# George D.

> Passionate, team-focused engineer specializing in backend development, with a devops twist

Location: Monaca, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/georged

Passionate, team-focused engineer specializing in backend development, with a devops twist. Crystal Lang core team member, creator of the Athena Framework, and open source aficionado.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Fieldguide
Jan 2024 – Present

### Staff Software Engineer @ JazzHR
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
* Built a new reporting feature implementation at scale using PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, and Domo
* Took self-directed initiative on various projects related to: Terraform, tooling/automation, code abstractions, and security
* Worked with product to plan/estimate duration of potential projects
* Advised other engineers during the technical planning stage of project planning

### Senior Software Engineer @ JazzHR
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
* Founding member of new two person team driving platform improvements
* Spearheaded start of migration of workloads to Kubernetes
* Pushed for prioritization of language/framework (PHP/Symfony, etc) version maintenance for security and productivity reasons
* Mentor other engineers to spread best practices; including pair programming and reviewing PRs

### Software Engineer @ JazzHR
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Greater Pittsburgh Area
* Executed on planned assigned work
* Assist fellow engineers in testing/debugging
* Lead small engineering initiatives under guidance

### Software Engineer Intern @ JazzHR
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Pittsburgh Area
* Actively contribute to application's codebase with over 400 pull requests and 800 commits
* Work with team members to plan for our 2 week sprints using the Agile and Scrum methodologies
* Test and review pull requests of fellow team members
* Monitor and address Customer Success (CS) issues as they arise


## Education
### Master's Internet Information Systems in Computer Science
Robert Morris University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018

### Study Abroad - Berlin Germany in Business
Council on International Educational Exchange
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22