# Nathan Gallenson > A senior Golang backend engineer and nonprofit director with a passion for helping others with their mental health. Location: Sandy, Utah, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nathangallenson Now a Senior Software Engineer for Stable Kernel focussing on consulting for high-volume, high-availability, cloud-native solutions focused on Golang and microservices. After being laid off from Sentral, I decided to cofound DBT with Friends, a peer-lead mental health support network. Since that time I have spent countless hours building out our network and expanding our reach both here in Salt Lake and across the world. DBT with Friends couples boots on the ground community building, education, and support with technology solutions to push the world toward a happier more-effective tomorrow. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Stable Kernel Jan 2025 – Present | Atlanta, Georgia, United States Helping design and implement scalable, high-volume, low-latency cloud-native solutions for enterprise organizations utilizing technologies such as Golang, Datadog, Github, LLM, and more. ### Co-Founder @ DBT With Friends Jan 2021 – Present | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Current project: Choose Your Own Adventure game built in Golang with MongoDB, supported with a containerized API hosted on Google Kubernetes Engine, and deployed via Github Actions. Like all startups, I wear many hats be they leadership, networking, scaling, and support for our community. Leading transformation at DBT With Friends—empowering individuals, fostering growth, and building conscious communities. #DBT #Empowerment #CommunityHealing ### Senior Software Engineer @ Jack Henry Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Salt Lake County, Utah, United States Backend Golang engineering for fintech microservices utilizing Datadog, Argo, Google Cloud, Github Workflows, and functional testing via Godog and Cucumber. Migrated legacy .Net services into Golang while focusing on PCI compliance and API security. Supported the integration of Mastercard, Visa, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and ClickToPay onboarding and transaction management. ### Senior Golang Engineer Contractor @ Apple Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Cupertino, California, United States Contractor new hire prior to a project's unexpected demise. My team was responsible for CI/CD pipeline tracking and deployment tools built in Golang meant to support build meta-data and analysis for all teams working on the project. Technologies included: PostgreSQL, Jenkins, AWS, Echo, Terraform, Docker, GraphQL, Git, Data Dog. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Sentral Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | United States Utilizing Golang backend API development, Docker, microservices, Google Cloud, and postgres to handle long-term resident stays as well as short term hotel experiences for the hospitality and multifamily home market. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Rakuten Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Salt Lake County, Utah, United States ▪ Full stack development and support of their client-facing Advertising Portal supported by a microservices API ▪ Using technologies such as Golang, React, MySQL, and Postgres, our team managed to eliminate a significant portion of technical debt while meeting deadline expectations and new feature requests ### Application Architect Contractor @ Zilker Technology LLC Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Salt Lake City Area ▪ .NET API development through AWS ▪ CMS team development and implementation ### Senior Software Engineering Consultant @ Rightsline, Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Salt Lake City Area ▪ Spearheaded switching entire team from TFS to Git, along with training team on Git ▪ Staffed, trained, and lead a Salt Lake based development team ▪ Implemented version 3 of the API in AWS API Gateway ### Senior Software Developer Consultant @ SolutionStream Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Salt Lake City Area ▪ .NET API development through AWS ▪ CMS team development and implementation ### Senior Software Engineer @ Towers Watson's OneExchange Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 ▪ .NET API development through AWS ▪ CMS team development and implementation ### Web Application Developer @ Americaneagle.com Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 Managed a small satellite office of CMS developers, delegating tasks to the team as well as maintaining close-knit partnership with clients to ensure top-tier support. For the Salt Lake CMS Retainers team, I staffed, trained, and lead the team that developed features, fixed bugs, and dealt with other site issues in both MVC and Web Forms. ### Software Engineer @ StayWell Health Management Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Greater Salt Lake City Area Project: Campaign Engine. A externally hosted MVC 3 application, utilizing NHibernate to persist an Oracle database. The Campaign Engine is a tool to allow companies to implement initiatives to improve their employee's health, via challenges, FitBit tracking, and user input (e.g., vegetables portions eaten, exercise completed, etc) I Implemented StructureMap on the Campaign Engine, allowing for dependency injection on untested code. Now the developers are able to use IoC to write completely testable objects. Working closely with the architect, I have improved coding standards, giving a more solid code base for easier future releases. ### Software Engineer @ 1-800 CONTACTS Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Managed, along with an XP team, a large revenue generating website. Through weekly iterations, developed new site features (e.g. PayPal payments, Gigya social media logins, Feature Flipping) and worked through various bug fixes on both the front-end and back-end. ### Student @ Neumont University Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 Computer Science ### Developer @ Health Catalyst Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Using Silverlight and WCF, created a new enhancement for a flagship product, allowing importing of CSV records into a dynamic database Improved the overall look and feel of the Silverlight UI Crafted a suite of Integration and Unit Tests to increase code-coverage and reduce bugs Worked closely with the team to plan sprints, utilizing Team Foundation Server and the upcoming TFS Preview for tracking workflow, backlog, velocity, and burn downs ### Project Leader @ Borrowmystuff.com Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 Made a social networking site using ASP.NET MVC2 and AJAX for members to connect to their friends and keep track of lent and borrowed property Set up the factory pattern and entity model for database persistence Lead a team of 5 others, finishing the project four days ahead of schedule ### Project Leader @ GuidedTours.com Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Spearheaded project concept of a site for users to create planned road trips, mixed with pictures, text, audio, and video for a unique GPS experience Used Expression Language in Java to create a dynamic social site where users can interact and upload custom road trips Accessed the Google Maps API to highlight geographic points on a map for easy user customization Developer - Moodle ### Computer tech @ Geekbox Computers Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 Maintained one of the top productivity seats, moving 20 plus projects into completion a day, by working closely with the team, and focusing on a quality based outlook for system repairs and construction ### Senior Representative @ Atmosphere International Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 Daily sales call volume saw a 10% increase through an analysis of new Customer Relationship Manager alternatives, migrating the database to an open source solution, then customizing that solution to the team's needs, which allowed sales staff to avoid stalls due to a slow and difficult interface. Set over 35 sales opportunities allowing for multi-million dollar deals with American partners for a UK client newly emerging in the US market with an innovative software solution for industrial shelving ### Computer tech @ TenX Networks Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 Improved on-time delivery of systems by 25% through re-designing workspace, training employees, and creating automated batch software for imaging and testing ### PowerSeller Trust & Safety Service Rep @ eBay Jan 2001 – Jan 2005 Managed high-level accounts. Investigated fraud claims. Dealt with customer service issues via email and phone. ## Education ### Bachelor in Computer Science Neumont University Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nathan-gallenson-47062720 - Website: https://www.dbtwithfriends.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/nathangallenson JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nathangallenson/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22