I'm a Senior Software Engineer located in San Diego, CA.

When I'm not at the computer, you can find me at the gym, hiking the nearest mountain, or reading Sci-Fi.

If you want to get in touch, send me an email at work@fletcheaston.com.

Work Experience

Rad AI

L5 Software Engineer, September 2023 - Present

• I'm working here now!

ROSALIND

Technical Lead, September 2022 - September 2023

• Managed the platform engineering team and mentored junior engineers.
• Led the platform engineering and data science teams in architecting the next version of Rosalind.
• Collaborated closely with current customers, product team members, and executives.

Senior Software Engineer, August 2021 - September 2022

• Led the FedRAMP audit with Coalfire, achieving FedRAMP Moderate status in under a year.
• Rebuilt the Diagnostic Monitoring/COVID-19 analysis platform to be FedRAMP Moderate.
• Built a custom proteomics analysis platform for key customers.

Grove

Lead DevOps and Backend Engineer, September 2019 - July 2021

• Coordinated an API-first development process with customers, designers, and front-end engineers.
• Developed, documented, and tested REST APIs using FastAPI, Django, and pytest.
• Implemented robust CI/CD, unit/integration testing, A/B testing, and production-monitoring practices
• Assisted with front-end testing and debugging using React and TypeScript.

California Strawberry Commission

Automation Engineer, October 2019 - July 2021

• Developed edge and cloud-based machine-vision systems to identify and count Lygus, mites, and strawberry runners using TensorFlow and FastAPI.
• Built robust pipelines in AWS for updating the machine-vision models powering the cloud-based object detection.
• Onboarded new software engineers onto our cloud-based infrastructure.
• Worked with mechanical engineers and California strawberry growers to develop edge-computing hardware (cameras, sensors, embedded computers) for fields.

HealMed Solutions

DevOps and Backend Engineering Contractor, January 2021 - June 2021

• Worked closely with HealMed Solutions to develop HIPAA-compliant software for partnered hospital systems.
• Developed a well-documented backend in FastAPI and SQLAlchemy using a TDD process.
• Implemented devops with robust CI/CD and production-monitoring practices.
• Assisted with testing and debugging using Angular and TypeScript.
• Assisted in requirements discovery with customers.

Assembled Supply

DevOps and Backend Engineering Contractor, July 2020 - June 2021

• Scraped and cleaned data from various industrial supplies websites using selenium and scrapy.
• Built a data management system for matching items from dozens of sellers for direct price comparisons.
• Developed the backend system for an e-commerce platform, integrated with Stripe.
• Documented code and practices for other engineers and the (non-technical) CEO to follow.
• Assisted with front-end testing and debugging using React and TypeScript.

MyFreightCube

DevOps and Full-Stack Engineering Contractor, October 2020 - January 2021

• Built a highly performant API to efficiently arrange variably sized pallets in box trucks using FastAPI and NumPy/SciPy.
• Developed a responsive web app and cloud architecture to support precise freight conversions and calculations.
• Worked with a UI/UX contractor to design and build the web app.

Cal Poly Racing - Baja

Electrons Software Lead, August 2019 - June 2020

• Led the electronics team in building software for high-performance embedded systems/microcontrollers, using various sensors to gather data regarding the Baja vehicle.
• Conducted rigorous testing of sensors on the Baja vehicle in the field.
• Assisted in the design, prototyping, and testing of custom PCBs.

Precision Agriculture and Automation Club

Club President, May 2018 - June 2020

• Led the robotics team in developing software and hardware solutions to various international competitions.
• Built an autonomous watermelon harvesting robot that won $5,000 at the 2018 AgBot competition.
• Built an autonomous apple harvesting robot that placed competitively at the 2019 ASABE competition.
• Assisted faculty members with student recruitment efforts.

Cal Poly Corporation

BRAE Undergrad Research Assistant, May 2018 - June 2020

• Assisted the SmartFarm project by installing, monitoring, and analyzing data from custom Arduino boards in CSU Fresno almond orchards.
• Built an autonomous in-field platform for hosting a variety of mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Contributed to master branch of SciPy’s statistics library and development documentation.

Technical Expertise