Ryan Veitch
Senior Full Stack Engineer at Tagboard
Moorhead, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolRyan Veitch is a Senior Full Stack Engineer with 11 years of experience based in Moorhead, Minnesota, known for architecting APIs and championing Elasticsearch and Node.js solutions. He has led full-stack development across high-scale WordPress multisite networks and SaaS products, driving architecture, integrations, and DevOps at companies like Tagboard and CoSchedule. A pragmatic advocate of TDD and continuous deployment, he balances hands-on coding with mentoring, roadmap ownership, and scrum leadership. His open-source contributions to ElasticPress demonstrate deep Elasticsearch integration work—adding authentication, search scoping, and dashboard sync improvements that enhance WordPress search reliability. Ryan blends product-focused engineering with a background in web design and communications, enabling both technical reliability and thoughtful user-facing solutions.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development, Graphic Design, Audio & Video Production, Web Development, Graphic Design, Audio & Video Production at Minnesota State University, MoorheadBachelor of Science (B.S.), Public Relations & Advertising - Minor in Psychology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Public Relations & Advertising - Minor in Psychology at North Dakota State University
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Github Skills (12)
plugin-development10
wordpress10
elasticsearch10
elasticsearchquery10
php10
api10
aws-elasticsearch10
apidoc10
elasticsearch-api10
amazon-elasticsearch10
back-end-development9
searching8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
10up/ElasticPress
Feb 2016 - Mar 2017
A fast and flexible search and query engine for WordPress.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 4 PRs, 19 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily contributed to the core functionality of the ElasticPress plugin, focusing on enhancing integration with Elasticsearch and WordPress. They added features like Elasticsearch Shield authentication, implemented a search scope filter, and addressed compatibility issues with WordPress versions. Several commits addressed the dashboard sync functionality, including disabling sync, and preventing feature status changes when dashboard sync is disabled. These changes suggest a focus on improving the plugin's functionality and user experience.
queryintranetquery-enginewp-querywordpress-api
openfcci/fcc-northland-outdoors-radio
Jan 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:10 PRs, 123 pushes, 20 branches in 1 year
radiopodcastsoutdoorsstations
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