Summary
Bryan Venable is a multi-discipline engineer whose expertise spans hardware tinkering, embedded systems, and full-stack software development. Based in Boulder Creek, California, he has spent the past decade turning ideas from microcontrollers and Raspberry Pi projects into scalable web applications and services. As a Node.js backend engineer at Convertly, he architected GraphQL APIs, integrated with Google AdWords, built Zapier workflows, and managed serverless deployments with AWS Lambda and Redis-backed caching, while implementing robust authentication. Earlier at Cybernet Entertainment he delivered high-traffic REST APIs and guided features from planning to production, maintaining a pragmatic balance between test coverage and shipping speed. His career began in the US Army as a Combat Engineer, where he learned discipline, rapid problem solving, and building robust, defensive systems, complemented by a mechanical engineering background that includes self-balancing robots and automated sorting machines. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from UC San Diego and trained in software engineering at Hack Reactor.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San Diego
Engineering, Engineering at Moorpark College
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at Hack Reactor
English, American Sign Language