Summary
Tiarra Stout is a security engineer and former software craftsman with eight years of experience blending application security, incident response leadership, and full‑stack web development. Based in Salt Lake City, she has held roles from Application Security Engineer at Pluralsight to technical lead for Podium’s incident response team, and now manages web and security operations for a regional arts nonprofit. With a Bachelor’s in Physics and a DevMountain web development credential, she combines rigorous analytical training with practical engineering—building React/Node apps, practicing TDD, and running security programs. Her background teaching, mentoring, and managing large HR processes gives her an unusually strong aptitude for translating complex technical risk into business‑facing decisions. Active on GitHub, she maintains projects that showcase front‑end polish and secure development practices. Colleagues rely on her to bridge technical and non‑technical teams while keeping security pragmatic and usable.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development, Web Development at DevMountain
Bachelor's degree, Physics, 3.54, Bachelor's degree, Physics, 3.54 at Idaho State University
English, French