Kevin James Coleman

Principal Engineer at Spaceback

Kevin James Coleman has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries.

In their most recent position at Spaceback, they serve as a Principal Engineer, although the start month and end month are unknown as it is their current role.

Before their current role, they worked as a Staff Software Engineer at Brightline from April 2022 to July 2023. During their time at Brightline, they were the technical lead for the Growth team, focusing on developing marketing tools for health plan subscriber outreach. Kevin James also engineered a high-performance ingestion pipeline for targeted campaigns and designed fully automated direct mail and email marketing launches.

From August 2020 to April 2022, Kevin worked at Cerebral as an Engineering Manager/Senior Engineer. Kevin James played a crucial role as the founding backend engineer for the company's first mobile application and developed APIs to facilitate its launch. Furthermore, they provided technical leadership for a team of US-based engineers and offshore teams, focusing on maintaining bespoke EMR systems and developing insurance verification and billing products. Kevin James also implemented a CircleCI pipeline and integrated React and Rails applications using Helm and Kubernetes.

Prior to that, Kevin worked at LegalNature from August 2017 to October 2020 as a Senior Software Engineer. Kevin James designed a reusable form system using Vue.js and Ruby on Rails for legal document and business formation products. Additionally, they developed a Ruby on Rails RESTful API and integrated it with Vue.

From June 2014 to August 2017, Kevin worked at NationBuilder as a Services Software Engineer. Kevin James addressed critical data defects in the company's Ruby on Rails monolith for high-profile clients and developed an internal application to streamline the acquisition and updating of voter files. Moreover, they managed a team of six data engineers for refreshing NationBuilder's national voter file ahead of the 2016 General election.

Kevin's earlier experiences include working as an Ocean Lifeguard at City of Newport Beach from March 2010 to May 2017, a Political Intern at Rose Kapolczynski Consulting in April 2014, and a OC Climate Change Lead/Spring Fellow at Organizing for Action from August 2013 to May 2014.

Kevin James also served as an Assistant Boys and Girls Varsity Water Polo Coach at Whittier High School in January 2014, where they organized practices and mentored players to succeed both in and out of the pool.

In August 2012 to November 2012, they were a Political Outreach Intern at Friends of Sherrod Brown Senate Campaign.

Overall, Kevin James Coleman's work experience demonstrates their expertise in software engineering, technical leadership, and project management across a range of industries.

Kevin James Coleman attended Mater Dei High School from 2006 to 2010. After completing high school, they went on to study at Occidental College from 2010 to 2014. There, they obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Additionally, in April 2008, Kevin acquired certification in CPR/AED from the American Medical Association.

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  • Principal Engineer

    July, 2023 - present