Theo Ballew
Principal Software Engineer at Talend
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTheo Ballew is a Principal Software Engineer based in Berkeley with 12 years of experience building backend-first full-stack web applications, specializing in JavaScript and PHP. He has progressed from Drupal-focused development to senior backend roles and now leads engineering at Talend, bringing hands-on expertise in scalable services and integrations. Theo's background includes multi-year product work at Box and Chapter Three, reflecting a strong foundation in CMS-driven architectures and web platform engineering. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he balances legacy system modernization with delivering reliable, production-grade APIs and developer-friendly tooling. His Computer Engineering degree from UC Santa Cruz underpins a methodical approach to system design and performance optimization.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa Cruz
Github Skills (71)
apigee10
netsuite9
drupal9
contentful9
integrate9
portal9
pantheon8
composer8
silverstripe8
api-client8
packagist8
php8
field-editor8
circleci7
wordpress7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
chapter-three/drupal-8-backend
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:25 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 11 days
void--/poc
Jul 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 87 pushes, 8 branches in 10 months
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