Logan Keenan

I'm Logan Keenan, and I reside in Des Moines, IA with my wife, two young children, teenage sister, and a pair of miniature Golden Doodles. Outside of my role as a full-stack software engineer, I'm deeply passionate about Rust, distributed systems, and continuously expanding my knowledge.

Things I've learned (Work Experience)

Ritual (2021 - current)

Startup Culture: Gained an understanding of how a West Coast startup operates, from culture to work pace.
Languages: Acquired hands-on professional experience with Ruby on Rails and continued JavaScript experience.
Data-Driven Development: Metrics and A/B testing to measure effectiveness.

Principal Financial (2020 - 2021)

Software Engineering Coaching: Honed my ability to teach a diverse range of technologies, practices, and patterns in a non-prescriptive manner.

Cultivated Software (2018 - 2020)

Entrepreneurial Skills: Learned how to kickstart my own business from the ground up.
Startup Success: Built thehummingbirds.co for Emily Steele, who raised $1.2 and $3.3 million.
Languages: Self-taught and proficient with Ruby on Rails

Hy-Vee (2017 - 2018)

Introduced several key changes to a $10 billion company alongside a dedicated team:

Team Building: Spearheaded the recruitment and development of QA, Product Owner, and Software Engineering teams.
Cloud Adoption: Facilitated the company's transition to cloud-based solutions.
Leadership: Gained experience in leading a team and driving changes.
Engineering Practices: Introduced TDD, Acceptance Tests, CI/CD pipelines, pair programming, and Agile methodologies, along with a variety of frameworks and tools.
Languages: Furthered my professional experience with Node.js, C#, JavaScript, Kotlin, and VB.net.

John Deere (2014 - 2017)

Quality Engineering Practices: Gained proficiency in TDD, Acceptance & Integration Tests, CI/CD pipelines, pair programming, and Agile methodologies.
Open Source: Created and maintained open-source internal tools, UI components, and modules across the organization.
Mentorship: Coached engineers on testing strategies and effective strategies for working in legacy codebases.
Languages: Gained professional experience with Java and JavaScript.

Far Reach Inc (2011-2014)

Full-Stack Development: Built multiple full-stack applications independently.
Languages: Gained professional experience in C#