# Ryan Back

> Staff Software Engineer at Vanilla

Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ryanback

Driven, logical, and creative software developer. I have a knack for design patterns, object-oriented and functional programming, and scalability. I live by the TDD methodology and believe unit and integration testing is the best place to start when writing code. I’m a natural born leader who has experience seeing a project though from the design phase, to development, to deployment. I build APIs, microservices, implement continuous integration, and help to teach my fellow developers. Code quality, legibility, and extensibility is very important and I push for that with every line I write.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Vanilla
Jan 2023 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Vanilla
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023

### Senior Software Engineer @ Dexcom
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Portland, Oregon, United States

### Software Engineer II @ Dexcom
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Portland, Oregon

### Software Engineer @ FocusVision
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Portland, Oregon

### Senior Developer @ Sq1
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Portland, Oregon

### Software Developer @ Sq1
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Portland, Oregon Area
• Assume DevOps role for server configuration and deployment (AWS, Vultr).
• Attend regular meetings with Account Managers, Project Managers, and clients to scope objectives, set expectations, and communicate throughout a project’s life cycle.
• Implement Continuous Integration for automated build processes and deployment.
• Train and guide Jr. Developers by promoting a learning culture and performing code reviews.
• Perform code reviews on all production-ready pull requests.
• Collaborate extensively with colleagues to identify enhancements and modifications to improve product quality and maintainability.
• Assist and train colleagues on command line basics, shell scripting, and vim.

### Jr. Developer @ Sq1
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Portland, Oregon Area
• Develop high-quality, data heavy, RESTful API using Test Driven Development methodology.
• Develop and maintain crucial microservice managing data between client’s front-end and back-end.
• Develop database schemas and work extensively with relational databases – MySQL, Postgres.
• Build high-quality, scalable, web applications in a full-stack capacity.
• Utilize modern front-end frameworks/libraries/preprocessors.
• Train colleagues on virtual development tools.
• Implement Git workflow for multi-environment projects.
• Coordinate the Sq1 developer internship program with local coding bootcamp by conducting interviews, training, and mentoring interns.
• Prioritize multiple tasks and projects with quick turn-around time.

### Web Development Intern @ Sq1
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Portland, Oregon


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryanpback
- Website: https://ryanpback.com
- GitHub: https://www.github.com/ryanpback

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Source: https://flows.cv/ryanback
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ryanback/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-22