Houston C.
Green

Software Engineer

My name is Houston, and I'm a software engineer, but more importantly, I'm a creative person. I get deep fulfillment from bringing something new to life, and oftentimes the way I do that comes in the form of code.

Someone once told me, "...making sure the next dev can read your code might be just as important as the code itself." At first, this didn't stick out to me as something worth paying too much attention to. It wasn't until I built my first feature that I realized this advice was profound.

After getting lost in my own code a few times, it became clear that optimizing readability must be a top priority. This driving force helped shape my career, and now I specialize in building scalable web apps that stand the test of time.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer - Hospitality

I lead teams that build and maintain features for an event management SasS platform. I work closely with product and design teams to build consistent experiences for users from many different hotels and restaurants.

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • jQuery
  • Rails

Senior Software Engineer - Fintech

Maintained and built new features for their customer portal. Led a transition from a Webpack based React application to a Next.js based application successfully while maintaining 99% test coverage.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Chakra UI
  • Rails

Web Developer - Public Sector

Built and maintained features for programs aimed at assisting workers and families in need. Features often involved collecting data and creating content management software to interact with the data.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • TailwindCSS
  • Rails

Software Engineer LXP Intern

Learned by building graph based apps until I was ready to contribute sprint work. Built several core components of the Lifegroups Search feature, and contributed to a video chat project.

  • React
  • Flow-Typed
  • Rails

Projects

A video game review site powered by the IGDB API. It's mostly a space for me to collect data about all the games I've played in my lifetime, and write about my memories with each one.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • TailwindCSS
  • Rails

The other half of this site where I write about topics from software engineering to music and what I'm up to lately with songwriting.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • TailwindCSS
  • Prisma