Austin Garrard is a seasoned software engineer with about a decade of full-stack experience, currently delivering cloud-native solutions at RelationalAI in Atlanta. He thrives in cross-functional, agile teams and enjoys turning complex requirements into reliable, scalable software—from frontend UI to cloud infrastructure. At Thoughtworks, he led and contributed across AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and data/BI domains, delivering notable projects like the Cloud Carbon Footprint tool and other large-scale deployments. His work on cloud-carbon-footprint included implementing AWS EBS usage APIs, building an AWS client, and reshaping the front-end to visualize emissions data, reflecting a strong blend of backend and UI craftsmanship. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M and has a track record of shipping in both startup-like and enterprise environments. Based in Atlanta, he brings hands-on engineering, leadership, and a practical curiosity about sustainable computing.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University
Cloud Carbon Footprint is a tool to estimate energy use (kilowatt-hours) and carbon emissions (metric tons CO2e) from public cloud usage
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:77 commits, 2 PRs, 3 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Austin contributed to the development of the cloud carbon footprint tool by implementing various AWS API calls for EBS usage and estimating carbon emissions. The contributions include developing and testing an AWS client and its interaction with a controller for obtaining and processing EBS usage data. The user also re-organized files, refactored code, and implemented the frontend UI components to display the data.
Contributions:12 PRs, 89 pushes, 6 branches in 4 months
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