@kieranvoss
Seattle, WA
Full-Stack / Backend

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I'm Kieran

Senior Software Engineer · Full-Stack / Backend

Pragmatic full-stack engineer with 6+ years building, maintaining and scaling web apps and RESTful APIs in TypeScript, Node.js, Python and React, with hands-on AWS infrastructure experience. Known for clean, maintainable code, untangling legacy systems, and working closely with product and QA to ship reliable features on schedule.

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6+ yrsProfessional experience
3Companies · since 2019
AWSCertified Developer
NestJS
FastAPI
Redis
Docker
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KIERAN VOSS
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
SEATTLE, WA
Seattle, WA
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Career Jun 2019 — Present
Vanguard2019 — 2020
ClearPath Health2020 — 2023
Ridgeline Logistics2023 — Now
.env
Open-source tool · TypeScript, Node.js · ~180 stars on GitHub

EnvGuard CLI

A lightweight CLI utility that validates .env files against a JSON schema before build steps, preventing crashes from missing environment variables in CI/CD pipelines.

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Personal infrastructure · Linux, Docker, Nginx

HomeLab Media & Backup Server

A self-hosted Ubuntu home server running automated encrypted backups, local DNS filtering with Pi-hole, and containerized media services via Docker and reverse proxies.

UbuntuDockerNginxPi-hole
−88%

missed client shipment updates

1.2s

page load, down from 3.8s

−35%

average API latency

82%

test coverage, up from 48%

$1.5M

monthly patient copays & invoices processed

<1h

onboarding setup, down from 2 days

Experience

Mar 2023 — Now
Seattle, WA

Senior Software Engineer · Ridgeline Logistics Tech

B2B freight tracking and fleet management platform serving 400+ mid-sized businesses.

  • Design and maintain core backend microservices using Node.js (NestJS) and PostgreSQL.
  • Built an automated webhook notification & retry service using Redis and AWS SQS, reducing missed client shipment updates by 88%.
  • Led the migration of a legacy customer dashboard from jQuery/PHP to React and TypeScript, cutting page load from 3.8s to 1.2s and improving mobile responsiveness.
  • Optimized slow PostgreSQL reporting queries by restructuring composite indexes and introducing read replicas, lowering average API latency by 35%.
  • Weekly on-call rotations, triaging production incidents via Datadog and Sentry; mentor 2 junior developers through code reviews and pair programming.
Jul 2020 — Feb 2023
Portland, OR · Hybrid

Software Engineer · ClearPath Health Systems

  • Developed and maintained patient scheduling, billing and insurance verification modules using Python (FastAPI) and React.
  • Integrated third-party payment gateways (Stripe API) and EHR data sync pipelines, processing over $1.5M in monthly patient copays and invoices.
  • Containerized local development with Docker and Docker Compose, cutting onboarding setup from two days to under an hour.
  • Built CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions running unit & integration suites (Pytest, Jest), raising test coverage from 48% to 82%.
  • Worked in Agile/Scrum with product managers and UI/UX designers to scope, estimate and deliver bi-weekly sprint releases.
Jun 2019 — Jun 2020
Portland, OR

Junior Web Developer · Vanguard Digital Agency

  • Built responsive web apps, custom CMS plugins and internal admin tools for retail and hospitality clients using JavaScript, React and Express.js.
  • Maintained and patched client websites, resolving cross-browser compatibility issues and improving Lighthouse SEO and accessibility scores.
  • Assisted senior developers with MySQL schema migrations and deploying staging environments on AWS EC2 and S3.

Stack

Languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonSQLGo (basic)HTML5 / CSS3
Frontend
ReactNext.jsReduxTailwind CSSVite
Backend
Node.jsNestJSExpressFastAPIDjangoREST APIsGraphQLWebSockets
Data
PostgreSQLRedisMySQLMongoDBPrisma ORM
Cloud & DevOps
AWS EC2 · S3 · RDS · Lambda · ECSDockerGitHub ActionsTerraform (basic)NginxLinux
Testing & Ops
JestPytestCypressGitJiraDatadogSentryPostman
AWS
AWS Certified Developer — AssociateActive
OSU
B.S. Computer ScienceOregon State University · Corvallis, OR · Graduated May 2019
Data Structures & AlgorithmsDatabase Management SystemsOperating SystemsComputer NetworksSoftware Engineering

Kieran Voss
Senior Software Engineer · Seattle, WA