# Garrison Whitaker > full stack software engineer @ headway.co | making mental health care more accessible to all Location: American Fork, Utah, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/garrison I am a full-stack software engineer @ headway.co, with real experience in engineering for online marketplaces. I am passionate about building products that make a real impact on real people. I love life, and live every day to the fullest. I want to make an impact on the world, on a large scale and in the every day lives of people around me. I think positivity is a cure for just about anything, and I always try to look towards the future. I'm a hard worker, passionate, and driven to make things happen. I have a bias to action - I don't just sit waiting for things to happen. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Headway Jan 2026 – Present helping patients find the mental health provider they need, covered by insurance ### Software Engineer @ Headway Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 helping mental health seekers find in-network therapists ### Software Engineer II @ Neighbor Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Lehi, Utah, United States I lead software engineering efforts at Neighbor, including management and orchestration of AWS infrastructure, architecting data pipelines, and implementing full stack applications that are scalable, efficient, and effective. Accomplishments: - Engineered a robust data warehouse pipeline leveraging AWS services including DMS, Kinesis, Firehose, Lambda, and Glue, effectively replicating real-time production database changes to a secondary data store in S3. This initiative resulted in a remarkable 12-hour reduction in daily server usage, enabling practically instantaneous data access for internal warehouse users. - Championed the architecture design and seamless implementation of a Headless CMS, Strapi, empowering internal teams to rapidly deploy custom landing pages using a reusable component library. The outcome was a 30% increase in advertising efficiency and a 10% boost in conversion rates, demonstrating a substantial impact on overall business performance. - Designed and implemented efficient DevOps pipelines that facilitated the Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) of a portfolio of Lambda functions, previously reliant on manual deployment processes. This initiative resulted in a significant reduction in operational costs, optimizing resource utilization and streamlining the development lifecycle. ### Software Engineer @ Neighbor Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Lehi, Utah, United States I build innovative software for the Neighbor peer to peer marketplace using modern day technologies such as Next.js, Ruby on Rails, Remix, Kubernetes, Go, Docker, various AWS technologies, React/Typescript, and more. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Neighbor Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Lehi, Utah, United States Leveraged React, Typescript, and Ruby on Rails knowledge to develop cutting edge software for the Neighbor Storage hosting platform. I also set up, analyzed, and maintained several A/B tests on the front end resulting in a 14% lift in conversion rate. Experience gained: React, Typescript, Ruby, AWS, Docker, Postgres. ### Head of Web Development @ Red Spark Company Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Springville, Utah, United States I set up and maintained cloud-based web servers and websites. This led to as much as a 150% increase in server load capacity for clients, as well as a significant lift in conversion rate and overall website traffic. Gained experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AWS, CloudFlare, liquid (Shopify), and WordPress. ### Junior Web Developer @ Rocket SEM Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Springville, Utah, United States As a developing computer programming specialist, I helped to resolve backend website issues in the advertising and eCommerce space. I also helped to manage SEO, PPC, and other Digital Marketing campaigns. ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Western Governors University Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 ### Computer Science in Data Science Brigham Young University Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/garrison-whitaker - Website: https://garrisonwhitaker.vercel.app --- Source: https://flows.cv/garrison JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/garrison/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29