I'm a fun, curious and empathetic Software Engineer with vast experience in different domains and technologies who values excellence in both engineering and communication. I've worked in multiple industries and environments including fast paced startups, advertising shops, and Enterprise InsureTechs. I love working on teams who are excited and passionate about learning together and solving interesting problems.
While Frontend Engineering is my strongest technical skillset, I've worked heavily across the stack and shipped backend applications and APIs for over a decade. I've managed Data and App Engineering teams, responsible for both day-to-day delivery of large objectives as well as working with other thought leaders across the organization to better understand their needs and goals. I've led engineering teams on building engineering best practices and developing mature development processes, hiring practices, (aA)gile rollouts, set architectural vision and I've been a teacher for a local JavaScript bootcamp. I've proven to myself that I'm an impact hire on any team I join.
I'm looking for an Engineering led company with a growth mindset culture, appreciation for Humans over employees, and pride in its quest for excellence in Engineering, Culture, Communication and Kindness. It's important to me that I work with others who possess a positive outlook and genuinely enjoy working with one another.
| Programming | JavaScript, Go, SQL, Ruby, HTML/CSS |
| Frameworks | Vue, Go Buffalo, Echo (Go), Angular, TailwindCSS, Bootstrap, Rails, Sinatra, GTK3 |
| API Development | GRPC, REST, OAS, API Gateway, Swagger |
| Orchestration | Kubernetes, Istio, GKE, Docker, Docker Compose |
| Databases | Postgres, SQLServer, MySQL |
| Clouds | Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
| CI/CD | Github, Gitlab, Git, CircleCI, ArgoCD |
| Observability | Datadog, New Relic, Google Stackdriver, Grafana |
| Data Lake/Data Mesh | BigQuery, S3, GCS |
| Automated Testing | Vitest, Selenium, Artillery, ab |
| Agile | Scrum, Kanban |
| Applications | JIRA, Confluence, Slack, Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket, 1Password, Office365 |
| Strengths Finder | Relator, Restorative, Responsibility, Adaptability, Focus |
Senior Software Engineer with contributions across the Vue and GoLang stack.
Managed 10 direct reports, responsible for weekly 1-1s, annual reviews, hiring new talent. Collaborated closely with Product Owners, QA, Architecture and DevOps teams for delivery of new features.
Instructor for a 10 week night-class of 8 junior JavaScript developers. Helped several students gain full-time engineering jobs once the class was finished!
8th hire at Evosure, a startup in the Insuretech space. We were acquired by Applied Systems in 2015.
Lead development teams to deliver applications using a wide range of technologies.
Worked with inhouse and remote development/design team to deliver client projects.
Progressive Web Application to log and recommend cocktails. Over 250 cocktail recipes. Smart binary recommendation system based on Laplace Smoothing.
https://bwiggs.com/projects/cocktail-app/Stock/Crypto screener and visualizer built for the Linux desktop using GTK3, GJS and Gnome Builder
https://bwiggs.com/projects/gtk-stocks/go library to parse and generate radar images from NEXRAD weather antennas.
https://bwiggs.com/projects/go-nexrad/“Brian is such an enthusiastic person to work with. He enjoys sharing his knowledge with others and does so with such passion and drive. I really hope to work with Brian again in the future. His fuel can feed so many people on a team and his constant smile is very positive to those around him. Brian, I wish you the best and really hope you'll keep in touch.” — Billy Clark
“At SportsLabs, Brian provided a crucial senior leadership role. He was able to bring out the best in his teammates by example and instruction, by balancing pragmatic and agile programming, and by sponsoring tech talks in and outside of the company.” — Scott Symmank
“Detailed and Creative. Friendly and easy to work with. Very knowledgeable with a good eye on current trends. Can't wait to work with him again.” — Ryan Gibbons
“I've worked with Brian for over a year. He is very dependable, skilled and has a unquenchable thirst for learning new technologies. He will always get the job done. He has strong skills in both web project management and in web production.” — Aaron Benson
| Cycling | Road, Mountain, Peloton. |
| Coffee | Aeropress, Espresso, Pour-Over, Drip - it's all good! |
| Sec CTFs | What better way to learn new tech than to break it? Ask me about my PNG exploit. |
| Homelab | So I can play with different tech at home, oh and blinkin-lights! |
| Reading | Science Fiction, Tech Books, ACM Magazine, Non-fiction, sometimes other stuff. Favorite Book: Hyperion |
| Lacrosse | My High School and Collegiate sport! Still love watching games. |
| TV Shows | Andor, Ultimate Drink Masters, Seinfeld, Arrested Development |