10
guideline10
data-synchronization10
user-guide10
data-sync10
docbook10
synchronize10
synchronization10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
cpfair/tapiriik
May 2015 - Jul 2018
tapiriik keeps your fitness in sync
Role in this project:
DevOps & Backend Engineer
DevOps & Backend EngineerContributions:22 commits, 12 PRs, 28 comments in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily focused on infrastructure management and backend improvements for the tapiriik project. They made several changes to the `bootstrap.sh` script, enhancing the Vagrant environment setup by addressing Python versioning and dependency upgrades. They also implemented support for the Smashrun fitness platform by integrating its API, including authentication and activity download/upload features. Additionally, the user improved the reliability of the application through token caching and handling of potential API errors.
healthfitnesssynctapiriik
realpython/python-guide
Jul 2012 - Jul 2012
Python best practices guidebook, written for humans.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:9 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily focused on correcting spelling and grammatical errors within the project's documentation. Their contributions involved fixing typos and inconsistencies in various `.rst` files related to the Python Guide. The commits demonstrate a strong attention to detail and a focus on improving the clarity and readability of the documentation. The user's work significantly improved the overall quality and professionalism of the guide.
guidebookpythonkennethreitzrequirements-managementfor-humans
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