Lee Nave
Staff Software Engineer at Ovation.io
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolLee Nave is a Staff Software Engineer based in Bellevue with 11 years in software engineering and a prior career in systems roles, blending a PhD in algebraic topology with practical full-stack and front-end architecture expertise. He has driven production systems at Ovation.io and Amazon and shaped front-end strategy as a principal engineer at Apptio, applying rigorous mathematical thinking to large-scale engineering problems. His background at Boeing and a postdoc at MIT reflect deep experience with complex systems and data analysis that informs his pragmatic approach to software design. Comfortable across the stack, he brings uncommon theoretical depth to everyday engineering trade-offs and a track record of translating abstract problem-solving into reliable, maintainable products.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics - Algebraic Topology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics - Algebraic Topology at University of WashingtonBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics at Swarthmore College
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Github Skills (200)
testing10
google-places-api10
automation10
browser10
dynamodb10
imperva10
python10
emberjs10
docker-container10
home-assistant10
rss10
docker-compose10
glimmerjs10
editor10
continuous-integration10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
navels/imfor-skeleton
Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:10 pushes in 1 month
node-expressexpress-mongodbexpressnode-express-mongodbnodejs
navels/paradise-valley-music-hour
Dec 2025 - May 2026
Contributions:6 pushes in 5 months
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