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Ryan Farnworth

@ryanfarnworth

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Senior .NET/C# Engineer with expertise in enterprise-grade backend systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that challenges my technical skills and offers opportunities for mentorship and leadership within a collaborative team environment.

As a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience, I have a proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade backend systems across various sectors, including tourism, healthcare, and education. My expertise lies in .NET Core, distributed microservices, and cloud-native architecture. I am known for leading large-scale platform migrations and optimizing mission-critical services for millions of users.

Throughout my career, I have successfully spearheaded the transformation of legacy systems into scalable architectures, significantly improving performance and reliability. I take pride in mentoring high-performing engineering teams and fostering a culture of clean code and best practices. My technical skills include Azure, Kubernetes, and event-driven systems, which I leverage to create maintainable and efficient solutions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Software Engineer

Nestor

Aug 2022 - May 2025 (2 years 9 months)

Spearheaded the transformation of a legacy tourism e-commerce platform into 8 distributed services, transitioning from a monolithic ASP.NET MVC app to a scalable container-based microservices architecture in .NET 8/9. Owned CI/CD pipelines across 30+ services using Azure DevOps, Docker, and Kubernetes (AKS), enabling seamless deployment and rollback with zero downtime.

Mass Transit .NET 8+ASP.NET Core Docker Kubernetes Azure DevOps PostgreSQL Redis MSSQL RabbitMQ MassTransit WinForms gRPC Swagger Serilog Portainer

Senior Backend Engineer

Liquis, Inc.

Feb 2019 - Jul 2022 (3 years 5 months)

Engineered and maintained 3 enterprise-level Windows and web applications for medical facilities using C#, ASP.NET Core, WinForms, and Visual Basic. Built a customizable web portal for healthcare service providers using Razor Views and MVC, streamlining data entry and reporting for 40+ institutions.

.NET Core WinForms Visual Basic SQL Server PostgreSQL Serilog GitHub Actions)Azure DevOps Swagger Clean Code DDD GitHub Actions

Software Developer

TeachFX

Feb 2015 - Jan 2019 (3 years 11 months)

Built backend services for a voice-powered analytics platform using ASP.NET Core, Web API, and SignalR, supporting real-time transcription and teacher feedback systems. Integrated with Azure Speech Services and NLP libraries to provide data-driven insights into student engagement and classroom interaction.

ASP.NET Core SignalR SQL Server EF Core Dapper OAuth 2.0 JWT React Postman xUnit

Backend Developer

Accordant

Aug 2013 - Jan 2015 (1 year 5 months)

Developed backend modules for enterprise inventory software using ASP.NET MVC and SQL Server to manage real-time asset tracking across warehouses. Designed RESTful APIs for client integration with ERP and procurement systems, streamlining inbound/outbound inventory data exchange.