Toran Billups
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Q2
Bondurant, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolToran Billups is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 14 years of experience blending product-driven engineering and machine learning-informed decisioning, currently shaping platform work at Q2 from Bondurant, Iowa. He progressed from hands-on engineering roles to VP of Engineering at Gearflow, demonstrating an ability to scale teams and systems across fintech and marketplace domains. Toran’s background spans security-focused work at RSA, edtech at Legends of Learning, and long-form delivery at financial software firms, giving him a strong foundation in reliable, scalable backend systems. His GitHub interest in "Decision Making With Feedforward Multilayer Perceptrons" hints at applied ML curiosity beyond typical backend practice, informing product decisions and architecture. Known for moving between IC and leadership roles, he combines technical depth with pragmatic team-driven delivery.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at Central College
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Github Skills (200)
javascript-framework10
web-development10
api10
ember-data10
javascript-tools10
phoenix-framework10
fetch10
api-server10
utilities10
hot-module-replacement10
hide10
lodash10
reloading10
frontend10
python10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ember-redux/ember-redux-thunk-shim
Dec 2016 - Nov 2019
Ember shim for redux-thunk
Contributions:13 PRs, 20 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 10 months
redux-thunkshimreduxemberthunk
toranb/ember-cli-simple-store
Jan 2015 - Jan 2019
ember-cli addon that provides a simple identity map for ember.js web applications
Contributions:199 commits, 46 PRs, 174 pushes in 4 years 1 month
ember-cliember-addonweb-applicationsjs-webemberjs
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