Summary
Seth Schroeder is a pragmatic software engineer with 15 years of experience building and stabilizing web applications, currently contracting at Apple as a Ruby on Rails developer. He combines hands-on Rails and backend skills with experience in Elixir, PostgreSQL, AWS, and secure client-side cryptography (WebCrypto/PBKDF2, AES-256-GCM). As a tech lead and manager he has negotiated data models, led integrations that delivered measurable production value, run pager duty, and written constructive performance reviews. He focuses on readable code, clean commit histories, and actionable PR feedback, and has a track record of automating tedious processes to boost team productivity. Comfortable across startups and large enterprises, he also contributes to inclusive remote culture and DEI efforts. Based in Sterling, VA, he brings both long-term system-level thinking and attention to developer experience.
15 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Thomas Worthington High School
English, japanese (limited), french (limited)