The Real Python Team

Ryan is an author for Real Python, technical editor for books on Python, Hugo, and the command line, and a mold tooling designer. He loves Python, Ruby, Bash, and Rust. Also, physics, calculus, woodworking, and ukuleles. Looking for work!

Hey! 👋 I'm Sebastián (tiangolo), I'm the creator of FastAPI, Typer, and other open source tools. I'm commonly building APIs and tools for data/ML systems. 🤖

James is a passionate Python developer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab who also writes on the side for Real Python.

Christopher has a passion for the Python language and writes for Real Python. He is a consultant who helps advise organizations on how to improve their technical teams.

Austin is a video tutorial author at Real Python. He's currently a student working towards a degree in computer science at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Dane is a Technical Architect at ITHAKA and is currently writing Publishing Python Packages.

Andrew is an avid Pythonista and creates video tutorials for Real Python. He is a qualified robotics and mechatronics engineer who works for an engineering firm as a production engineer and loves his sport, music, gaming and learning.

Kimberly Fessel is a freelance data scientist and video instructor for Real Python. She specializes in data visualization, natural language processing, and technical instruction.

Taranjeet is a software engineer, with experience in Django, NLP and Search, having build search engine for K12 students(featured in Google IO 2019) and children with Autism.

Charles teaches Physics and Math. When he isn't teaching or coding, he spends way too much time playing online chess.

David is a writer, programmer, and mathematician passionate about exploring mathematics through code.

Santiago is a software and machine learning engineer who specializes in building enterprise software applications.

Paul studies ways to leverage technology to empower business and make life better. Paul has a life goal to become a CIO and more importantly, pet every dog in the world.

Michael is a software engineer and educator who lives and works in Denver, CO.

Sarah is a Computer Science Lecturer at Leuphana University and is also leading a women-only Data Engineering Bootcamp initiative. Sarah has over ten years of experience working with data and building machine learning models in Python.

Anja is a graphic designer and a member of the Real Python tutorial team.

Douglas Starnes is a tech author and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in developer technologies in Memphis, TN. He is also the co-director of the Memphis Python User Group and has been working with Python professionally for 8 years.

Lee is a DevOps Engineer and Pythonista based in Berkeley, California.

James is a software consultant and Python developer. When he's not writing Python, he's usually writing about it in blog or book form.

Jan-Hein is a software developer who witnessed Python's first baby steps up very close. While working in different software development roles, he always kept an eye on Python's development. He's now back at the work he loves most: Python programming!

Dan Bader is the owner and editor in chief of Real Python and the main developer of the realpython.com learning platform. Dan has been writing code for more than 20 years and holds a master's degree in computer science.

Vincent Matinde is a Python developer with a strong passion for coding and problem-solving. Over the past four years, he has immersed himself in the world of Python including data analytics, and web development.

Sadie contributes to written tutorials and video courses at Real Python.

Mahdi is the CTO of Gyroscope, the co-founder of the PyCoder’s Weekly, and a longtime Pythoneer.

Kyle is a self-taught developer working as a senior data engineer at Vizit Labs. In the past, he has founded DanqEx (formerly Nasdanq: the original meme stock exchange) and Encryptid Gaming.

Hi! My name is Joos Korstanje. I've been working in statistics and data science for about five years. I'm a full-time Data Scientist at Disneyland Paris. In my free time I enjoy blogging about data science on Medium, Real Python and other platforms.

James is an avid Pythonista and creates video tutorials for Real Python. He is a web developer at Wish and also produces lo-fi hip hop and plays jazz guitar.

Mirko has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and works as a university professor. He is a Pythonista who applies hybrid optimization and machine learning methods to support decision making in the energy sector.

Jackie teaches computer science full-time for Cecil College, and fell in love with Python many years ago when she realized it wasn't pseudocode, but an actual language.

Christian is an avid Pythonista and video instructor at Real Python.

Video editor for Real Python.

Hey, I'm Kristijan! I'm a CV/ML engineer and member of the Real Python tutorial team.

Alex Ronquillo is a Software Engineer at thelab. He’s an avid Pythonista who is also passionate about writing and game development.

Stephen worked as a research physicist in the past, developing imaging systems to detect eye disease. He now teaches coding in Python to kids and adults. And he's almost finished writing his first Python coding book for beginners

Martin likes automation, goofy jokes, and snakes, all of which fit into the Python community. He enjoys learning and exploring and is up for talking about it, too. He writes and records content for Real Python and CodingNomads.

Hello! I am Adriana - a Graphic Illustrator with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts.

Colin is a freelance Software Creative who travels the unixverse in the good ship Python.

Philipp is a Berlin-based software engineer with a graphic design background and a passion for full-stack web development.

Howard is an avid Pythonista and records video courses for Real Python. He has been teaching beginning programming at the college level for over 20 years in C++, Java, C#, and most recently Python.

Ahmed is a developer and software engineer with 4+ years of experience on building web, mobile and desktop applications. He's also an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

Joanna is the Executive Editor of Real Python. She loves natural languages just as much as she loves programming languages!

Daniel is an independent software engineer, consultant, and trainer with a focus on web development with Django. He lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

Hi, I'm Logan, an open source contributor, writer for Real Python, software developer, and always trying to get better. Feel free to reach out and let's get better together!

Andres is an avid Pythonista and a member of the Real Python team.

Joe is a manufacturing engineer turned Pythonista with interests in data wrangling and visualization.

Dylan is a Data Scientist and self-taught developer specialized in Natural Language Processing (NLP). He has experience working on large-scale Machine Learning projects and enjoys writing about data-related topics.

Christian is a member of the Real Python team and teaches lots of subjects besides Python.

Jaya is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. She's a Master's student at Georgia Tech and is interested in data science, AI, machine learning and natural language processing.

Sarah Jane operates from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, providing experienced leadership as the Content Operations Manager at Real Python, with a solid 12-year track record in managing remote teams.

Marius is a tinkerer who loves using Python for creative projects within and beyond the software security field.

Claudia is an avid Pythonista and Real Python contributor. She is a Data Scientist and has worked for several tech startups specializing in the areas of credit and fraud risk modeling.

Déborah is a data scientist who loves to explain concepts in comprehensive ways.

Anthony is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. Anthony is a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation and member of the Open-Source Apache Foundation.

Katy is a full-stack web developer with experience in high school science education. She enjoys teaching and learning and is just really excited to be here.

Chyld is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. He teaches data science and full stack software engineering to companies around the world. He loves functional programming, linear algebra, all things linux, machine learning ... and Python!

Jim has been programming for a long time in a variety of languages. He has worked on embedded systems, built distributed build systems, done off-shore vendor management, and sat in many, many meetings.

Bartosz is a bootcamp instructor, author, and polyglot programmer in love with Python. He helps his students get into software engineering by sharing over a decade of commercial experience in the IT industry.

Miguel has been working in different roles in IT for over a decade. He has a MSc. degree in Computer Science and enjoys building things using open source technologies.

Joska is an Ordina Pythoneer who writes for Real Python.

Jason is a software developer based in Taipei. When he's not tinkering with electronics or building Django web apps, you can find him hiking the mountains of Taiwan or brushing up on his Chinese.

Reka is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

A tech geek with a philosophical mind and a hand that can wield a pen.

Django developer and open source enthusiast.

Jacob is a longtime language editor and a relative newcomer to the world of Python programming. He's learning, just like you!

Negar is a freelance Machine Learning Engineer and Real Python contributor.

Hi! My name is Pedro and I'm a Python developer who loves coding, burgers and playing guitar.

Geir Arne is an avid Pythonista and a member of the Real Python tutorial team.

Ian is a Python nerd who uses it for everything from tinkering to helping people and companies manage their day-to-day and develop their businesses.

Jon taught Python and Java in two high schools in Washington State. Previously, he was a Program Manager at Microsoft.

Kevin is a data scientist for a clinical genomics company, a Pythonista, and an NBA fan.

Andre is a seasoned software engineer passionate about technology and programming languages, in particular, Python.

Hi! I am a Machine Learning Engineer passionate about writing clean maintainable code. My interests range from low latency & high performance systems to various areas of applied mathematics such as statistical learning & probabilistic programming.

Harrison is an avid Pythonista, Data Scientist, and Real Python contributor. He has a background in mathematics, machine learning, and software development. Harrison lives in Texas with his wife, identical twin daughters, and two dogs.

Brian is a PythonistaCafe Community Manager.

Ian is an avid Pythonista and Real Python contributor who loves to learn and teach others.

Luke has professionally written software for applications ranging from Python desktop and web applications to embedded C drivers for Solid State Disks. He has also spoken at PyCon, PyTexas, PyArkansas, PyconDE, and meetup groups.

Liam is a software engineer and avid Pythonista. When he's not writing code to automate all of his daily tasks, you can often find him running, playing basketball and tennis, reading, or eating good food.

Lucas is a wandering Pythoneer with a curious mind and a desire to spread knowledge to those who seek it.

Cameron is a product manager based in London who writes both Python and English in his spare time.

Haki is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

Doug is a Python developer with more than 25 years of experience. He writes about Python on his personal website and works as a Senior Web Engineer with Shutterfly.