Wesley Handy
Backend Technical Lead And Senior Software Engineer at Caterpillar Inc.
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolWesley Handy is a Backend Technical Lead and Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building cloud-native, scalable systems and leading teams through legacy modernization and greenfield projects. He blends deep JavaScript and AWS expertise with hands-on work across the full stack, specializing in event-driven architecture, caching strategies, and API design. At Caterpillar and previously CoStar Group he has driven cross-team initiatives—such as launching a company-wide sales system and establishing a Frontend Engineering Guild—while mentoring engineers and raising engineering practices. Wesley is also exploring practical AI engineering, having built and deployed multi-agent orchestrations as an AI Engineering Fellow, and he brings an uncommon mix of academic rigor (including a PhD in applied theology) and real-world product delivery. Based in Virginia Beach, he couples collaborative leadership with a propensity for automation and test-driven workflows that accelerate team delivery.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Intercultural Studies, MA, Intercultural Studies at Judson CollegeWeb Development Certificate, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design, Web Development Certificate, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design at freeCodeCampPhD, Applied Theology, PhD, Applied Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological SeminaryCertificate in Full Stack Web Development, Web Development, Certificate in Full Stack Web Development, Web Development at Rutgers UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at Harvard University
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Github Skills (77)
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sweetalert10
javascript10
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gatsby10
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static-site-generator10
typescript10
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
wesleylhandy/author-profile-theme
Jun 2020 - Jun 2022
Contributions:41 PRs, 131 pushes, 41 branches in 2 years 1 month
wesleylhandy/TriviaGame
Dec 2016 - Jul 2022
Contributions:26 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 7 months
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