About

Luke Vandekieft is a highly skilled Full Stack Engineer with over 9 years of experience in developing enterprise insurance applications with an emphasis on creating an effortless user experience. He is currently working as a Full Stack Engineer at The Standard, where he builds progressive Angular web applications supported by Java services, Kubernetes containerization, and Azure cloud deployment. Luke is responsible for implementing pixel-perfect UX designs, connecting UI content to the marketing team's Drupal data, contributing to Microsoft Azure infrastructure-as-code deployment pipelines, collaborating across multiple teams, and maintaining 80% unit test code coverage. Prior to his current role, Luke worked as a Full Stack Cloud Developer at Serverless Guru, where he developed full stack websites using AWS, Serverless Framework IaC, and JavaScript-based solutions such as React, Angular, and Node.js. He also worked directly with clients to set production goals and coding standards and provided Serverless support to an airline's 20+ employee development team. Luke led the construction of a full-stack Stripe payment solution with multiple products, subscription types, coupons, and user-facing billing insights and developed a GraphQL schema to support P2P transfers hosted on EC2. Luke's educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics & Political Science (Double Major) from the University of Southern California, a Certificate in Web and Mobile Development from Epicodus, and a Graduate Certificate in Accounting from the University of Washington. Luke is proficient in AWS, Azure, Web, test, Javascript, P2P, Kubernetes, ui, infra, AngularJS, Java, qa, and NodeJS. He is passionate about programming and enjoys problem-solving, constantly driving him to learn more and overcome the next challenge. Luke's expertise and experience make him an asset to any team, and he is always looking for new opportunities to build something great.