Tim Shaffer
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Recharge
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Shaffer is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 15+ years building web applications and DevOps-focused platforms, currently leading engineering efforts at Recharge. He blends hands-on full-stack development—Java, Python, TypeScript, Vue/React, PostgreSQL—with infrastructure and containerization expertise (Docker) to deliver reliable, scalable systems. Tim has progressed from early development roles through lead and staff positions at MITRE and Recharge, demonstrating consistent ownership of architecture and delivery across enterprise and startup-like environments. He favors pragmatic Agile and DevOps practices that shorten feedback loops and reduce deployment risk. Based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, he pairs a business-focused Computer Information Systems background with deep technical craft, making him effective at aligning engineering work to product and operational goals. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex requirements into maintainable, production-ready solutions.
15 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration Computer Information Systems, Bachelor of Business Administration Computer Information Systems at University of Baltimore
Github Skills (200)
python10
django-framework10
command-line-tool10
web-development10
flask10
javascript10
django10
wsgi10
pyramid10
micro-framework10
webapp10
cli10
sqlite10
progressive10
java10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
timster/peewee-moves
Mar 2016 - Dec 2020
A simple and flexible migration manager for Peewee ORM.
Contributions:77 commits, 8 PRs, 84 pushes in 4 years 9 months
mysqlsqlpeeweepeewee-ormmigrations
timster/peewee-validates
Mar 2016 - Oct 2019
A simple and flexible model and data validator for Peewee ORM.
Contributions:83 commits, 5 PRs, 71 pushes in 3 years 7 months
validationpeeweepeewee-ormvalidatordata-validator
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