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Russell Ballestrini
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**Python Software Engineer | HypothesisBase**
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russell@unturf.com | `russell.ballestrini.net <https://russell.ballestrini.net>`_ | `GitHub <https://github.com/russellballestrini>`_
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To the HypothesisBase team:
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Python, Linux, git, data structures, & a willingness to learn new technologies. That's your requirements list. Here's what I bring beyond the baseline. I have 15+ years of production Python across web services, data processing, infrastructure automation, & AI applications. I've shipped Pyramid, FastAPI, & Flask applications at scale. At Remind, I built Python services supporting 30M users. I write clean, tested code & I care about maintainability.
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I've lived in Linux environments my entire career. At Remind & Cofense, I managed production Linux infrastructure on AWS. I built deployment pipelines, monitoring systems, & container orchestration with Docker & Kubernetes. At Remind, I managed RabbitMQ infrastructure handling millions of messages across 60+ microservices. I've built ETL workflows, data pipelines, & processing systems on AWS. I understand distributed systems patterns, queue-based architectures, & the reliability challenges of production data processing.
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At Coursemojo, I built AI-powered content generation systems for 60,000+ public school students. I built uncloseai-speech, a real-time speech API in FastAPI. I also built unsandbox.com, a multi-tenant code execution PaaS in Elixir. I understand the intersection of software engineering & AI, building the infrastructure that makes AI outputs reliable & useful.
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I've maintained a technical blog at russell.ballestrini.net for 12+ years, covering Python, DevOps, AWS, & distributed systems. I've mentored engineers, led architecture discussions, & communicated technical decisions to diverse audiences throughout my career. I'm looking for challenging technical problems where I can contribute meaningfully. Happy to complete your assessment & discuss how my experience fits.
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Russell Ballestrini
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