The Real Python Team

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.

Kate relishes a well-placed comma as Tutorial Editor for Real Python.

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.

Austin is a video tutorial author at Real Python. He graduated with a BS in CS from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2023, and now he writes software to support the semiconductor industry.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Brenda has a penchant for punctuation as Tutorial Editor for Real Python.

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

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.

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!

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!

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. 🤖

I'm a software developer with a passion for Python and open source.

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.

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

Ian is a Python nerd who relies on it for work and much enjoyment.

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.

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.

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

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

Rich is an avid Pythonista and a video instructor at Real Python. He is also a Network Engineer using Python to automate the management of a large network infrastructure. He lives in Dubai, UAE, with his wife and daughter plus a Miniature Schnauzer.

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.

Joska is a DevOps Architect who loves programming in Python.

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.

Florian is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. He is a corporate student studying applied-computer science in Germany.

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

Nataliya is a seasoned Data Science professional with over 10 years of experience practicing Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics in various industries, including biotech, automotive, materials science, rewards, digital media and entertainment.

Steven is an Actuary, Economist and Engineer who found his passion for coding messing about with his Commodore 64 in the eighties. He loves understanding how things work and sharing that knowledge. He's an experienced coach and mentor.

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

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.

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.

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.

Joseph is a software developer, data geek, bootcamp instructor, and board game enthusiast. He lives in Canada with his wife and cats. He loves learning new things, teaching those things to other people, and talking about himself in the third person.

Jasmine is a Django developer, based in London.

Chad is an avid Pythonista and does web development with Django fulltime. Chad lives in Utah with his wife and six kids.

Haki is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

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

Mandy is a budding Pythonista who wants to share her love and knowledge of Python and software engineering with the world. She is also a TinyML + Data Engineer in training, a Muley, and an aspiring part-time top competitive golfer.

Adarsh is a Pythonista & Backend Developer with expertise in building backend systems & APIs. He has presented at various Python conferences, including Pycascades, Europython, and Flaskcon.

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

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

Jahongir is a Software Engineer based in Berlin, originally from Uzbekistan. He loves to talk about Python, Django, GCP and Kubernetes.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Robert is a full-stack software developer, technical author and coding instructor based in Seattle.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Researcher in digital signal processing, telecommunications and machine learning. {free, libre, open source} {software, hardware, culture, science} enthusiast.

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

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

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

Hi, I'm Aldren and I'm the guy that helps to make this site awesome for your eyes! :)

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

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.

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

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.

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

Brad is a software engineer and a member of the Real Python Tutorial Team.

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.

Negar is a Deep Learning and Quantum Computing researcher and Real Python content creator.

Django developer and open source enthusiast.

Moshe has been using Python since 1998. He has contributed to CPython, and is a founding member of the Twisted project. He has been teaching Python in various venues since 2002.

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!

Reka is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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, EuroPython, DjangoCo PyTexas, PyArkansas, PyconDE, and meetup groups.

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

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!

Mike has been programming in Python for over a decade and loves writing about Python!

Ricky is a software engineer and writer from a non-traditional background. He's an enthusiastic problem solver with passion for creating and building, from software and websites to books and bonsai.

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

Video editor for Real Python.

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.

Leodanis is an industrial engineer who loves Python and software development. He's a self-taught Python developer with 6+ years of experience. He's an avid technical writer with a growing number of articles published on Real Python and other sites.

Brian is a PythonistaCafe Community Manager.

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.

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

Philipp is a core member of the Real Python team. He creates tutorials, records video courses, and hosts Office Hours sessions to support your journey to becoming a skilled and fulfilled Python developer.

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

Stephen worked as a research physicist in the past, developing imaging systems to detect eye disease. He now focuses on Python education!

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.

Bryan is a core developer of Cantera, the open-source platform for thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and transport. As a developer generalist, Bryan does Python from the web to data science and everywhere inbetween.

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

Chris is an avid Pythonista and creates video tutorials for Real Python. He is a programmer and data analyst. He creates music under the name Tripnet. Chris lives in Colorado with his wife and two dogs.

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

With 20 years as a teacher of music technology, Darren is keen to bring his skills to the Python table.

Abhinav is a Software Engineer from India. He loves to talk about system design, machine learning, AWS and of course, 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.

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.

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