Hello, I'm
Dylan Sanders
Full-Stack Engineer building fast, reliable software.
About Me
I'm a full-stack engineer who loves crafting clean APIs and intuitive UIs. I care about code that's easy to read, easy to change, and actually works. When I'm not writing software, you'll find me gaming or tinkering with side projects.
- Full-stack web development (React, Python/FastAPI)
- Database design & optimization (PostgreSQL, Redis)
- REST API architecture with JWT authentication
- CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure
Skills
Frontend
Backend
Database
DevOps & Tools
Projects
Games API
A RESTful backend service for game-related data with user authentication, PostgreSQL persistence, and Redis caching. Built with FastAPI and SQLAlchemy.
Portfolio Site
This portfolio — a single-page React app with smooth-scroll navigation, dark mode, and fully static content. Built with Vite and Tailwind CSS.
Classic Snake
Try to earn a high score with your 5 daily chances of the classic snake game
Experience
- ▸Architectural review
- ▸Implemented real-time messaging
- ▸Designed database schemas with SQLAlchemy and managed migrations with Alembic
- ▸Improved API response times with Redis caching layer
- ▸Built and maintained REST APIs serving production traffic
- ▸Optimized web app for SEO to boost organic traffic
- ▸Helped monetize web traffic with programatic ad serving
- ▸Developed React frontends consuming internal APIs
- ▸Collaborated with management and design to implement new core features.
- ▸Wrote unit and integration tests with high coverage
- ▸Developed a consumer facing Angular application
- ▸Contributed to the backend REST APIs Node.js/express
- ▸Helped design database schemas (Mongoose.js) for the MongoDB database
- ▸Collaborated with design team on component library
Contact
I'm open to new opportunities. Whether you have a question or just want to say hi — my inbox is always open.
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