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David Sheffield

Software Engineer

Years with Lights On: 6 months

Years of industry experience: 7 years

Technical Qualifications: I focus primarily in Django and Python; secondary in React, Javascript and Node mostly at SaaS companies

Non beep boop interests are in:

• Cycling, jogging, and hiking outdoors
• Growing plants, currently keeping an indoor winter herb garden
• Cooking and making fermented foods at home like kombucha & kimchi

Denis Kartashevskiy

Senior Front-end Engineer

Years with Lights On: 10+ years

Years of industry experience: 20+ years

Technical Qualifications: I am a front-end developer with experience in React, Vue, Angular, Vanilla JS and the 'kitchen sink', various CMS, PHP, some Django and Java.

Non beep boop interests are in:

• Fishing
• Photography and astrophotography
• Mountain Biking
• Brewing
• Salami making (and cooking and eating in general)

(And now I realize it seems that I prefer my hobbies to work. And that's probably accurate)

Tianjing Li

Software Engineer

Years with Lights On: 8 months

Years of industry experience: 4 years

Technical Qualifications: I am a back-end focused developer with experience in Python, Django, Flask, SQL. I enjoy building FE web apps, with Javascript/Typescript and Vue, Polymer, React.

Non beep boop interests are in:

• Sports & exercise, been into bouldering
• Gaming, mostly when my friends are available we like playing 5 stack Valorant
• Traveling when possible! I enjoy road trips to quaint places

James Osgood

Software Engineer

Years with Lights On: 1 year

Years of industry experience: 10 years

Technical Qualifications: My experience building web applications has given me a deep understanding of the Django framework and ecosystem. Plus an appreciation of and passion for tests, code quality, and efficient development processes. I'm also handy with JavaScript, Node, and Vue.

Non beep boop interests are in:

• Food! I love cooking exciting meals for friends and family.
• Playing the piano (although I wish it was as good as my cooking)
• Hiking up mountains, down valleys, and across frozen water

Asher Minden-Webb

Senior Software Engineer

Years with Lights On: 1 years

Years of industry experience: 6 years

Technical Qualifications: I am a product-focused full stack developer, specializing in back-end applications. I primarily work in Python, Flask, Django, and recently FastAPI. Front-end: React/Typescript (with some Django templating). Data engineering: I’ve built ELT pipelines with serverless infrastructure (AWS Lambda/GCP Cloud Functions), and set up data warehousing solutions with Snowflake and dbt.

Non beep boop interests are in:

• Logging too many hours on my road bike
• Watching big mountain freeride ski videos and then panicking at the top of blue runs
• Working on my basic piano skills

Marc Gibbons

Senior Software Engineer

Years with Lights On: 10+ years

Years of industry experience: 20+ years

Technical Qualifications: I am a full-stack developer focused on creating rich and fulfilling applications for both users and developers alike. My specialties include web service REST API, GraphQL and app development, as well as developer ergonomics & productivity, cloud infrastructure, teaching & mentorship.

Non beep boop interests are in:

• Gravel & road cycling
• Active transportation advocacy
• Cooking
• Community development

Scott Mountenay

Senior Software Engineer

Years with Lights On: 9 years

Years of industry experience: 15+ years

Technical Qualifications: I’m a full stack developer, with a deep understanding of modern web apps. Proficient with both back-end and front-end technologies, and can ensure projects are production-grade and ready to scale. I am most at home with Python, Django and Django Rest Framework on the backend, and Vue with Nuxt and Vuetify on the frontend. I also have experience with a number of other languages and frameworks.

Non beep boop interests are in:

• Travel
• Motorcycles
• Learning tools

Dimitri Gnidash

Founder

Years with Lights On: 10 years

Years of industry experience: 15+ years

Technical Qualifications: I have a keen eye to identify key requirements, create a simple plan, and organize the team to reduce risk and deliver. I treat people with respect and compassion and at the same time present the constraints to get the buy-in to deliver on the organizational goals. Purely technical skills include a variety of web application frameworks and Python/Django from 2007 focusing on the backend but also experience with front-end development in plain Javascript, Angular, React. Experience with infrastructure development, devops. Ability to multitask across many projects and being a helpful resource in more than one role.

Non beep boop interests are in:

• Backcountry camping
• Backpacking
• Canoeing

Adam Albrechtas

Senior Software Engineer

Years with Lights On: 6 years

Years of industry experience: 20+ years

Technical Qualifications: I am a detail-oriented generalist developer and project manager with extensive experience rescuing distressed codebases. I currently spend most of my time with Python, Django and React.

Non beep boop interests are in:

• Continuously learning new technologies for solving software development challenges
• Gaming and game development
• Board games
• Film and film criticism