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Jonathan Peterson
Back-End Developer
Jon has over twenty years of professional development experience. For the last ten years or so, he's been concentrating on server-side Java, working remotel...y with small companies, over the full stack. He's a co-founder of a successful software-as-a-service company, IndieMade, and has managed tech teams large and small. He has a BA in computer science from Cornell University and an MSCS from the University of Massachusetts.
Eva Bojorges Rodriguez
Back-End Developer
Eva is a skilled back-end developer and machine learning engineer with experience in scalability issues, system administration, and more. She has a flair fo...r well-structured, readable, and maintainable applications and excellent knowledge of Python, Ruby, and Go. She is a quick learner and has worked in teams of all sizes.
Ted Cohn
Back-End Developer
Ted has 30+ years as a senior architect, technologist, developer, entrepreneur, and CTO. He led Barnes & Noble's Nook team in Palo Alto, developed Pleo the... dinosaur as well as Orderscape restaurant search/food ordering voicebot, and worked for Apple, Excite, and NeXT. He enjoys developing new concepts and technology, leading teams, innovating, and delivering incredible products. He has superb communication and presentation skills.
Calvin Froedge
Back-End Developer
Calvin is a strong Python programmer and an expert JavaScript developer with over 3,000 hours of paid React experience. He has experience in a diverse range... of systems, from web to desktop and embedded. He has been described as very bright, very enthusiastic, and very knowledgeable. He has written front-end code on websites used by millions of people. Calvin is an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker and the founder of Tennessee's first hackathon.
Zoran Melis
Back-End Developer
Zoran is a software engineer with over ten years of professional experience with a wide range of technologies. He has worked with C/C++, Python, Go, JavaScr...ipt, Java, and more. Currently focusing on full-stack, scalable applications development, he has been a part of teams of all sizes in environments ranging from small private companies to Google.
Artem Galtsev
Back-End Developer
Artem is a web developer and programmer with 9+ years of experience working within large companies and on his own. He enjoys working on interesting and chal...lenging projects that enable him to apply and further his skills, and looks forward to taking on new projects.
Nikola Topalovic
Back-End Developer
Nikola is an experienced software engineer with a strong math and computer science background. His career spanned different domains and technologies and he... can work within the whole spectrum of development, from architectural and programming requirements to deployment, testing, and technical writing.
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