Nate Baer

Hi, I'm Nate!

I'm a software engineer, with experience building web based apps and APIs.

Learn more about me, right here.

I work at

Building the open API that powers its industry leading cloud-based construction software.

Connect with Procore through our Developer Portal.

Technical Skills

Ordered by experience

Languages

Ruby
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
HTML / CSS

Technologies & Frameworks

Ruby on Rails
RESTful APIs / OpenAPI
NodeJS
React
Flask / Django
Bootstrap

High Level Skillset

Back-end web development
API development & standardization
Software architecture
Front-end web development

"Programming isn't about what you know; it's about what you can figure out.” - Chris Pine

Education

University of California Irvine

Software Engineering M.S.
2016 - 2018

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Computer Science B.S.
2012 - 2016

Experience

Procore

Senior Software Engineer
2018 - Present (Xyr Xmo)
Carpinteria, CA

  • Developed and maintained Procore's public REST API and Developer Portal.
  • Primarily worked on large Ruby on Rails and React based web applications.
  • Established a new team to focus on expanding, documenting, and improving the public API.
  • Founded a guild organization within the company to share API related information among engineers and build consensus on imporant changes.
  • Promoted to Senior Software Engineer in 2020.

athenahealth

Software Engineering Intern
Summer 2016 (3mo)
San Francisco, CA

Intuit

Software Engineering Intern
Summers 2015 and 2014 (6mo)
Mountain View & San Diego, CA

GNF

Informatics Intern
Summer 2013 and 2012 (6mo)
La Jolla, CA

Personal Projects

Self-Metrics (GitHub)

Ruby, Rails
A web app for logging and analyzing fitness data. Hosted on Heroku for personal use.

Unicorn Remote (GitHub)

Python, Flask, Raspberry Pi
Control your Raspberry Pi Unicorn HAT LED matrix over the web.

AutomataScope (GitHub)

Python, Raspberry Pi
An interactive demonstration of life-like cellular automata on a Raspberry Pi Zero. Utilizes fast 2D convolution to run efficently on limited hardware.

About This Site

This website is built with static HTML & CSS, hosted by GitHub Pages. The front-end framework is Bootstrap, which is configured to be responsive to any screen size (try it!). The icons are provided royalty-free by Icons8.

Check out the source code, published under an MIT license.