# Grady Shelton

> Tech Lead @ Novi

Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/gradyshelton

Over the years, I've had the privilege to build products and lead teams working with many different technologies and even more excellent people.

Some tech I especially dig:

React,
Vue.js,
Javascript,
Laravel,
Ruby,
Rails,
CSS/SCSS,
various CMS technologies,
Python,
Django,
React-Native,
Redux,
Firebase,
D3,
AWS (S3,EC2,EB),
Node.js,
Postgres,
SQL/MySQL/SQLite,
REST API test/deployment,,
Xcode,
Swift,
Android,
Kotlin


Check out our company
https://www.noviconnect.com/
Check out my website
http://gradyshelton.com

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer II @ Novi
Jan 2025 – Present

### Technical Lead @ Novi
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Novi
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

### Senior Frontend Engineer @ Gemini
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
Acting as FE lead for my team and individual contributor, I strive to lead by example to drive product development cycles and new product releases from the engineering perspective. Our team is cross-disciplinary; we integrate closely with BE, design, product, and other stakeholders. 
I work within and across disciplines to upgrade engineering and product processes for a more streamlined and efficient development cycle, and a stronger, more resilient end product.

### Developer @ Instrument
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Portland, Oregon Area
Software Engineer on the Engineering team.

Lead and/or performed FE development across multiple internal and client projects.

To name a few:
Salesforce+ https://www.salesforce.com/plus
About Twitter https://about.twitter.com/en
Levi's https://www.levi.com/US/en_US/
Zwift https://us.zwift.com/
Sonos Radio https://www.sonos.com/en-us/sonos-radio
Woodside Homes https://www.woodsidehomes.com/
Intuitive Model Viewer + Component Lib https://www.intuitive.com/en-us
Internal Accounting and Resource tracking
Internal surveys

### Freelance Software Developer @ Self-Employed
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Portland, Oregon Area
Mobile Application development, FE development and full-stack eCommerce site development. Most recently, assisting the folks at Foodiaz to finish their new iOS mobile app.

### Technical Project Manager & Software Engineer @ Untold Studio
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Portland, Oregon
Technical Project Manager and Software Engineer at our agile agency. Working with clients to lead and develop many different web and mobile apps (both android and iOS) using a variety of technologies including laravel, vue, react, drupal, swift, xcode, kotlin, and android studio.

### SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) @ Fiduciary Benchmarks
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Lake Oswego, Oregon
Golang and Ruby developer to improve internal processes and contribute to our financial benchmarking application. 
JIRA admin for dev team, creating custom projects and workflows. Led the migration of team workflows from Trello to JIRA. Led internal security development (Rails/AWS) and auditing protocols to attain SOC 2 compliance. 
Concurrently served as lead AGILE QA Engineer for the company's Rails/Angular/AWS enterprise product.
Tech environment: Golang, Ruby, Rails, Angular, AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, S3, EC2), JIRA, Cloudberry, Trello, HipChat, AGILE development.

### Mobile Development Intern @ EyeCue Lab
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Portland, Oregon Area
Built a React-Native mobile application called LunchWith. Technologies include Redux and Saga middleware to handle application state. App has many features including dynamic profiles, maps with node clustering and carousels for connecting with other users, and restaurant suggestions for meeting up for lunch to take all the guesswork out of professional networking.

### Javascript and Ruby Student @ Epicodus
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Portland, Oregon Area
At Epicodus I furthered my knowledge of software programming with an emphasis on Javascript, and Ruby on Rails. Epicodus has been great for me to challenge myself and learn completely new skills. I'm constantly striving to hone my craft, and refine my problem-solving techniques to arrive at efficient and elegant solutions. 

Navigating the curriculum, there are so many wonderful project ideas which pop in my head; it's an exciting challenge keeping them organized, and deciding which branch of discovery to pursue. This thirst for discovery has been one of the greatest gifts I've received during my time at Epicodus.

Check out my github to see some projects!

### Water quality operations specialist @ Lake Oswego Corporation
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Lake Oswego, OR
Working as a seasonal water quality technician I was tasked with water quality management including metered administration of aluminum sulfate solutions, procedural habitat restoration (including invasive species identification, removal and native species replanting), and biological pest abatement.

### Oswego Lake Watershed Council project coordinator @ Independent Contractor
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Lake Oswego, Oregon
As a contracted project coordinator for the watershed council, I was tasked with developing and implementing habitat enhancement strategies throughout the City’s local watersheds including volunteer coordination, property owner relations, publicity, fiscal management, community outreach, and education. 

My contract lasted from April 2015 to September 2015,. In that time we broke ground and made significant improvements in our first three sites, while preparing an Oregon small grant for a fourth site. For these sites I organized eleven volunteer events supervising 61 unique participants, totaling 291 volunteer hours identifying and removing invasive species, and rehabilitating local watersheds.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Sciences & minor in Biology
Portland State University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/grady-shelton
- Website: http://gradyshelton.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22