Hello! I'm

Robbie Byrd,

nerd on a mission.

I am a highly dedicated, collaborative and inquisitive Full-Stack Software Engineer.

I have over 15 years of experience.

I've seen some things, been around the block, purchased the novelty shirt.

I specialize in Full-Stack development, with an emphasis on systems architecture, platform growth & stability and design systems.

my skills

Go(lang)
Python
Typescript
Rust
Ruby
PHP
Perl
Sass/Less
SQL
C

AWS
Google Cloud
Linux
MQTT
AWS IoT
AWS Lambda
AWS RDS
MySQL
Postgresql
Kafka
Kubernetes
Redis
Internet of Things

WordPress
FastAPI
Django
Flask
Gin
Drupal
React
Node.js
Next.js
Gatsby

my experience

Level Home

Senior Software Engineer

Contract

Built microservices
Created message bus middleware/consumers
Crafted API endpoint patterns and data models
Architected shared service libraries/packages
Embedded firmware development
Led the charge for developer ergonomics and testing

Go
Python
Typescript
Rust

FastAPI
MQTT
AWS IoT
AWS Lambda
AWS RDS
Postgresql
Redis
Internet of Things

Pantheon Systems

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Decoupled Sites

Built scalable, resilientbuild pipelines
Automated fast, reliable edge-to-host site-serving paths
Multi-CDN and -cloud architecture
WordPress/Drupal development, deployment and scaling

Go
Python
Typescript
Rust

WordPress
Node.js
React
Drupal
Next.js
Gatsby
Google Cloud
AWS

Material⁺

Senior Consulting Engineer

Full-Stack Web development
CRM systems design and integration
fault-tolerant high-availability transaction processing

Hallmark
Taco Bell
Vitalant

Go
Python
Typescript
Rust

WordPress
Node.js
React
Drupal
Next.js
Gatsby
Google Cloud
AWS

Whole Foods Market

An Amazon Company

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Internal marketing
UI/UX design
WordPress Development
High-performance hosting
AWS IaC

Go
Python
Typescript
Rust

WordPress
Node.js
React
Drupal
Next.js
Gatsby
Google Cloud
AWS

ONELIVE Media

Digital Director

Shawn Mendes
Willie Nelson
Radiohead
The Who
Go4+ years experience
Python4+ years experience
Typescript
WordPress
Node.js
Gatsby
Shopify
AWS

my projects

I've worked on lots of different projects in my career; here are a few of my favorites.

Space Hippo

An Exploration Agency

My consulting agency, specializing in early-stage product development and design systems.

Design
HTML
Sass
Pug
Javascript

The 9/11 Realtime Experience

The 9/11 Realtime Experience: an immersive, real-time experience of publicly available media from September 11, 2001.

Design
HTML
Javascript
Infrastructure
Video Transcoding

Texas Bingo!

I was hired by the Texas Lottery Commission to develop a new visual identity for the aging Charitable Bingo Commission's website.

Content
Design
Project Management

Hallmark Sign and Send

The single biggest friction point in card-sending is the physical requirements: you have to go to the store, you have to go to the post office and buy a stamp.

I helped create Hallmark's Sign and Send technology, which allow you to select, sign, post and mail a greeting card from your phone or computer.

Go(lang)
Python
React
Typescript
Salesforce

The ROCK

Whole Foods Market

I developed a new communications portal for Whole Foods' Quality Standards team to communicate with manufacturers.

After a sudden visual pivot, we quickly re-themed the site to match new brand standards.

WordPress
Concept
Design
AWS

Global Produce

Whole Foods Market

I developed a flashy new website for Whole Foods' Global Produce department to share the not only the current in-season goods, but information on the coming seasons.

WordPress
Concept
Design
AWS

Platinum

Platinum is a UI framework that re-creates the Classic Mac OS OS 8.1 interface components. The project is named after the theme that came with Classic Mac OS 8 (and 9), Platinum.

Using a combination of a Power Macintosh G3, emulators, and the Apple Human Interface Guidelines, I paid close attention to historical accuracy and detail.

Design
HTML
CSS
Javascript
jQuery

Touch1 Communications

I spent my 9th-grade spring break developing the first website for a local long-distance communnications company.

WordPress
Concept
Design

MethText

MethText was an award-winning program, funded by federal grants, to arm the general public with a weapon against illegal methamphetamine production: their cell phone.

I created the underlying SMS system, as well as the design of the official website and other marketing materials. I also developed a design language and department website overhaul that is still in use today.

Development
Design
Architecture

Keeping History

Keeping History is an OSS initiative to preserve, categorize and analyze history through multimedia.

Keeping History is developing a state-of-the-art system to help researchers archive digital media, and utilize machine learning to gain new insights into their archives.