Summary

Highly versatile and experienced software engineer with more than 15 years of experience writing code, building infrastructure, improving workflows, and managing teams for SaaS platforms. Proven track-record of success in designing, developing, and maintaining software systems to increase organizational productivity and performance while keeping operational costs down. Increasing team efficiency and happiness through mentorship, automation, and best practices.

Technical Skills

Ruby / Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL / MySQL
Capybara / RSpec
Elasticsearch
Redis
Javascript / Vue.js
CSS / Tailwind
Shell Scripting
Git / Github
CI / CD
Amazon Web Services
Cloud Security
Automation
Terraform
Linux
Kubernetes
Docker
Helm

Experience

Principal Software Engineer

2019 - Present
Joann Fabrics
  • Spearheaded charge on new microservice architecture resulting in improved scalability and performance by 300%.
  • Modernized AWS infrastructure with Kubernetes and Docker, improving platform reliability to 99.9%.
  • Enhanced client onboarding process reducing onboarding time to 1 week, down from 6 months.
  • Reduced production issues by 95% by introducing automation, testing, coding standards and best practices.
  • Rightsized infrastructure, reducing costs by $72k annually using metrics from Datadog and Prometheus.
  • Introduced revised development workflows and environment, lowering feature delivery time by 60%.
  • Managed a cross-functional team of 10 and ensured timely delivery of projects with 40% increased efficiency.
  • Directly liaised with clients and tailored solutions according to their needs resulting in a 95% satisfaction rate.

Principal Software Engineer

2014 - 2019
Everchron
  • Pioneered the architecture design and development of a legal collaboration platform used by thousands of users daily.
  • Created an OCR document scanning process that analyzed and extracted data from hundreds of documents per hour.
  • Architected highly available AWS infrastructure using Kubernetes and Docker that could be deployed within minutes.
  • Orchestrated development workflows, and documentation guidelines resulting in efficient feature development.
  • Coordinated with UI/UX team to implement innovative collaboration features boosting user engagement by 35%.

Senior Software Engineer

2013 - 2014
BeQuick
  • Created common communication interface RubyGem reducing code required to implement a new carrier by 75%.
  • Designed JSON APIs connecting multiple services of the platform improving system interconnectivity.
  • Optimize database queries reducing average response times from 1 second to 300 milliseconds.

Senior Software Engineer

2011 - 2013
383 Studio
  • Pioneered the design and development of a construction collaboration platform used by 50 construction firms.
  • Worked with stakeholders to design and implement new technologies that generated in 10 new clients.
  • Designed infrastructure on AWS that lowered storage costs by 40%.

Software Engineer

2008 - 2010
Affinity Media
  • Constructed desktop application and plugin that collected game data from World of Warcraft used by 500k users.
  • Wrote code that parsed, imported, and normalized data into database website viewed by over 3MM users.
  • Monitored database usage and provided query optimization that resulted in 23% efficiency gain.

Software Engineer

2006 - 2007
SIPphone Inc.
  • Maintained website compatibility for over 20 mobile device models increasing the target client base by 50%.
  • Executed customer facing web-based marketing strategies successfully increasing user count by 20%.
  • Implemented user interface for VOIP platform widely used by 10k users daily.

Linux System Administrator

2005 - 2006
Technology Integration Group
  • Administered automation and shell scripts that effectively reduced manual workloads by 30%.
  • Setup system monitoring and alerting that streamlined response times by 50%.