Summary
Wes Lanning is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of hands-on experience building back-end and full-stack systems across Python, C#, Java, Scala, and TypeScript. He currently helps deliver features for the STNext chemical search engine at CAS, working with distributed and data-intensive tech like Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, MongoDB and Docker. Previously he led migration from proprietary to open audio/video codecs and revamped CI/CD and build processes to save significant developer time at inContact. Comfortable across Linux and Windows environments, he favors statically typed languages but picks tools pragmatically to fit product needs. Wes combines systems-level thinking (transcoding, streaming, search) with pragmatic delivery and a history of consulting for startups, bringing both breadth and deep problem-solving to production systems.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer