About Me

I'm Grant Watson — a full-stack developer passionate about building things that matter on the web. I work across the entire stack, from database design and API architecture to pixel-perfect frontends.

My day-to-day involves .NET and Blazor on the backend and React on the frontend, with a growing focus on AI-assisted tooling, local LLMs, and content automation. This site is built and managed through GWS Business Suite — a CMS and operations platform I built from scratch.

When I'm not writing code I'm reading about it, listening to people who build interesting things, and occasionally putting thoughts on the blog.

Grant Watson

Software Engineer & Business Analyst

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Summary

Full-stack software developer with experience since 2017 across federal, tribal, and private-sector teams, building ASP.NET, VB.NET, and JavaScript applications. Current business-analysis work at Unum adds a strong requirements-to-delivery lens on top of hands-on engineering.

Experience

Business Developer II — Unum

Jul 2025 – Present
  • Analyze business rules and regulatory requirements governing print distribution processes
  • Use internal tooling to route print distributions to the correct parcel handlers
  • Keep distribution decisions compliant with applicable regulations

Full Stack Developer — Cherokee Nation

Feb 2023 – Apr 2025
  • Maintained a USGS acquisition application, including Entity Framework model updates
  • Built monthly SSRS reports used internally for audits
  • Delivered new RESTful APIs from updated client requirements
  • Managed Agile sprints and CI/CD pipeline development
  • Provided ongoing user support
ASP.NET GitLab Azure Jira JavaScript SQL

Software Developer — RMCI

Feb 2021 – Feb 2022
  • Maintained VB.NET applications for USAStaffing.gov and USAHiring.gov
  • Ran Agile sprint planning and quality assurance testing
  • Completed peer reviews on Git branch merges for production updates
VB.NET Knockout.js AWS TFS JavaScript SQL

Full Stack Developer — Rocky Mountain Arsenal

Oct 2020 – Jan 2021
  • Migrated legacy ASP and Java projects to ASP.NET 5 with Blazor
  • Gathered requirements directly from wildlife refuge staff
  • Developed handset software for use with limited internet access
  • Built a CRUD application for office maintenance tracking

Full Stack Developer — Department of Commerce

May 2019 – May 2020
  • Collaborated with T-Mobile and Sprint on a 5G crowdsourcing application for first responders
  • Used LLMs for text analytics, generation, and data visualization within the application

Full Stack Developer — Department of Defense

Nov 2017 – Apr 2019
  • Worked across three Air Force contracts
  • Developed a Learning Management System platform for Air Force Reserves
  • Built a monthly status report application with React, ASP.NET, and SQL
  • Collaborated with DBAs on SQL entities and Redis cache configuration
React ASP.NET SQL Redis

Education

B.S. Information Technology — Middle Georgia State University

May 2018

Skills

C# · ASP.NET · Blazor · VB.NET · Classic ASP · JavaScript · React · Knockout.js · SQL · Python · SSIS/SSRS · Azure DevOps · TFS · GitHub · GitLab · Jira