About Me
Results driven software engineer with 9 years professional experience developing robust and maintainable code for multiple clients across many consumer-driven verticals. A skilled back-end developer with experience in both web and native mobile app development that is well-versed in handling the concerns, triumphs, and failures of both established organizations and up-and-coming startups.
Experience
Software Development Engineer II
At Amazon I'm working on a greenfield project data management platform for AWS FinTech where I lead the Data Lake implementation (a serverless implementation built with a mixture of Java, SQL, and AWS infrastructure (SQS/SNS, Lambda, Glue).
- Work with stakeholders (back-end and consumers) to identify new use cases and expected outcomes
- Build new ingest and transformation functionality to accept internal data and promote it to a reporting layer for our customers
Senior Software Engineer
At Mosaic App I lead all back-end development (primarily in Ruby on Rails with an AWS infrastructure) and supported both the front-end application as well as the mobile platform with robust and efficient APIs and data management.
- Worked with stakeholders (front-end, mobile, and end users) to identify new use cases and expected outcomes
- Built new (and enhanced existing) APIs to support front-end and mobile platforms with comprehensive test suites
- Worked on optimizing data management and retrieval in Ruby on Rails / PostgreSQL to streamline performance within the back-end application
Software Engineer
As a software engineer at Main Street Computing I led numerous projects, guided development efforts across platforms, and worked with multiple clients simultaneously to deliver value using technologies ranging from Ruby on Rails to the iOS and Android SDKs, and services such as AWS and Heroku.
- Designed architecture for projects across web and mobile environments adhering to object-oriented design principles and software development best practices
- Worked on feature and project deliverables for back-end, front-end, and native mobile implementations
- Managed client and stakeholder relationships throughout the project life cycle; worked to identify and resolve risk, resource, and budget concerns
- Worked with legacy systems in production environments and delivered 15+ apps to production environments and app stores
- Reviewed and evaluated numerous RFPs and RFQs; extensive experience scoping features and generating milestone and project timelines
- Spearheaded drive to enact consistent code review, formal deployment procedures, and feature documentation across all projects
- Led teams of in-house and contractor developers through all stages of software life cycle; played central role across multiple projects by providing clear feedback and direction during the development process
- Created in-house RESTful APIs, integrated mobile and web apps, and built advanced business process-based features in back-end and native mobile environments
- Mentored new hires and long-term employees; helped to onboard to projects, learn and improve skills from problem solving to software development, and fostered a collaborative development environment
- Worked on advanced optimization problems in Ruby on Rails / MySQL, Couchbase, and MongoDB based applications
