Hello, I'm

Adam Grady

Senior Software Engineer

Experienced Software Engineer specializing in full-stack web development with React, TypeScript, and modern web technologies. Passionate about building performant, accessible applications.

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Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Solarity

Jun 2025 - Present • Sioux Falls, SDCurrent

  • Leading the adoption of AI usage in software development processes
  • Creating internal MCP tools to speed up development and QA
  • Adopting Agentic AI technologies to integrate within existing systems
  • Mentoring team members on AI technologies and best practices

Software Engineer II

Solarity

Apr 2023 - Jun 2025 • Sioux Falls, SD

  • Led the adoption of React and TypeScript for new front-end development
  • Designed a replacement backend system for a critical component using .NET Core and state machine patterns
  • Mentored junior developers and interns
  • Created Figma training materials and led workshops for design best practices
  • Led the adoption of Postman for API testing and documentation
  • Developed patterns and best practices for front-end development with React and TypeScript
  • Maintained legacy WPF applications

Software Engineer

Solarity

Jan 2022 - Apr 2023 • Sioux Falls, SD

  • Led the adoption and usage of Figma for UI/UX design across multiple development teams
  • Contributed UI/UX design prototypes
  • Maintained and developed for a legacy ASP.NET MVC application using JavaScript and jQuery
  • Led the adoption of modern JavaScript practices
  • Maintained legacy WPF applications

Software Engineer Intern

Solarity

May 2019 - Jun 2022 • Sioux Falls, SD

  • Solo internship position with increasing responsibilities over three years
  • Explored modern web development technologies and best practices
  • Fully designed and implemented a full-stack web application using Vue.js and ASP.NET Core with a SQL Server database
  • Containerized application and automated deployment with Docker and GitLab CI/CD

Featured Projects

A selection of projects I've built and contributed to.

Duke Apartments

A modern, performant web application for Duke Street Apartments in Vermillion, South Dakota. This full-stack project showcases apartment listings with an elegant UI, advanced image optimization, and progressive web app capabilities.

SvelteKitTypeScriptSEO
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Portfolio

This portfolio website built with React 19, custom router, View Transitions API, auto-crawling SSG, and Cloudflare Workers - no meta-frameworks.

React 19TypeScriptVite 7Tailwind CSS v4
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Superstar Series

A full-stack esports management platform for competitive Rocket League tournaments, featuring a Discord bot for match reporting, a statistics website, and cloud infrastructure—all built as a polyglot monorepo.

SvelteKitTypeScriptC#/.NETDiscord
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Volleyball Assist

A full-stack tournament management platform for volleyball tournaments, featuring real-time score tracking, intelligent scheduling, and multi-device synchronization.

SvelteKitTypeScriptFirebaseStripe
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wMammogram

7-day interactive health education platform increasing mammogram screening rates among American Indian women in South Dakota through daily video lessons, quizzes, and SMS engagement.

VueTypeScriptFirebase
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Latest Articles

Thoughts on software engineering, technology, and building things.

Lessons Learned

An honest retrospective on building a portfolio without a meta-framework.

Dec 16, 20257 min read
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Skills & Technologies

Technologies I work with regularly to build modern web applications.

Languages

TypeScriptExpert
JavaScriptExpert
C#Expert
SQLAdvanced
PythonProficient
JavaProficient
GoFamiliar
RustFamiliar

Frontend

ReactExpert
HTMLExpert
CSSExpert
TailwindExpert
VueAdvanced
SvelteProficient
UI DesignAdvanced
UX DesignProficient

Backend

ASP.NET CoreExpert
.NETExpert
REST APIsExpert
Node.jsAdvanced
GraphQLProficient
RedisProficient

Tools & Infrastructure

GitExpert
DockerAdvanced
CI/CDAdvanced
AzureAdvanced
AWSProficient
CloudflareAdvanced
Google CloudFamiliar

Education

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

2018
2019
2020
2021
Aug 2017
Dec 2021

Bachelor of Science

Computer Science

Master of Science

Computer Science

Master of Science

Computer Science

Aug 2020 - Dec 2021

4+1 Accelerated Program

Activities

ACMeSports

Key Skills

Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceDatabasesMentoringTeaching

Bachelor of Science

Computer Science

Aug 2017 - May 2021

Activities

ACMResearcheSports

Key Skills

Web DevelopmentCore JavaDatabasesMachine LearningProgramming

Research Experience

Graduate Assistant

University of South Dakota

Jan 2021 - Jun 2022 • Vermillion, SD

Built CodingStub, a full-stack online coding environment using containerized microservices. Taught lectures and mentored students.

Research Assistant

University of South Dakota

Jan 2019 - May 2020 • Vermillion, SD

Researched Software-Defined Networking in cloud environments. Presented findings at 2020 IETC Conference and USD Research Fair.

Publications

Experimental Study of Network Traffic Overhead in Cloud Environments

Oct 3, 2020

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Let's Connect

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, interesting projects, or just having a chat about technology.

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