Dillon.
I build software and relationships.
I’m a friendly engineer developing civic and climate software. I believe software engineering is about people first. Strong teams build better software.
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About Me
I am a software engineer based in Seattle. Formerly a sustainability specialist at Amazon, I now work independently as a backend engineer in the civic and climate space.
Relationship building is core to all of my work. This means building trust through clear expectations and visibility with clients, setting office hours and leading one-on-ones with my team, and planning 60+ person org events at Amazon.
- Python
- AWS
- Supabase (Postgres)
- FastAPI
- TypeScript
- Next.js
Experience
I volunteer as a tech lead for Digital Aid Seattle, leading the organization’s pioneering venture with Seattle Humane. We are working to improve the systems they use to track incoming animals.
On this team, I:
- Drive project direction of the full-stack application using Next.js, Vercel, and Supabase.
- Lead meetings and coordinate a team of volunteer engineers.
Building an ETL for immunization data from the Minnesota Department of Health to Infinite Campus. The goal is to reduce the burden of administrative tasks on district staff and make sure that out-of-date information doesn’t prevent kids from going to school.
I worked on two teams at Amazon. I started on the ordering team, then soon switched to sustainability. That was the start of my career shift towards work in climate tech.
While I was at Amazon, I did the following:
- Led a documentation restructuring initiative to improve the usability of Amazon’s complex platform, reducing the on-call burden for platform engineers.
- Designed and developed a Python-based tool for auditing AWS functions that calculate global carbon emissions, supporting Amazon’s sustainability report.
Education
2016 - 2020
Bachelor of Arts
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Double Major: Computer Sciences and Psychology
- Awards: Graduated with Distinction, Distinction in the Major for both majors
Projects
Python
pandas
Selenium
Immunization Data Pipeline
A data pipeline built to minimize admin work when dealing with immunization records. Solo project now and hoping to grow an open-source community.
Next.js
Supabase
Seattle Humane App
A web app to improve the systems the Seattle Humane Animal Shelter uses to track incoming animals. I am the tech lead on a team of 10.
Python
spaCy
Flask
Deep Cite
A Chrome NLP extension to find the original source of claims made on the web. This extension was built in a capstone college course, and I was the team lead. The project continued growing after the course concluded.
Get in Touch
Always happy to chat