Steve Burkett
Ruby On Rails Developer at SpeciesListPro
Bend, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteve Burkett is a seasoned full-stack developer with 11+ years of experience specializing in Ruby on Rails, React, Sidekiq, and Postgres, with deep operational know-how on AWS and Heroku. He has led and implemented scalable back-end systems for high-traffic educational and logistics platforms—including ElasticSearch-powered textbook search, Kafka-based event pipelines, and Postgres-backed highlighting—demonstrating an ability to bridge data, performance, and reliability. A pragmatic advocate for software as a craft, Steve emphasizes test coverage, code quality, and developer-friendly tooling (he once built a praised Sidekiq scaling utility). He prefers mission-driven work with nonprofits and part-time remote consulting, and brings a collaborative, low-friction style that meshes well with laid-back, design-conscious teams. Outside work he volunteers, plays ping pong and ultimate frisbee, and windsurfs, reflecting a balance of community-mindedness and adventurousness.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
BBA/CS, Business, CS, English, BBA/CS, Business, CS, English at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (95)
authentication10
sidekiq9
validation9
dynamodb9
phone-number9
datepicker9
html9
modals9
ruby9
mvc9
validating9
sortable9
widgets9
typeahead9
daterangepicker9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
openstax/nudge-web
Dec 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
openstax/intl-tel-input-rails
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
intl-tel-input for the Rails asset pipeline
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 7 days
rails-asset-pipelinepipelinerailsrubyintl
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