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Blake Robinson

@blakerobinson

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Senior Software Engineer specializing in scalable Python microservices, cloud architecture, and frontend development.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles focused on scalable backend and cloud-native systems, strong DevOps/CI-CD practices, collaborative teams, and opportunities to mentor and drive architectural decisions.

I am a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade building scalable, high-performance software across healthcare, consulting, and IT. I specialize in Python, RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and cloud computing, and I combine backend expertise with frontend skills in React.js and Angular.

I've led migrations to cloud platforms, implemented CI/CD and DevOps practices, and architected systems that improved scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency — including measured gains like 40% scalability improvements, 35% operational cost reductions, and significant query and release-time optimizations.

I prioritize secure coding, observability, and mentoring teams to adopt best practices; I deliver pragmatic solutions that reduce latency, improve user experience, and drive measurable business value.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

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Miles IT

Feb 2023 - Present (2 years 9 months)

Designed and deployed scalable microservices using Python, Flask, and AWS, improving system scalability by 40% and reducing provisioning times by 50% through Terraform/Ansible automation. Led monitoring, CI/CD, and cost-optimization initiatives that improved reliability by 25% and cut AWS spend by 20%.

Python Flask AWS Terraform Celery Redis Docker CI CD PostgreSQL

Senior Software Engineer

Syberry

Jan 2019 - Jan 2023 (4 years)

Designed and implemented scalable RESTful APIs and migrated on-prem systems to AWS Lambda/S3, reducing operational expenses by 35% and cutting release cycles by 60% via containerization and CI/CD. Built analytics dashboards and optimized databases to support high-throughput workloads.

Django Flask AWS Lambda Docker Kubernetes PostgreSQL MongoDB CI CD

Software Developer

UnitedHealth Group

Jun 2015 - Dec 2018 (3 years 6 months)

Built full-stack applications with Django and React/Angular, delivering 30% higher client satisfaction and transitioning monoliths to microservices. Developed ML models with TensorFlow/PyTorch and optimized ETL and database schemas to reduce latency by 50%.

Python Django React TensorFlow PyTorch MySQL MongoDB Docker GraphQL

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Rice University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2011 - 2015

Completed a Bachelor of Computer Science program with foundational coursework in software engineering, algorithms, and systems from August 2011 to May 2015.