Ryan McDevitt

5.0

(8 reviews)

US$75.00

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ABOUT ME

Polyglot Full Stack Staff Software Engineer

Self taught, industry proven software engineer with a passion for language design and good UX. Have worked professionally for 10 years in Python, Javascript/Typescript, Ruby, Scala, Elm, PHP/Hack, Rust, Haskell, Gleam, and Elixir at both startups and massive tech companies such as Comcast and Meta (formerly Facebook)

English

Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-04:00)

Joined July 2014

EXPERTISE

Python

15 years experience

Started off as a scripting language for me, ended being my bread and butter web application framework, I have used python for everything ...

Started off as a scripting language for me, ended being my bread and butter web application framework, I have used python for everything from data processing, machine automation, command line tools, desktop applications, and web applications.

JavaScript

15 years experience

From client side to server side, I have a strong knowledge of both in framework and raw javascript/typescript.

Next.js NestJS Node.js

Next.js NestJS Node.js React Angular TypeScript

Elm

12 years experience

One of my favorite languages/technologies to work with. Provides the power of functional programming with the expressiveness and speed of...

One of my favorite languages/technologies to work with. Provides the power of functional programming with the expressiveness and speed of web application development.

Gleam PureScript Haskell

AWS

12 years experience

Have used a good portion of AWS's services to standup everything from small projects to data infrastructure that handles hundreds of terr...

Have used a good portion of AWS's services to standup everything from small projects to data infrastructure that handles hundreds of terrabytes per month. Have a passion for keepings costs low by pairing problems with proper scalable solutions such as serverless

DynamoDB AWS Lambda Amazon EC2

DynamoDB AWS Lambda Amazon EC2 Amazon RDS

Rust

4 years experience

Have worked with Rust both as a server and general purpose language as well as for web assembly. I enjoy its power and expressiveness as ...

Have worked with Rust both as a server and general purpose language as well as for web assembly. I enjoy its power and expressiveness as well as its new way of thinking about memory management, however most of all I love its speed and performance.

WebAssembly

Ruby

3 years experience

My first dynamic language I branched out to after python, I have used it professionally as well as for personal projects. Have worked in ...

My first dynamic language I branched out to after python, I have used it professionally as well as for personal projects. Have worked in Rails for a few contracts.

PHP

8 years experience

One of my least favorite languages, however have built some of the largest systems inside of it and its typed variant Hack. While php/hac...

One of my least favorite languages, however have built some of the largest systems inside of it and its typed variant Hack. While php/hack have a lower barrier to entry, that lends itself to lower quality codebases, which require extra care to allow them to scale.

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0

(8 reviews)

Vivian

December 2014

Despite some initial setup issues in the beginning, Ryan was able to help me better understand how Flask templates and views work. He was able to pinpoint the issues extremely quickly and with expertise. 10/10 would recommend

Joi Whitmore

September 2014

Helped me resolve my issue quickly, and was able to explain it in an understandable manner. Great mentor, looking forward to working together more in the future!

Joi Whitmore

September 2014

Ryan is extremely knowledgeable and was able to point me in the right direction to understand and resolve my issue. I look forward to working with him more!

Ben Thole

August 2014

rock star angularjs expert. Helped me pinpoint a syntax error that was causing all of my troubles.

Joe Prempeh

August 2014

Very helpful and patient with helping me through difficult python questions.

SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

py-mailinator

Python API wrapper for mailinator.com

Python

changelog-cli

A Command Line Interface that makes it easy to manage a helpful Changelog

Python

Quick Tips

Transfering Data From Service Between Controller

Client wanted to pass data retrieved in one controller to another controller to prevent duplicate data calls. assigning and retriving the data from...

EMPLOYMENTS

Staff Software Engineer

Solace Health

2025-11-01-Present

Staff Software Engineer at Solace leading the Acquisitions core, building a on demand bipartite matching system to allow for shifting sch...

Staff Software Engineer at Solace leading the Acquisitions core, building a on demand bipartite matching system to allow for shifting schedules and dynamic overbooking of appointments in order to maximize physician utilization in onboarding new patients.

TypeScript

Senior Software Engineer

Fay Nutrition

2024-08-01-2025-11-01

Full stack building the 2 sided market platform for Fay Nutrition

Python

React

Python

React

Tech Lead

Nirvana Insurance

2024-01-01-2024-07-01

Tech Lead on the Safety Platform Team, working with product and as a full stack engineer (in Go & React) to build a Safety Dashboard for ...

Tech Lead on the Safety Platform Team, working with product and as a full stack engineer (in Go & React) to build a Safety Dashboard for fleet managers, allowing them to get insights into their operation's safety and unlock savings on their future insurance rates.

React

Golang

React

Golang