Hi, I'm

Austin Galyon.

I build things for the web.

I'm a software engineer with a passion for crafting reliable, scalable systems and clean user experiences. I specialize in full-stack development and enjoy turning complex problems into elegant solutions.

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01. About Me

I'm a software engineer who loves working across the full stack — from database design and API architecture to polished frontend interfaces. Over the years I've shipped products used by thousands of people and contributed to open-source projects I care about.

When I'm not writing code, I'm usually reading about distributed systems, experimenting with new languages, or contributing to projects I find interesting.

Here are some technologies I work with regularly:

  • TypeScript / JavaScript
  • Python
  • Go
  • React / Next.js
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS / GCP
  • Docker / Kubernetes
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02. Where I've Worked

Senior Software Engineer @ Company A

Jan 2022 — Present

  • Led architecture and delivery of a new data pipeline processing 50M+ events/day, reducing latency by 40%.
  • Built and maintained a suite of internal developer tools that cut deployment time from 45 minutes to under 5.
  • Mentored a team of 4 engineers, conducting code reviews and driving engineering best practices.
  • Collaborated with product and design to ship 3 major product initiatives from 0 to production.

Software Engineer @ Company B

Jun 2019 — Dec 2021

  • Designed and implemented RESTful APIs consumed by 200K+ active users.
  • Migrated a monolithic Rails app to a service-oriented architecture, improving system reliability to 99.9% uptime.
  • Optimized database queries reducing p99 API response times by 60%.
  • Introduced automated testing infrastructure, raising code coverage from 30% to 85%.

Software Engineer @ Company C

Aug 2017 — May 2019

  • Developed customer-facing features for a SaaS product with 50K+ users.
  • Built integrations with third-party APIs including Stripe, Twilio, and Salesforce.
  • Improved frontend performance, achieving a Lighthouse score improvement from 55 to 92.
  • Participated in on-call rotation and authored runbooks for incident response.

03. Things I've Built

Project Alpha

A high-performance data aggregation platform that collects, normalizes, and visualizes metrics from disparate sources in real time. Built to handle millions of events per day with sub-second query latency.

  • Go
  • PostgreSQL
  • React
  • Kafka

DevKit CLI

An open-source command-line toolkit for developers. Automates common workflow tasks including scaffolding, code generation, and environment setup — saving teams hours each week.

  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • GitHub Actions

Distributed Task Queue

A lightweight, Redis-backed task queue with priorities, retries, and dead-letter queuing. Zero dependencies beyond the Redis client.

  • Python
  • Redis
  • asyncio

Auth Middleware

Pluggable JWT/OAuth2 authentication middleware for Express and Fastify. Supports refresh token rotation, RBAC, and audit logging out of the box.

  • TypeScript
  • JWT
  • OAuth2
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04. What's Next?

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I'm currently open to new opportunities. Whether you have a question, a project you'd like to collaborate on, or just want to say hi — my inbox is always open.

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