Scott Adams
Lead Software Engineer at 2XA Products AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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SeniorScott Adams is a Lead Software Engineer based in Stockholm with 13 years of experience building and operating web-scale systems across startups, agencies and larger enterprises. He blends hands-on full-stack development (React/Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, Django) with DevOps and CI/CD expertise on platforms like Kubernetes, AWS, Heroku and OpenShift, and has managed distributed teams both on-site and remotely. As a founder-CEO he scaled commercial GPS-tracking products to thousands of customers, bringing practical product and business insight to technical decisions. Scott is an active open-source contributor focused on backend and database improvements—optimizing queries and adding robustness to Django projects such as django-auditlog and django-sitetree. Known for pragmatic problem solving and a passion for learning, he often chooses simple, reliable solutions over unnecessary complexity.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
English, Swedish
Github Skills (15)
3d-models10
menu10
postgresql10
data-models10
python10
database-design10
machine-learning-models10
migration10
django10
navigation-drawer9
navigationview9
sql9
auditing9
navigationbar9
audit9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
idlesign/django-sitetree
Aug 2013 - Jul 2015
Reusable application for Django introducing site tree, menu and breadcrumbs navigation elements.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 2 comments in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily contributed to the Django-based `django-sitetree` application. Their work focused on enhancing the functionality of the site tree features by implementing a new tag, improving error handling, and adding settings for ignore errors. These contributions included modifying both the backend logic and the settings configurations of the application. Furthermore, the user made general improvements to the project by merging in updated files and updating the project description.
sitetreebreadcrumbspythonmenudjango
jazzband/django-auditlog
Jul 2015 - Oct 2015
A Django app that keeps a log of changes made to an object.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer / Database Engineer
Back-end Developer / Database EngineerContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 1 issue in 2 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily focused on database-related changes and optimization within the Django audit log application. They added a database index to improve query performance, specifically addressing a slow query issue identified on a Heroku PostgreSQL instance. The user also modified model fields to add verbose names and database indexing, contributing to database schema refinement and application efficiency. These contributions suggest a focus on improving data access and overall application performance.
pythondjangoauditauditingdjango-app
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