Ryan Asbert

Platform + Full Stack Engineer · Seattle, WA

Full-stack engineer with 15+ years of experience building production web applications. Currently responsible for platform and reliability engineering at the University of Washington, covering Kubernetes, identity management, observability, and CI/CD, while continuing to deliver full-stack applications.

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Kubernetes & GitOps (ArgoCD)Keycloak / IAM & AuthTerraform · Vault (IaC)Grafana · Loki · PrometheusGitLab CI/CDAnsibleLinux & Windows SysAdminAWSPHP · Node.js · Vue/NuxtAI Agent DevelopmentSQL / NoSQL / GraphQL

Experience

Platform + Full Stack Engineer

Feb 2023 – Present

University of Washington (ASA-IS)

Own and operate the team's Kubernetes platform serving university web applications and internal tools.

Rebuilt authentication on Keycloak; modernizing infrastructure-as-code and secrets management with Terraform/OpenTofu and Vault/OpenBao.

Built the observability stack (Grafana, Loki, Prometheus) and ArgoCD GitOps pipelines on team-administered GitLab.

Founder & Principal Engineer

Jan 2009 – Present

Raziel Studios · Seattle (formerly independent freelance)

Design, build, and host custom client websites and applications — including Kryer Aero and the REPS streaming archive — on self-managed Kubernetes infrastructure.

Delivered WordPress sites, Meteor apps like the Rainier Rubber QMS, and IoT builds like a custom Arduino IR control panel for small-business clients.

Currently building RazBot, a chat-first AI coding agent with human-reviewed git approval gating all code changes.

Lead Full-Stack Developer

Jul 2017 – Aug 2021

League Lab · Seattle

Built and ran a multi-tenant PHP/MySQL SaaS platform powering 100+ sports league websites, including a custom wallet/payments system.

Managed hosting entirely on AWS (EC2, RDS, ALB, Route 53, DynamoDB, S3, VPC, IAM, ElastiCache).

UX / Front-End Developer

Jan 2014 – Jan 2016

The Seattle Times / Avanade, Inc. / POP Agency

Built a custom WordPress theme powering six Seattle Times microsites, including Seattle Restaurant Week and Fund for the Needy.

Delivered enterprise projects for Starbucks, Microsoft, and Procter & Gamble at Avanade, including the Starbucks Partner Portal, plus the New York City Ballet website.

Portfolio

In Development

RazBot

Chat-first AI coding agent for Raziel Studios' custom websites (CLI + installable Nuxt module) that lets clients request site updates and new features in natural language, with human-reviewed git approval gating all code changes before deployment.

NuxtPythonAIKubernetes

In Development

Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound

Streaming platform for the REPS nonprofit archive of old-time radio productions — a "Netflix for old-time radio" that replaces manually granted cloud-share access with a browsable, streamable catalog.

NuxtPrismaKubernetes

In Development

Kryer Aero

Company website and back office for an aerospace consultancy and training firm — a large Nuxt/Prisma build featuring a suite of custom ERP-like admin modules, hosted on Raziel Studios' Kubernetes infrastructure.

NuxtPrismaKubernetes

In Development

DubCRUD

Reusable Nuxt/Prisma CRUD boilerplate adopted at UW ASA-IS to standardize small-application development across the team.

NuxtPrismaVueKubernetes

WorkStudy Jobs Board

Job posting and search portal for University of Washington work-study positions, built on the DubCRUD platform.

VuePrismaKubernetes

Change of Grade

University application for processing grade-change requests end to end, built on the DubCRUD platform.

NuxtPrismaKubernetes

League Lab / Underdog Sports

Multi-tenant platform-as-a-service powering 100+ co-ed sports league websites with a custom wallet and payments system, hosted entirely on AWS.

PHPMySQLAWS

Seattle Restaurant Week

Seasonal promotional site for The Seattle Times featuring a restaurant directory with hundreds of menu offerings and a Google Map of all locations.

WordPressGoogle Maps

Newspapers in Education

K-12 educational resource for The Seattle Times, built around a filterable Classroom Materials directory by subject and grade level.

WordPressPHP

New York City Ballet

Full site build on Kentico CMS with Tessitura ticketing integration, featuring an events calendar, select-your-own-seat purchasing, and subscriptions.

KenticoASP.NET

Nintendo SiNG PARTY

Static HTML5 promotional site for SiNG PARTY, Nintendo's Wii U karaoke launch title, showcasing game modes, the full song list, and retailer buy links.

HTML5JavaScript

Starbucks Partner Portal

SharePoint 2013 intranet with a panel-based responsive homepage and a custom RESTful backend service aggregating data across SharePoint instances.

SharePointBootstrap

Avanade XD TeamSite

SharePoint 2013 team site with a status update feed and a custom plugin for handling department updates.

SharePointFoundation

Rainier Rubber QMS

Quality management system supporting AS9100 certification workflows, plus a production board letting all employees track work orders through production.

MeteorMongoDB

IoT Control Panel

Control panel for USB-connected Arduino devices; custom-built IR transmitters controlling a dozen cable boxes at a restaurant in Kent, WA.

MeteorArduinoRaspberry Pi