About

Asa Downs is a seasoned software engineer and avid data scientist with almost two decades of relevant experience. As a Principal Software Engineer at Heru, the wearable diagnostic and vision augmentation leaders, he is responsible for developing high-impact projects that utilize his full range of skills. Asa is a pragmatic programmer with expertise in continuous integration, continuous deployment, DevOps, API design, microservice architecture, test-driven development, and machine learning. He is also well-versed in modern data pipeline, agile methodologies, responsive and adaptive design, material design, rapid prototyping, rapid process improvement, lo-fi development, and design thinking. Asa has an impressive tech stack that includes JavaScript, React, Redux, Node, Cloud Functions, HTML5, CSS3, Kubernetes, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, TravisCI, NPM, GitHub, R, Matlab, Azure Machine Learning, Azure IoT Hub, Azure Streaming Analytics, and AngularJS. He has worked with 3rd-party APIs such as Google Maps, Google Cloud Platform, Gnip, Twitter, SharePoint, Wikipedia, YouTube, Facebook, Google Places, LongTail Video, and SendGrid. Asa's past experience includes working as a Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer at Amazon Studios. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Molecular & Cellular Biology (Neurobiology emphasis) and Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. Asa is an advanced communicator and Vice President of Education at Toastmasters. Asa is a valuable asset to any organization looking to utilize his expertise in software engineering, data science, and machine learning. He is a quick learner and a problem solver who can provide exceptional value on high-impact projects.