J Bay
DevOps Developer at Samsara
Carbondale, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJ Bay is a DevOps-minded software engineer with a decade of Python-and-web-architecture experience. Currently at Samsara, they build internal tools and Slack-first integrations, bringing a hands-on DevOps mindset to production tooling. Previously, as a Staff Application Engineer at Slack, they helped shape the next generation of chat bots and interactive commands, blending backend engineering with product-focused innovation. Their career spans full-stack Python/Django work, from enterprise Django apps to Neo4J integrations, with early roots in PHP/osCommerce. Based in Carbondale, Illinois, they pair a BS in Computer Science with a Philosophy background to approach problems with rigorous logic and curiosity. They enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, scalable systems and thrive at the intersection of automation, data, and user-centric tooling.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
University of Tennessee at MartinG. Dip., Philosophy, G. Dip., Philosophy at University of St. Andrews
English
Github Skills (42)
git10
microframework10
php10
version-control10
neo4j-database10
graphs9
gitignore9
sqlalchemy9
neo4j9
cypher9
python8
nodes8
oauth2-provider8
graph-drawing8
edges8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
TwoBitAlchemist/NeoAlchemy
Jun 2016 - Oct 2021
A microframework for Neo4J inspired by SQLAlchemy
Contributions:189 commits, 102 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
neo4j-databasepythonmicroframeworksqlalchemyneo4j
TwoBitAlchemist/twobitalchemist.github.io
Nov 2018 - Jun 2024
Contributions:19 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years 8 months
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