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Drew Layton

Back End Engineer
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About me

I'm an analytical, passionate, and empathetic software developer who brings a meticulous attention to detail and a strong commitment to project outcomes. I'm a graduate of the Turing back-end program in Ruby on Rails and the FastTrack full-stack program in Java, JavaScript, and Angular. I also have a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a prior career as a professional online poker player. My career in poker was driven by highly technical strategy and astute, mathematical problem-solving, skills which have readily translated to software development. I bring my lifelong love of technical thought and deep passion for teamwork to every project I work on.

Preferred locations

  • Denver, CO
Open to remote work

Previous industries

None specified

Skills

  • ActiveRecord
  • Angular
  • Continuous Integration
  • CSS3
  • Django
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Heroku
  • HTML5
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • Python
  • Rails
  • Ruby
  • SQL
  • TypeScript

Currently learning

None specified

Projects

Love Fern

Love Fern

Project scope time 100 hours
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Tools Used

  • Bootstrap
  • Continuous Integration
  • CSS3
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Heroku
  • HTML5
  • PostgreSQL
  • Rails
  • Ruby
  • SQL
  • User Authentication

Love Fern is a full-stack application that allows users to cultivate the relationships with important people in their lives by taking care of a fern.

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Grant Guru

Grant Guru

Project scope time 60 hours
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Tools Used

  • Django
  • PostgreSQL
  • Python

Grant Guru is an application that allows a user to explore a database full of scholarship and grant applications to help students find financial aid. This project is a proof of concept and does not include real scholarship data.

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Lunch and Learn

Lunch and Learn

Project scope time 30 hours
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Tools Used

  • Git
  • GitHub
  • PostgreSQL
  • Rails
  • Ruby
  • SQL
  • User Authentication

Lunch and Learn is a backend API service which provides various food and culture information on a user-specified country.

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