Remote Software Engineer - Springfield, Illinois

BetterCloud

Senior Software Engineer

April/2022 to Present

Technologies used: Google Cloud Platform infrastructure, Node JS, Express JS, Javascript, Python, Git, Docker, REST API’s, Java, Spring Boot, Kong API gateway

Established API First culture by researching and selecting tooling, building common libraries and processes, and automated testing to be consumed by other dev teams to speed release time for new features and enhancements

Wrote complex modules and components using both native Javascript as well as Typescript

Built and maintained a complex system of asynchronous microservices using Spring Boot handling requests and traffic from globally recognized customers

Worked with infrastructure team to set up CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment and testing using Gitlab pipelines

Wrote comprehensive integration and unit tests

Participated in team Agile ceremonies

Conducted code reviews, coordinated training activities, and mentored junior devs

Lumeris Inc.

Principal Engineer / Team Lead

2018 to 2022

Technologies used: AWS (Lambda, S3, API Gateway, CloudFormation, Kinesis, Cloudwatch, EC2, SQS), Node JS, Express JS, Nest JS, Javascript, Python, Git, Docker, REST API’s, C#, Splunk, Serverless

Built enterprise API’s serving a range of domains within the company: Shared configuration data, enrollment functions, and eligibility functions

Wrote complex modules and components using both native Javascript as well as Typescript

Set up CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment and testing using Serverless, Cloudformation and Swagger to codify and automate the deployment and configuration of AWS resources

Wrote comprehensive integration and unit tests

Often called on for rapid response to critical issues

Supported and mentored junior developers

Participated in requirements Agile team ceremony meetings

Conducted code reviews, coordinated training activities, and mentored junior and senior staff

Teachers’ Retirement System

Development Manager / Technical Lead

2017 to 2018

Increased developer efficiencies by streamlining communication among users and teams and reducing unnecessary meeting attendance for developers

Reduced the number of bugs going into production by more than half over the course of a few months by prioritizing the development of automated unit and regression tests

Gained buy in by executive staff to begin implementing more automation around our deployment processes

Worked with executive staff to prioritize new work against much needed tech debt remediation

Conducted code reviews when needed, coordinated training activities, and mentored junior and senior staff

Functional management responsibilities for a team of 11 developers

Implemented skills testing and coding challenges making hiring more reliable and consistent

Illinois State Board of Education

Project Manager / Technical Lead

2014 to 2017

Technologies used: SQL, C#, MVC, ASP.NET Webforms, REST APIs, HTML, Javascript, JQuery, CSS, TFS, Gulp, Swagger, Dependency Injection, ORM, SignalR, Crystal Reports, SSRS, Highcharts

Developed RESTful APIs with which test vendors could interface to roster students for assessment tests. Data was transmitted in JSON format and secured with claims based authentication. I developed web client screens and css to achieve a responsive and professional user interface

Employed DevOps methodologies in an on premise instance of TFS. We used continuous integration to test code prior to getting submitted and had one-click deployment

Participated in requirements gathering, backlog grooming, sprint planning and reviews, standups and other agile ceremonies

Conducted code reviews and collaborated with a wide range of onsite and remote teams