Ryan Walker
Senior Software Engineer at LaunchCode
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Walker is a Senior Software Engineer in Chicago with nine years of experience focused on democratizing technical skills and transforming lives through education-driven engineering. He has grown through multiple roles at LaunchCode—from teaching web development and managing candidate programs to directing initiatives and now leading engineering efforts—bringing rare combination of classroom pedagogy and hands-on software delivery. Comfortable across Python, C#, JavaScript, HTML/CSS and curriculum design, he excels at translating complex technical concepts into accessible learning experiences and production-quality systems. His background in English literature and teacher education gives him strong communication and mentorship skills that amplify team effectiveness and candidate outcomes. Known for iterating on programs that scale learning pathways, he blends product-minded engineering with measurable social impact.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
LC101 Graduate, Web Development, LC101 Graduate, Web Development at LaunchCodeMaster’s Degree, English Language and Literature/Letters, Master’s Degree, English Language and Literature/Letters at University of Missouri-Saint Louis
English
Github Skills (12)
java10
happy7
discord-bot6
discord-js6
python5
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javascript4
cpp4
github4
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
LaunchCodeEducation/liftoff-assignments
Jul 2018 - Feb 2019
Student assignments for the LaunchCode Liftoff program
Contributions:172 commits, 136 PRs, 97 pushes in 7 months
javaliftoffstudent-assignments
ryanawalker/CheeseMVCPersistent
Apr 2017 - Nov 2019
Studio for C# / .NET
Contributions:4 PRs, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 7 months
dotnetumbracoc-sharpcsharpdotnetcore
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