# Sean Kates

> Principal Software Engineer

Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/seankates

I'm a Principal Software Engineer who’s been lucky enough to help build something from the ground up—scaling a product from zero users to over a million. I love turning ideas into real, reliable systems that can grow and evolve as the needs do.

What really gets me excited is performance. Whether it's designing scalable, distributed systems or digging into an algorithm to take it from exponential time to something leaner and faster, I'm all about making things work better. There’s something incredibly satisfying about finding just the right way to speed things up or reduce load without compromising stability.

I enjoy working closely with other engineers, sharing what I’ve learned, and constantly finding better ways to build.

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ TALON
Jan 2022 – Present | Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ TALON
Jan 2022 – Present | Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

### Software Engineer @ TALON
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Portsmouth, New Hampshire

### Junior Software Engineer @ TALON
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Portsmouth, New Hampshire

### Internship @ TALON
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Portsmouth, New Hampshire

### PC Tech Associate @ Exeter Hospital
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Exeter, New Hampshire
My responsibilities include:

- Providing technical phone support for employees of the hospital.
- Identifying and fixing hardware issues.
- Completing and managing projects within a specified timeframe.
- Working with other support teams inside and outside the hospital to address problems.


## Education
### BA in Computer Science
University of Vermont
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sean-kates

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Last updated: 2026-03-22