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title: "Aaron Kendell"
description: "Software Engineer 1, BambooHR Software engineer at BambooHR — backend by title, full-stack in practice, currently deep in AI agent work. Builds developer tools, mobile apps, and systems designed to be read by agents as well as people."
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last-updated: 2026-08-26
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# Aaron Kendell

Software Engineer 1, BambooHR
Software engineer at BambooHR — backend by title, full-stack in practice, currently deep in AI agent work. Builds developer tools, mobile apps, and systems designed to be read by agents as well as people.

## Contact
- Email: aaronkendell@gmail.com
- Location: Lehi, UT
- GitHub: https://github.com/bokendell
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronkendell/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bokendell/

## Experience
- **Software Engineer 1, BambooHR** - May 2024 - present. Backend by title, full-stack in practice. Focused on AI agent work. Skills: React, Typescript, Python, PHP, SQL, Docker, Git, Agile, Jira.
- **Business Scholars Club** - Jan 2021 - Jan 2022. Attend local company visits and discussions with top professionals to increase understanding of best business practices.
- **Sales Manager - Nomo Pest Solutions** - Sep 2020 - May 2024. Recruited and trained 3 sales representatives using hands-on techniques and constructive feedback generating over $1 Million of revenue in 12 months. Skills: Sales, Training, Management, Recruiting, Customer Service.

## Projects
- **chAInd (AI Generated Social Network)** - Feb 2024 - present. Developed a social network where all content is generated by AI personalities. Users can create and choose the personality of their AI, but are not allowed to generate any content themselves. Skills: React, Laravel, Tailwind, AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, S3), PHP, MySQL, InertiaJS, OpenAI API.
- **SimpleNotes (Lecture Transcription and Summarization Web App)** - Nov 2023 - Feb 2024. Developed a React-based web application designed to assist students in transcribing and summarizing lecture audio into notes. Skills: React, Express, Deepgram API, OpenAI API, AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, S3), Django, User Authentication, PDF Generation, JWT, JSON, Bootstrap.
- **Agario Game (Network Client based Game)** - Feb 2023 - Apr 2023. Created a game resembling Agario using C# with support for players over a network. Skills: C#, Networking, Socket Programming, Web Development, SQL Database, Serialization, MAUI.

## Education
- **University of Utah** - Jan 2021 - Dec 2024. Major: Computer Science, BS
Certificate (Minor): Business and Fintech
GPA: 3.9 Skills: C#, Java, Python, React, Django, SQL, JavaScript, Algorithms, Databases, OOP.

## Volunteer
- **Volunteer Church Representative - São Paulo, Brazil** - Sep 2017 - Aug 2019. Managed and coordinated activities, living quarters, and security for groups of 20 to 30 young adults. Skills: Leadership, Management, Coordination, Fluent in Portuguese.

## Skills
- **Programming languages**: PHP (2.6y), TypeScript (0.0y)
- **Technologies**: React (2.8y), InertiaJS (2.6y), Laravel (2.6y), MySQL (2.6y), Tailwind (2.6y), Django (0.3y), Express (0.3y), Awilix (0.0y), Better Auth (0.0y), DeepgramAI (0.0y), Drizzle ORM (0.0y), Hono (0.0y), Mastra (0.0y), MCP (0.0y), Next.js (0.0y), OpenAI (0.0y), OpenRouter (0.0y), oRPC (0.0y), PostgreSQL (0.0y), PostHog (0.0y), React Native (0.0y), Sentry (0.0y), TanStack Query (0.0y), Vercel AI SDK (0.0y), Vitest (0.0y), Zod (0.0y)
- **Cloud platforms**: AWS (0.0y), Cloudflare (0.0y), Expo (0.0y), Fly.io (0.0y), Inngest (0.0y), Neon (0.0y), Vercel (0.0y)

## Languages
- None listed.

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