Kenneth W.

About Kenneth W.

Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of backend experience focused on Python development, developer tooling, automation, and data-centric platforms.I specialize in building command-line tools, APIs, infrastructure automation, and open source libraries that make engineering workflows more maintainable, observable, and human-friendly. From custom REPL engines to testing pipelines for multi-engine data systems, I’ve led initiatives that improved developer experience, reduced infrastructure costs, and delivered business-critical insights.I’ve contributed to and maintained internal platforms across AWS, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, and CI/CD pipelines. I’ve also supported open source communities (including Great Expectations), mentored engineers, and published a suite of CLI-first Python libraries on GitHub and PyPI used for scripting, data access, and backend consistency.Select open source projects available on github.com/kenjyco and pypi.org- input-helper: simplifies user input collection, string parsing, menu selection, argument transformation, and regex for CLI tools- bg-helper: simplifies running shell commands, background tasks, and Python functions; additional tools for git/docker/pyenv- settings-helper: for loading and parsing config files with section-based overrides, variable substitution, and type conversions- dt-helper: convenient utilities for datetime parsing, formatting, timezone conversions, and UTC timestamps- webclient-helper: simplifies HTTP API interactions with support for auth, token handling, and extensible request methods- mongo-helper: pymongo wrapper for streamlining common MongoDB operations and building aggregation pipelines with ease- redis-helper: a collection abstraction layer for storing and querying Python dicts in Redis with simple model defs and indexing- sql-helper: SQLAlchemy wrapper to simplify connecting to databases, schema introspection, and ad hoc queries- chloop: a REPL loop with built-in history, output/error capture, colon commands, hotkeys, and interactive inspection

Experience

1. Founder

   Kenjyco Llc

   Dec 2020 — Present

Skills

• Data Analytics
• Rest
• Mongodb
• C++
• Agile Methodologies
• Json
• Zsh
• Solr
• Git
• Test Driven Development
• Data Mining
• Software Development
• Nosql
• Python
• Education
• Natural Language Processing
• Sql
• Linux