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Software Developer

Self-taught software engineer with a foundation in computer science fundamentals and over a year of professional experience shipping production software. Interested in well-designed systems, clean architecture, and writing code that performs well and is easy to maintain.

About Me

Info

I'm Asher Morse, a software engineer based in Seattle, WA. Self-taught in computer science fundamentals, from CPU architecture and memory hierarchy to data structures and algorithms.

I care about:

  • Well-designed systems and clean architecture
  • Code that performs well and is easy to maintain
  • Understanding how things work at every level

Experience

Software Engineer @ Alpha School Apr 2025 - May 2026

Austin, TX (Remote)

Software Developer @ Gauntlet AI Jan 2025 - Mar 2025

Austin, TX (On-site)

Education

Self-taught

Computer Science Fundamentals: CPU architecture, memory hierarchy, instruction sets, data structures, algorithms

Gauntlet AI Jan 2025 - Mar 2025

Austin, TX

Lake Washington Institute of Technology Sep 2023 - Jun 2024

Running Start • GPA: 3.98

Certifications

AI for Developer Productivity Issued Mar 2025

Gauntlet AI

Technical Skills

Languages TypeScript JavaScript Python Swift SQL Frameworks Next.js React Node.js Express Infrastructure AWS DynamoDB AWS Lambda AWS S3 AWS Cognito Docker Git Observability Pino CloudWatch PostHog AI OpenAI API Anthropic API MCP

Contact

Get in Touch Email [email protected] LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/ashermorse GitHub github.com/ashermorse