These days I work in platform engineering — developer platforms, identity and SSO, authorization systems, infrastructure as code. I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make internal tooling that engineers actually want to use.
Hello, I'm
Rick Guyton
Software engineer & architect. 20 years of building — enterprise platforms by day, whatever seems interesting by night.
St. Louis area
I started out building software. Twenty years later, I build the platforms and systems other engineers build on.
Now
Work
Software Architect
Newly minted architect, learning to trade lines of code for bigger-picture leverage: developer platforms, identity and authorization, and the infrastructure that makes internal engineering teams faster.
Senior Software Engineer
Built high-volume e-commerce and ordering systems for national restaurant brands. If you've ordered wings online — or through DoorDash or Uber Eats — there's a decent chance your order flowed through software I built.
Software Engineer
Where I fell in love with programming. Ten years building software for one of the most demanding engineering environments in the world, and where I learned that software done right is a serious craft.
Beyond the keyboard
The stuff that fills the hours code doesn't.
- Make 3D printing, and running a small Etsy shop.
- Play Systems-heavy games and roguelikes.
- Read Fantasy and sci-fi, mostly.
- Soccer Chauffeur to a competitive youth player, and a St. Louis City SC supporter.