Scott Harsla
Principal Software Engineer at Snout
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Harsla is a Principal Software Engineer and AI technologist with over 20 years of experience building and scaling full-stack systems for startups and enterprises from Phoenix, Arizona. He combines hands-on engineering (React/Next.js, Node, AWS, serverless) with technical leadership—architecting complex rebuilds, shipping mobile and web platforms, and embedding AI features like image recognition and LLM-powered workflows. For 15 years he’s run Simpixl as a fractional CTO, helping clients modernize, secure, and scale their infrastructure while coaching engineering teams. At Nerdery he led AI enablement and agent-first workflows that moved Copilot and GPT integrations from pilot to production across consumer-facing platforms. Known for simplifying complexity and fostering strong engineering culture, he pairs rigorous delivery practices (CI/CD, testing, observability) with a pragmatic, product-focused mindset. A builder at heart—“Build em’ up, Break em down”—he thrives on mentoring engineers and turning AI experiments into reliable, revenue-driving systems.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
AAIT Web Design, AAIT Web Design at University of Phoenix
Github Skills (21)
mongoose7
angularjs5
event-emitter5
jwt-authentication5
expressjs5
nodejs4
boilerplate4
mongodb4
chat3
jwt3
emitter3
auth3
javascript3
modular2
mhealth2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
harsla/rolamechmfg.github.io
Jul 2015 - Oct 2020
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
harsla/fullstack_bp
Oct 2014 - Jun 2015
Contributions:36 commits, 4 pushes, 4 comments in 8 months
boilerplateexpressjsexpressjwt-authnodejs
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