Summary
Ian Mccall is a Sr Full-Stack Software Engineer with 13 years of experience delivering scalable web applications across e-commerce, publishing, and tech services. Based in Chicago, he combines deep JavaScript expertise (front-end and Node.js) with server-side Perl and exposure to Ruby, Python, Java, and C++, enabling rapid end-to-end delivery and pragmatic polyglot problem solving. Currently at Firstup, he focuses on building robust, scalable software as a senior engineer, while previously driving fraud detection platforms and SDK tooling at ShopRunner and delivering site optimizations and Docker tooling at Tribune Publishing. He has shipped notable open-source npm packages, including svn-interface and simple-spinner, reflecting a penchant for practical, developer-friendly tooling. He earned a B.S. in Computers, Information Security, and Web Development from IIT, grounding his work in secure, reliable software practices. Outside of core development, he has led technical teams at Brandify with roles spanning development management to operational automation, demonstrating leadership in aligning scope, requirements, and delivery.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.S, Computers, Information Security, Web Development, B.S, Computers, Information Security, Web Development at Illinois Institute of Technology
Chinese