Spencer Kaiser
Application Engineering Technical Lead II
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSpencer Kaiser is a full-stack engineering leader and Application Engineering Technical Lead II at Vanguard with 11 years of experience building TypeScript and Node.js-first products. He blends a Masters in Computer Science with an undergraduate background in marketing, bringing a rare mix of technical rigor and user-centered product intuition. Spencer has led architecture and emerging tech teams at American Airlines, where he shipped POCs leveraging computer vision and machine learning and helped scale inner-source and grad hiring programs. As a co-founder and CTO of a venture studio, he’s experienced in turning early ideas into investable businesses while prioritizing quality and time-to-market. A perfectionist and people person, he’s known for strong UX sensibilities and for running large student-facing hackathons and open-source initiatives that foster community and talent. Based in Dallas, he pairs hands-on engineering with strategic leadership to deliver pragmatic, user-focused systems.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Science Computer Science, Masters of Science Computer Science at Southern Methodist University
English
Stackoverflow
372reputation
20kreached
4answers
15questions
Github Skills (200)
ui-components10
autocomplete10
modular10
browser10
chakra10
api10
ark-ui10
ring10
mapper10
schema-validation10
slack-api10
wai-aria10
static-site-generator10
nodejs10
mongodb10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
johnkahn/tamu-cicd-expressjs-2
Feb 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:4 reviews, 7 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 3 months
AmericanAirlines/AskingForAFriend
Jul 2020 - May 2021
Helping our Slack community ask questions without fear of being judged
Contributions:18 reviews, 8 commits, 50 PRs in 9 months
jestsafe-spacesslacknodeask
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