Summary
Travis Borgsmiller is a pragmatic software engineer with eight years of experience building user-focused web applications, combining backend expertise from Turing School with hands-on work in Ruby on Rails and React at Credly by Pearson. He has a proven track record optimizing SQL/ActiveRecord queries for scalability, writing automation scripts in Ruby, and improving quality through CI/CD and comprehensive test suites (Minitest and Puppeteer). Comfortable operating across the stack, Travis pairs engineering discipline—monitoring with NewRelic/Loggly and incident response—with a product-minded approach to requirements and documentation. His background in the Army Reserves helped forge resilience and teamwork that translate into steady delivery under pressure. Although he showcases marketable skills on GitHub, his focus remains on shipping maintainable, high-impact features that improve real user experiences.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, General Studies, Associate's degree, General Studies at St. Louis Community College
Backend Software Development, Backend Software Development at Turing School of Software & Design
High School Diploma, General Studies, High School Diploma, General Studies at Christian Brothers College High School