Backend + Platform Developer

Hello!

My name is Brandon, I'm a backend + platform developer with a little over 5 years of experience.

Most of that experience has been in "big data" SaaS platforms (most recently Datadog), but I'm happy to ditch the fancy stuff and just bring whatever pieces are most needed for a small or growing business -- while also being familiar with that fancy stuff, so we can know when we might need it. I've ranged all over the stack at each place I've worked so far -- data processing pipelines, workflow management, CI/CD, API frameworks, RPC, databases both transactional and analytical, AWS/GCP/Azure, and tons of observability of course. I'm versatile, learn new things fast, and I love to pitch in wherever help is needed (especially when things are on fire)!

Most importantly -- I care deeply not only about the quality of the work I do but also about my coworkers, and I strive to be awesome to work with and create a really open and psychologically safe environment. A work culture everyone can feel good about is my number-one priority.

Anyways -- my ideal company would look something like this:

• Most folks work in person most days, or hybrid
• Little or no VC investment (bootstrapped is awesome)
• Small, maybe in the range of 5 to 25 developers total
• Many small paying customers instead of a couple big ones

Though I understand that makes things pretty specific, so if you're only matching 2 or 3 of those then definitely still reach out.

If you want to get to know me a little better before reaching out, feel free to check out my blog, I tend to post roughly 50/50 about technical stuff and work-culture stuff:

https://www.willett.io/posts/

Looking forward to hearing from y'all, thanks for reading :)