Hello there! I’m Brent and I wear many hats. I’m husband to Rebekah, father of our 4 daughters & 2 sons, and caretaker of 6 ducks, 4 turkeys, 3 geese, and more chickens than I care to count.

I’ve been a Software Engineer since 2015 when, after graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, I spent over 4 years at RT Creative Group (dba Igniter Media), building an online marketplace for videos and graphics.

When our third child was born in 2019, we decided to move closer to family, which led me to search for a remote role. That same year I was honored to join TaxJar, a fully remote company since day one. In 2021, TaxJar was acquired by my current employer Stripe.

While working at Igniter & TaxJar, my primary focus was in Ruby on Rails, working with various flavors of SQL, Sidekiq for background jobs, and with some limited exposure to React & Vue.

Since joining Stripe, I’ve primarily been working in non-Rails Ruby (with typing via Sorbet) and MongoDB.

The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before. Neil Gaiman

In our free time, my family & I enjoy hiking in nature, traveling, and have recently started hobby farming.

Thanks for stopping by!