# Forrest Longanecker

> Senior Software Engineer

Location: Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/forrest

As a Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead, I bring extensive experience in designing scalable software architectures, leading high-performing teams, and ensuring the successful delivery of complex projects through strategic planning and collaborative leadership. With expertise across the full development stack, I utilize tools such as Elixir, TypeScript, Python, Kubernetes, and more to create performant, scalable applications that deliver optimal user experiences.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer | Team Lead @ Persistent Systems
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
- Directed a team of twelve engineers in developing and sustaining two essential applications for a cloud IaaS offering.
- Architected automated security and compliance procedures reducing required effort and human error surface area.
- Fostered a strong community in a remote work environment across multiple teams.
- Offer technical and career mentorship, through frequent code reviews maintaining high standards and supporting team growth.
- Built a robust remote work community through pair programming, improving developer skills and strengthening team unity.
- Worked closely with various teams to create and implement features and tools that support many business units daily tasks.
- Streamlined intricate processes by automating tasks, minimizing manual efforts, and transforming them into user-friendly operations.

### Senior Software Engineer | Tech lead @ IBM
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Oregon, United States
- Led design and maintenance of two mission-critical applications supporting daily operations of an entire cloud IaaS offering. 
- Collaborated with multiple business units to deliver features and tools supporting diverse workflows such as improving visibility and time to resolution of billing discrepancies.
- Automated complex processes, reducing manual efforts by 50% and converting them into efficient, push-button user experiences that eliminated user errors and doubled the speed of routine patching and updating activities.
- Architected and maintained mission-critical backend APIs powering a multi-tenant cloud IaaS platform, designing automated workflows with 99.95% uptime.
- Translated complex stakeholder requirements into actionable sprint items using agile methodologies, establishing feedback loops that reduced feature delivery time and improved user satisfaction scores.
- Collaborated with compliance team to implement financial services and EU regulatory requirements across multiple applications.

### Software Engineer @ IBM
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Remote
- Developed and maintained backend APIs for a cloud-based Infrastructure as a Service platform, implementing automation features to support reliable service delivery.
- Broke down user requests into manageable development tasks, prioritizing features to deliver value quickly and gather user feedback for continuous improvement.
- Architected and developed tooling and dashboarding applications enabling internal teams to manage and run Infrastructure as a service offering.

### Cloud Software Developer @ IBM
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Remote
- Work closely with client teams to deliver technical solutions for successful proof of concepts.
- Work with product development teams to find and fix issues that arise from bugs in application code.
- Provide solutions and improvements for production applications.
- Manage maintain 50+ production applications running in IBM Cloud.
- Write automation to streamline updates/bug fixes across 50+ environments.
- Architect High Availability and Disaster recovery framework for client environments providing minimal down time.
- Lead workshops and trainings detailing installing, configuring and interacting with applications running on Open Shift in cloud environments.
- Develop and deploy automated backup and recovery tools.

Technologies / platforms / languages:
- Open Shift
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Ansible
- Bash
- JavaScript
- Python
- VMware
- IBM Cloud

### Project Manager @ Code for PDX
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Portland, Oregon Area

### Software Engineer @ Code for PDX
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Portland, Oregon
- Working on the RecordExpunge application developed in conjunction with the Metropolitan Public Defender's Office. RecordExpunge will expedite the record expungement process increasing access to record expungement for all people.

- Creating client facing application using TypeScript, React, and Redux.
- Integrate Frontend application with Backend Python Flask app.

### Instructor @ The Circuit Gym
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
- Teach groups of varying sizes, ages and abilities how to accomplish a complex challenge

### Apprentice Software Engineer @ Bloc
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Remote
- Worked closely with experienced engineers gaining skills in industry leading technologies.

### Licensed Massage Therapist @ Studio X Fitness
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Portland, Oregon Area
- Met with 3-5 clients per week and provided treatment based on their specific needs
- Followed strict privacy and health codes provided by local and federal government
- Researched best possible solutions for individual client needs

### Assistant Manager @ Elephants Delicatessen
Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 | Portland, Oregon
- Facilitated the successful daily operations and accurate report generation for an average of 60 orders daily
- Provided consistent communication interdepartmentally and with clients to maintain healthy working relationships
- Onboarded/trained 1-3 employees per quarter


## Education
### Web Development Certification in Web and Software Development
Bloc
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/forrestlonganecker

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Last updated: 2026-03-22