Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
Senior software developer with 11 years of experience who enjoys working with emerging technology and design patterns with an emphasis on serverless, microservices, and infrastructure-as-code paradigms. Languages — Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Shell, SQL, Terraform (HCL) Concepts — Serverless, Infrastructure-As-Code, Microservices, NoSQL Platforms — Linux, macOS, Docker, AWS, Google Cloud, Heroku
Designed core components of CargoMetrics’ commodity trading system, including data models, command-line interfaces, dashboards, and cloud infrastructure. Helped the company transition from monolithic applications running on traditional infrastructure to microservices running in serverless or container-based environments. Migrated numerous legacy schedule-based systems to event-driven and resilient cloud processes, hardening reliability of cloud infrastructure and reducing the number of alarm states. Continuously iterated and improved upon design patterns that were adopted by the engineering team for infrastructure setup, CI/CD pipelines, and code design.
First hire for DataXu’s original Solutions Engineering team and helped craft the department’s role in the company. Developed toolkit for the growing Solutions Engineering team to use to maneuver through DataXu’s software stack, including the demo product for the flagship Ruby on Rails UI. Helped craft custom, rapid solutions and proof-of-concepts for DataXu’s programmatic ad-buying platform, including the initial proposal to integrate real-time video into the product.
Designed, implemented, and executed the seamless transition of clients’ legacy web content into new management systems using custom and reusable code components. Worked on site for clients in both a member of a small team and as a solo project executor to achieve success.