Aaron Forsander
Software Engineer at Kopperfield
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAaron Forsander is a software engineer with 16 years of hands-on experience building full-stack web applications, currently bringing his expertise to Increase after founding and scaling product at Kopperfield. Trained as an electrical engineer at UT Austin, he transitioned into software with a strong systems mindset that informs both frontend and backend work. His background includes a multi-year tenure at Stripe where he delivered production-grade services at scale, and he now advises early-stage startups while continuing to ship code. An avid runner and backpacker based in Austin, he is actively exploring ways to apply engineering to climate action, blending outdoor passion with technical impact. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who pairs deep technical skill with startup grit and a curiosity for cross-disciplinary solutions.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (154)
python10
django10
grunt-task10
teamcity10
orm10
amazon-s310
google-autocomplete10
jquery9
django-apps9
azerothcore9
stripe-api9
google-places9
peer-to-peer9
authentication9
sms9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
pifantastic/grunt-s3
May 2012 - Jan 2016
A grunt task to automate moving files to/from Amazon S3.
Contributions:144 commits, 4 PRs, 4 pushes in 3 years 8 months
amazon-s3grunt-task
pifantastic/outside
Oct 2016 - Dec 2020
A time + weather app for my raspberry pie touchscreen
Contributions:4 PRs, 36 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 2 months
raspberrytouchscreen
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