Paul Ort

Paul Ort

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ABOUT ME
Full-stack engineer (13+ years at software consultancies)
Full-stack engineer (13+ years at software consultancies)

I have over a decade of experience in software development, specializing in Ruby, Rails, React, and JavaScript. I have led teams, designed APIs, and mentored engineers in test-driven development and simple design.

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Joined April 2024
EXPERTISE
10 years experience
10 years experience
10 years experience
10 years experience
10 years experience
10 years experience
10 years experience

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EMPLOYMENTS
Chief Technology Officer
Def Method
2020-03-01-2023-12-01

· Led development of tools for scraping/comparing COVID-19 guidance using Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, and
React.
· Maintained leg...

· Led development of tools for scraping/comparing COVID-19 guidance using Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, and
React.
· Maintained legacy applications, upgrading languages, frameworks, and infrastructure.
· Consulted with clients and engineering teams on architecture/design and mentored engineers.
· Crafted training programs equipping engineers to apply Golang, Swift/SwiftUI, and React/Node/TypeScript.
· Designed the engineering ladder with a focus on test-driven development and simple design.
· Led a team of 33 engineers and 5 managers (95%+ retention).

Ruby
Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL
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Ruby
Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL
React
JavaScript
Swift
AWS
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Principal Software Engineer
Def Method
2016-08-01-2020-03-01

· Designed and implemented an API for hundreds of thousands of accounts across a merger and partnerships.
· Led development of a h...

· Designed and implemented an API for hundreds of thousands of accounts across a merger and partnerships.
· Led development of a healthcare app with Rails, SwiftUI, and Bluetooth medical device integration.
· Created a dependency update automation and continuous integration developer tool for RubyGems and npm
packages, using Docker, AWS SQS, bash, Postgres, Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and React.
· Led engineering teams in architecture and service design, including microservice migrations.

Ruby
Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL
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Ruby
Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL
Docker
React
JavaScript
Swift
AWS
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Senior Software Developer
Cyrus Innovation
2015-06-01-2016-07-01

· Built full-stack web and native iOS apps using Ruby, Rails, Python, JavaScript, and Objective-C.

· Built full-stack web and native iOS apps using Ruby, Rails, Python, JavaScript, and Objective-C.

Ruby
Python
Ruby on Rails
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Ruby
Python
Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL
React
JavaScript
Objective-C
iOS
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