Summary

In the past twenty years, Kenneth Love has been known for their Python and Django knowledge, sharing that knowledge widely and freely, a community builder, and open source contributor. Kenneth’s django-braces package has been used in millions of projects. Kenneth has many years of experience explaining technical concepts to learners of all levels and abilities. Between their technical knowledge and mentoring abilities, Kenneth can elevate any code base and team.

Skills

• Mentorship and training.
• Software architecture and design.
• Python, Django, and Rust.
• HTML, CSS, HTMX, and JavaScript as required.

Experience

O’Reilly Media

Principal Engineer · February – September 2026

• Built tools for internal use by other engineers.
• Helped engineers with issues as they arose.
• Contributed and maintained a custom framework
• Onboarded new engineers.

Engineering Manager · January 2022 – February 2026

• Lead an engineering team to meet product needs for the search experience.
• Coordiated with project and product managers, third-party providers, and other teams to achieve needed work.
• Wrote tickets, helped plan sprints, and handled other team needs.
• Onboarded new engineers.

Senior Software Engineer · August 2021 – January 2022

• Worked on product teams building new features and improving existing ones.
• Continued to refine and administer the onboarding program.

Software Engineer · September 2017 – August 2021

• Contributed to multiple teams including search, customer analytics, and more.
• Advanced an internal framework to make development and deployment simpler.
• Created and ran a dedicated onboarding program for the department.

Treehouse Island Inc.

Python Instructor · April 2014 – September 2017

• Designed, wrote, and presented curriculum to a worldwide audience of students at multiple skill levels.
• Curricula included Python, Flask, Django, and other related facets.
• Designed and created an online certificate program for Python.

NewCircle

Instructor · January – March 2014

• Led week-long courses for profressional advancement.
• Taught Python and Django.

Self-employed

Developer · 2009 – January 2014

• Freelance web development for various clients.
• Created a ridiculously complex CMS for apartment communities.
• Helped clients migrate to Python and Django solutions.

Open Source

Open Source Developer · 2006 – Present

• django-braces, a popular collection of mixins for Django’s GCBV.
• Contributions to django, the Beeware project, and others.
• Multiple other released packages.

Speaking & Community

Conference Speaker

• PyCascades (2018)
• PyCon US (2013, 2014)
• DjangoCon US (2012)
• Other conferences and events.

Organizer

• DjangoGirls Portland
• DjangoCon US

Education

Associate of Science (A.S.), Multimedia Technology Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology-Okmulgee · 2000 – 2003