Gaelyn Cooper

Gaelyn Cooper

Senior software engineer

I build full-stack features, integrations and backend services for Rails and Next.js apps on PostgreSQL. I take work from a rough request through data modeling, release and support.

Before software, I spent nine years in healthcare as a pharmacist, so I understand the provider workflows that software serves.

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What I work on

  • Product features, end to end

    Rails and Next.js/TypeScript SaaS applications, including tenant management and admin tooling for multi-tenant platforms, and new product areas taken from data model to finished user experience.

  • Data-heavy backends

    Analysis engines for regulated financial data, including record matching, de-duplication and the business rules behind every report. PostgreSQL schemas that evolve safely on live production data, including zero-downtime migrations.

  • Integrations and services

    Third-party integrations, webhook endpoints, and endpoints and handlers in a TypeScript/Node.js microservice architecture.

Background

I work remotely at a software consultancy and product studio, running production applications for clients and building new products. I collaborate with founders, designers and frontend engineers across the whole software lifecycle.

  1. 2021 to now Software developerRails and Next.js/TypeScript, remote.
  2. 2021 Backend Engineering certificate, Turing School of Software & Design1,500+ hours of training; mentored students in later cohorts.
  3. 2011 to 2018 Staff pharmacistSeven years of patient care, five of them in a rural two-pharmacist store.
  4. 2011 Doctor of Pharmacy, Samford University

Tools I use

Languages
Ruby, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL
Frameworks
Ruby on Rails, Next.js, React, Node.js, Hotwire, Tailwind CSS, Prisma
Data
PostgreSQL, Redis, ElasticSearch
Infrastructure
AWS (Lambda, S3), Heroku, Vercel, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Sentry
Testing
RSpec, Jest, Vitest, Playwright

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