Ryan Vennell
Senior Software Engineer - Conversational AI Platform
New Braunfels, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Vennell is a senior software engineer and engineering leader with 14 years of experience building scalable web and API-driven products, now focused on conversational AI platforms. He’s led teams at Zapier to deliver partner-facing APIs and embeddable automation, and has deep hands-on experience across Go, Python, Node/JavaScript, Rust, and cloud-native stacks. Ryan has repeatedly owned architecture and delivery for SaaS products—from electronic workflow and signature systems to newsroom CMS platforms—bridging product, design, and go-to-market needs. He combines practical full-stack craftsmanship (backend services, databases, integrations) with people leadership: hiring, mentoring, and metrics-driven delivery. Based in New Braunfels, Texas, he brings a builder’s mindset and a long history of solving integration and scaling problems for both startups and large media organizations. Notably, his career shows a pattern of moving from core engineering to platform-focused roles that make developer-facing capabilities broadly reusable.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Information Science, BS, Computer Information Science at Dallas Baptist University
English
Github Skills (185)
admin-interface10
django-admin10
comprehension10
django9
csv9
migration9
resize9
grid-system9
drag-and-drop9
grid9
breakpoints9
layout9
vagrant8
pgloader8
clozure-cl8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
enlivengo/enliven
Apr 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:81 commits, 75 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
SerenitySoftware/cahoots
May 2012 - Aug 2015
Contributions:472 commits, 179 PRs, 88 pushes in 3 years 4 months
nlpnatural-language-processingpythoncomprehension
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