Landon Hemsley

About

I love software engineering and data analysis, and I do it well. I have talent in Java, Kotlin, C#, PHP, and Perl, not to mention front-end Javascript frameworks such as React, Angular and KnockoutJS. I have extensive experience in database programming for a few different flavors of SQL. (I’m best at PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.)

I have a wealth of experience using MVC frameworks, including Spring, ASP.NET and Play. I routinely manage massive data pipelines that shuttle gigabytes worth of data concerning financial instruments collectively worth billions of dollars for stakeholders both within my organization and without. I’ve worked in application development environments with individualized deployments operating on dedicated servers, and in virtual, cloud-based, containerized deployments based both on Docker (I’ve used primarily dev-compose and kubernetes) and Microsoft Service Fabric / Azure.

I specialize in building applications that help solve real-world problems. Weirdly enough, I also am an MBA, so I speak the languages of both the business executive and software engineer. I am also pretty good at consulting those who need a plan to capitalize on the data they gather as a course of business and helping them chart a course toward the future.

Accomplishments

Where I've been and what I've done

My career has been full of many excellent opportunities, but it has been very unconventional.

Towards the beginning of my career, I worked in digital media, focused on visual display, web layouts and structure, and production of news content. In that former life, I managed a publication that won the 2013 EPPY award for best sports website in America. I’ve was an editor, a writer, a producer, a reporter, a photographer, a videographer, a designer, and a brand manager.

Now, however, having left media behind, I am a software engineer. Most of my development work has been in financial tech and in integrations with payment processing systems, but I also have worked on a few e-commerce endeavors here and there. I have both built new web applications from the ground up and inherited massive existing projects with large amounts of technical debt. In all cases, I have strived to leverage technology to make life better and easier for those around me.

I’m also a decorated scholar. I have an MBA and two Bachelor’s degrees.

Here is a listing of several products I’ve built and places I’ve worked. Take a click to learn more about each.