Software engineer and former Code Fellows instructor.

I'm Adam Owada, based in Seattle. I build Python data systems and applications with AI coding tools. My work ranges from soccer data covering 18 leagues to software for construction teams and textile designers. Teaching hundreds of developers taught me how much a clear explanation matters.

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Selected work

Client work · Sports data

Agentify

Built Python data pipelines covering 18 soccer leagues and 10,000+ player profiles, automating collection and reconciliation previously handled in Excel. The owner uses the administration dashboard daily.

Independent project · Trading systems

Trader-trader

I lead the architecture, product direction and testing of this Python trading application. One optimization made an offline full-history computation 5.1 times faster, with identical results.

Co-founder · Construction software

Observe Safety

Building a construction safety application for field reports, photos and corrective actions, including offline report drafts. Currently in alpha testing with my partner.

Creative tools · Textile design

Selvedge Repeat Studio

My sister is a textile designer. Her requirements became a browser app for arranging repeating patterns, saving editable projects and exporting artwork to use alongside Photoshop.

Experience

Observe Safety, LLC
Apr 2024 Present
Co-Founder and Full-Stack Engineer
Building software for construction safety reporting and follow-up, with web and mobile workflows. Currently in alpha.
Alignerr
Jul 2026 Aug 2026
Contract AI Model Evaluator
Compared coding-agent transcripts and evaluated their behavior against detailed project rubrics.
Sports Business Technologies / Agentify
Dec 2024 May 2026
Contract Full-Stack Developer & Data Engineer
Built data pipelines, salary-comparison tools and an administration dashboard as one developer on a small team.
Outlier.ai
Oct 2024 Dec 2024
AI Model Evaluation Contributor
Evaluated and rewrote model outputs for coding, function-calling, and tool-use tasks using detailed rubrics and quality criteria.
Code Fellows, Inc.
Apr 2022 Mar 2024
Lead Instructor, Python
Taught hundreds of students in Python and full-stack development, with an 87.2 average Net Promoter Score across seven classes.

Contact

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Research and writing

I build test harnesses to investigate how coding agents work. My latest published study compared eight configurations across 400 scored implementations, measuring the tradeoffs between quality and token use.

Read the 400-run study