Taylor D. Edmiston

Technologies

Preferred technologies

open-source

web

python

docker

devops

Top Percentiles

Top 1%

airflow

Top 5%

airflow-scheduler css github github-actions html pip python virtualenv fewer

Top 10%

python-3.x

Intro Statement

I'm a generalist software engineer experienced in building software across the stack and infrastructure for high-growth tech startups.

I'm ranked in the top 4% on Stack Overflow (all-time) having reached over 5 million software professionals.

Professional

My current technical work is largely around Docker, CI/CD, Terraform and related DevOps tooling. I'm also very highly experienced with Python.

My technical interests include:

Trying new technology at the earliest stages
Architecting, designing, and developing backend systems and APIs as part of a core platform team
Building things to simplify people's lives and automation are a few things I really enjoy
I value: simplicity, scalability, quality, elegance, and maintainability

Personal

On a personal note, I'm passionate about coffee and enjoy traveling
I've visited 9 countries on 4 continents and one of my life goals is to fill a passport

Misc

I'm ranked in the top 1% on Codewars

Experience (13)

Principal Software Engineer

Mandolin

Jun 2020 → Current (1 year, 10 months)

javascript node.js reactjs twilio google-cloud-platform terraform amazon-ecs mux amazon-web-services devops typescript python

Mandolin is a feature-rich interactive livestreaming concert platform.

Platform / Infrastructure Lead
Software architecture
DevOps & infrastructure
API design & full-stack development w/ backend focus
Mentor, pairing, code reviews, etc
Wearer of many hats (and many shoes)

https://www.mandolin.com/

Founder

Edmiston Software, LLC

Sep 2016 → Current (5 years, 7 months)

python javascript ecmascript-6 node.js sass reactjs airflow

Co-Organizer

HackCincy

May 2014 → Current (7 years, 11 months)

people redbull hackathon meetings

Co-organizer of the group behind the leading annual hackathon and monthly tech meetup in Cincinnati.

AngelHack Cincinnati 2014 (winner), 2015 (co-organizer)
HackCincy 2017, 2018 (co-organizer)

https://github.com/hackcincy/hackcincy

Senior Software Engineer

Tangram Flex

Oct 2018 → Apr 2020 (1 year, 7 months)

kubernetes docker metaprogramming formal-verification graph-databases embedded continuous-integration virtual-machine

Tangram Flex creates systems re-engineering software for the defense industry to make complex embedded systems adaptable, modular, and secure.

My role was DevOps lead and engineer with responsibilities including research, architecture, platform design and development, cloud infrastructure, etc
Attended DockerCon 2019
Obtained DoD DSS security clearance (Secret level)

More info:

Software Engineer

Astronomer

Apr 2017 → Sep 2018 (1 year, 6 months)

python airflow apache-spark apache-kafka amazon-kinesis amazon-redshift dcos mesos marathon kubernetes

Astronomer is a SaaS customer data platform that routes clickstream events to client and server-side integrations, and runs ETL pipelines in Airflow.

My role is as a software engineer building the core platform.

Create big data pipeline services for streaming micro-batch workloads from Kinesis / Kafka using Apache Spark Streaming as well as batch dynamic DAGs with complex dependencies using Apache Airflow
Create and maintain the Clickstream DAG and data warehouse loader that handles copying hundreds of millions of rows of event data into Amazon Redshift instances for customers
Create, manage, and run services on DC/OS, Marathon, and Mesos; write custom Airflow Mesos executor
Present talks on Airflow and Astronomer at conferences and meetups
Deploy Astronomer Open and Enterprise Edition (EE) installs to Kubernetes clusters on GCP
Completed extensive custom install with platform expansion and customization for the data analytics arm of a Fortune 50
Create Helm charts for Kubernetes
Configure continuous integration and continuous deployment of Docker images via CircleCI
Instrument and advocate for code quality tools including running linters via Code Climate
Mentor other developers in Python tooling and best practices and provide code reviews
Debug internal systems issues from JavaScript front end through backend services and data warehouses and provide technical customer support
Support customers on our platform in learning and using Apache Airflow including creating, writing, and debugging DAGs, operators, hooks, etc
Manage release and distribution of Astronomer Python packages
Help interview Airflow committers for The Airflow Podcast
map(automate, all_the_things)

Accelerator: AngelPad #9, DigitalOcean Hatch

More info: astronomer.io

Lead Backend Developer

Lisnr

May 2014 → Sep 2016 (2 years, 5 months)

python django django-rest-framework flask mysql microservices nginx gunicorn amazon-ec2

Lisnr is a platform for sending data over audio using inaudible tones.

As a member of the core team, I created and maintained backend APIs powering mobile SDKs embedded in apps used by tens to hundreds of thousands of people, as well as a CMS web app built in Angular
My role as a senior engineer spanned architecture, design, implementation, testing, performance analysis, mentorship, and code review
I traveled to NYC for about a month to participate in the R/GA Techstars Accelerator 2014 (the predecessor to Techstars IoT)

More info: Technology

Software Engineer

Co-Ed Supply

Jan 2014 → May 2014 (5 months)

python flask heroku twitter-bootstrap jquery php mysql javascript css

The Brandery '13

Graduate Research Assistant

Air Force Research Laboratory

Jun 2012 → Dec 2013 (1 year, 7 months)

opencv python computer-vision image-processing pattern-recognition c++ zeromq protocol-buffers

Student Web Developer

Wright State University, Computer Science & Engineering

Jun 2011 → May 2012 (1 year)

photoshop drupal php html css design

Resident Assistant

Wright State University

Aug 2009 → May 2012 (2 years, 10 months)

communication operations project-management

Student System Administrator

Wright State University, Computer Science & Engineering

May 2009 → Jul 2011 (2 years, 3 months)

linux windows ubuntu

Web Development Intern

Reynolds and Reynolds

Jun 2010 → Aug 2010 (3 months)

javascript html css iis c# .net

Web Development Intern

Reynolds and Reynolds

Jun 2009 → Aug 2009 (3 months)

javascript html css iis c# .net

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Education

Master of Science in Computer Science

Wright State University

Jun 2012 → Dec 2013

cloud computer-vision pattern-recognition distributed-computing image-processing machine-learning

3.7 GPA (deferred graduation)
Completed coursework in distributed systems, cloud computing, computer vision, pattern recognition, information retrieval, etc
Researched vehicle target tracking using computer vision algorithms
Added MBA coursework in leadership and management
Deferred further research to focus on startups

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Honors

Wright State University

Sep 2008 → Jun 2012

java c++ python mobile android ios research virtual-reality

Graduated magna cum laude / 3.8 GPA
President of ACM
My senior design capstone project created an input system in a virtual reality CAVE where viewers wearing VR glasses run dynamic commands to control the Appenzeller Visualization Laboratory environment via an Android app
- Paper: Touch-Enabled Input Devices for Controlling Virtual Environments
- Collaborators: Adam Golden, Adam Meily
- Advisor: Dr. Thomas Wischgoll, Director of AViDA

Study Abroad

Chung Yuan Christian University

2011 → 2011

mysql database-design database database-schema presentation

I participated in the II/ALE academic leadership study abroad program for three weeks in Zhongli, Taiwan
The program consisted of international lectures, a cultural exploration component, and an extensive group project with a final presentation
Overall there were ~100 students with majors in business and engineering (all disciplines) from the US and Asia

Certifications

Triplebyte Certified Generalist Software Engineer

May 2020 → Current (1 year, 11 months)

Open Source (7)

tedmiston/sublime-tower-plugin

Apr 2018 → Current (4 years) 11 commits / 300 ++ / 5 -- • Last commit on Apr 10, 18

git-tower sublime-text-plugin sublimetext3 sublimetext bash

Open git repos from Sublime Text in Tower

tedmiston/qcbrunch

Jun 2016 → Current (5 years, 10 months) 1,093 commits / 13,307 ++ / 7,269 -- • Last commit on Oct 12, 21

(See QCBrunch project below.)

tedmiston/zero-noise

May 2016 → Current (5 years, 11 months) 9 commits / 146 ++ / 34 -- • Last commit on May 12, 20

shell

A lightweight multicolor noise generator.

I wrote this script to block out background noise like conversations in open office spaces and coffee shops (it was originally written in Jan 2014 while working at a startup accelerator). It's just a few lines of code but serves as a practical utility that I use with noise-isolating earbuds every day.

tedmiston/notes

Nov 2014 → Current (7 years, 5 months) 448 commits / 12,368 ++ / 3,953 -- • Last commit on Feb 08, 19

markdown

A log of books I'm reading and my notes about them.

The selection represents topics that I care about in the world, such as: startups, entrepreneurship & remote working; programming; investing & finance; minimalism & simplicity; travel.

This project also occasionally covers conferences, essays, and podcasts.

My goal is to disseminate knowledge from smart, inspirational people more broadly.

tedmiston/tab-transporter

Sep 2014 → Current (7 years, 7 months) 39 commits / 779 ++ / 534 -- • Last commit on Oct 01, 17

applescript

A utility for bulk moving tabs across browsers.

astronomerio/helm-delete-all-plugin

Apr 2018 → May 2018 (2 months) 5 commits / 34 ++ / 4 -- • Last commit on Apr 30, 18

kubernetes-helm plugins kubernetes

A Helm plugin to delete and purge all releases from Kubernetes

astronomerio/boa

May 2017 → Nov 2017 (7 months) 55 commits / 646 ++ / 205 -- • Last commit on Jul 05, 17

python circleci codecov pypi coverage.py nose2 invoke regex doctest

Boa is a Python package for normalizing and converting strings to snakecase.

Its use case is to normalize customer-provided names into a form usable in Amazon Redshift schemas, tables, and columns.

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Apps & Software

TEdmiston.com

python flask aws-lambda sqlalchemy pythonanywhere fabric jquery lets-encrypt css

A Python web app with custom made dynamic karma counters running as AWS Lambda functions that pull from APIs like Stack Overflow and Hacker News.

Astronomer Clickstream - Product Hunt

Dec 2017

User event data routing for clickstream analytics. Capture user events and route them to the best tools and data warehouses.

QCBrunch

Jun 2016

github-pages cloudflare circleci html5 google-analytics inspectlet

QCBrunch is a collection of the best breakfast and brunch spots in Cincinnati.

As a passionate brunch fan, I built QCBrunch after seeing a void in the data collected and options provided by Yelp, Foursquare, and Google for breakfast and brunch. Two key differentiators are: I track the hours that brunch is offered, link directly to brunch menus.

Open source: https://github.com/tedmiston/qcbrunch

More info: Hello, Queen City Brunch!

Stack Exchange

Community Name

Reputation

Stack Overflow

10,229

Public Artifacts (8)

Web Analytics - Product Hunt

Dec 2017

A collection of the best web analytics services and tools for most companies.

Apache Spark Streaming for Real-Time Customer Insights

Aug 2017

apache-airflow spark-streaming amazon-redshift amazon-kinesis python

I wrote a post about building our new highly scalable analytics event processor in Python with Kinesis, Spark Streaming, and Airflow.

Joining Astronomer

Apr 2017

I'm excited to announce that I'm joining Astronomer as a software engineer.

Apache Airflow and the Future of Data Engineering: A Q&A

Feb 2017

apache-airflow

Why does data engineering matter and where is it going? Recently I had the opportunity to do a collaborative blog post with Maxime Beauchemin about Airflow and the future of data engineering.

Justin Kan is good at Snapchat: 3 startups I didn't know about last week edition

Oct 2016

I think every founder or potential founder should follow justinkan on Snapchat. With his experience & role at Y Combinator (YC), I think Justin is in a unique position to share a glimpse at companies changing the future. This post discusses three startups I discovered from him.