Summary
Lake Denman is a Senior Software Engineer with 16 years of experience specializing in backend systems, authorization, identity, and API platform infrastructure. Based in Henderson, Nevada, he has progressed through roles at Cognitect, Levvel, and New Relic, blending full‑stack development with DevOps and system administration to deliver secure, production-grade services. He frequently leads client-facing projects and cross-functional teams, solving complex integration and deployment challenges for financial and SaaS environments. Comfortable across languages and stacks—from Clojure/ClojureScript to Ruby and cloud automation—he pairs pragmatic engineering with an eye for reducing technical debt. An understated strength is his history of shipping MVPs and product-focused systems that balance business needs with long-term operability.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer