Summary
Van Tate is a Software Developer III with eight years of experience building production web services and front-end features, currently contributing to Charles Schwab's engineering efforts from Denver. He bridges backend and frontend work—authoring Node.js/MongoDB/Express APIs, documenting services with Swagger, and implementing Angular-based UIs earlier in his career—while maintaining a strong foundation in object-oriented design, math, and logic. Van has a track record of improving developer velocity and reliability, from automating slow operational tasks with Python to writing comprehensive unit tests in Jest and shipping Dockerized services. He is completing a Computer Science degree at the University of Colorado Denver, and brings practical UX sensibility from designing wireframes to implementing dynamic, performance-minded interfaces. Colleagues describe him as an effective communicator and collaborator who pairs hands-on coding with thoughtful system design.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science at University of Colorado Denver