Greater Philadelphia Area

Brandon Wlazelek

Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead

I build reliable, high-scale client platforms at Vanguard — and I like making the web do things it probably shouldn't.

Explore >_ Open terminal

01About

I'm a computer engineer (Penn State) and a Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead at Vanguard, where I've grown from application developer to tech lead since 2019.

I build client-facing platforms and APIs — proxy voting, securities lending, margin and trading workflows — and I specialize in turning crusty legacy systems into fast, reliable, production-grade services.

Lately I'm all-in on AI-assisted engineering and building small apps that make my own life better. Outside work: video games, cooking, and tinkering with AI side projects.

7+years at Vanguard
1M+API calls/day served
99.99%uptime
Brandon Wlazelek

02Experience

03Signature Projects

04Skills

05Terminal

Everything on this page, one keystroke away. Try help — or just keep scrolling.

brandon@portfolio: ~

06Arcade

These are the actual games I coded in college, emulated right in your browser via WebAssembly — no Flash plugin needed. A few AS3 titles may be imperfect. Powered by Ruffle.

DESKTOP DOWNLOAD

Flappy Face

My college Java remake of Flappy Bird. This one runs as a desktop app, not in the browser — download, unzip, and flap.

↓ FlappyFace.zip

07Awards & Education

Education

B.S. Computer Engineering

The Pennsylvania State University · GPA 3.22

  • Wegmans Scholarship
  • Decker Scholarship
  • Dean's List

Awards & Recognition

  • 🥇 1st place, RTS Hackathon (Dexter UI prototype)
  • 💬 Stack Overflow Top Contributor
  • 🛡️ Level 2 Security Champion
  • 🤖 GitHub Copilot TAF certification

08Contact

Want to talk platforms, AI-assisted engineering, or why my Pong physics still hold up? My inbox is open.

bwlazie@gmail.com