Steve Burkett
Ruby On Rails Developer at OpenStax, Rice University
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 (69)
html10
sidekiq9
popover9
datepicker9
modals9
authentication9
ruby9
mvc9
bootstrap9
widgets9
typeahead9
daterangepicker9
rails9
libphonenumber9
angular8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
openstax/nudge-web
Dec 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
steveburkett/gittest
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:7 PRs, 3 pushes, 8 branches in 1 day
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