Brendan Sudol
Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan Sudol is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building data-driven products and user-focused web applications, currently working at Palantir in Asheville, NC. He has a strong full-stack background from startups to government tech—helping grow Simon Data’s core product and contributing front-end UX improvements to Login.gov’s identity provider while at 18F. Brendan blends data science experience from Etsy (where he built discovery and growth tooling) with backend and ETL skills (Python, Django, MapReduce, Redshift) to turn analytics into shipped features. He’s particularly adept at improving user flows and interfaces—adding password-strength indicators, progress bars, and navigation refinements to complex auth systems. Quietly versatile, he moves between prototyping statistical models and implementing polished UI details, making him effective across product, design, and engineering boundaries.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of Virginia
Github Skills (9)
ruby-rails10
devise10
rails10
javascript9
html9
css9
identity-provider9
ux-design8
ui-design8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
18F/identity-idp
Apr 2016 - Nov 2016
Login.gov Core App: Identity Provider (IdP)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:103 commits, 305 PRs, 395 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Brendan primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and overall user experience of the Login.gov Identity Provider application. Their contributions involved iterative updates to views and styles, including password strength indicators, and the implementation of a progress bar for user flows. They also worked on the sign-up and login navigation, and the creation of a contact page. These UI/UX improvements aimed to improve user flow and make the application more intuitive.
identity-providercivic-techrailsidentityoidc
brendansudol/neural-jokes
Feb 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:25 commits, 23 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
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