Brian Robert Merz

Staff Software Engineer at Kipsu

Portland, Oregon, United States

About

I am a highly creative and self-motivated full stack developer who has 15 years experience engineering innovative solutions to customer software needs by utilizing my skills and commitment to a continuous learning mindset.

Experience

  • Staff Software Engineer at Kipsu
    Dec 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

    Responsible for the development and architecture of Android and iOS applications. ● Effectively learned and contributed to a complex system of product codebases 100% remotely. ● Architect and lead developer on a ground-up Android application in Kotlin. ● Contributed to the enhancement of the Code Review/Pull Request process across the engineering team.

  • Senior Software Engineer, Product Owner, Ambassador of Kwon at SingleMind
    Jan 2015 - Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Responsible for architecting and developing several applications using multiple languages in both team and solo development environments. ● Re-engineered a non-native iOS application which controlled networked audio input devices (microphone, DI box, etc) for live, distributed mixing of audio on stage or in a studio. ● Architect and developer on LifeScore iOS application. Used location data, motion data, and other environmental variables to select and stitch musical audio snippets together for seamless transition creating an endless soundtrack to user’s real-world experience. ● Re-engineered and re-designed an iOS bicycle derailleur maintenance application for OTTO Engineering using augmented reality and computer vision leading to a stable product released in the app store. ● Pitched and designed a scalable AWS hosted API and corresponding database for the OTTO Engineering iOS application enabling the customer to determine the effectiveness of key application components. ● Architected and developed custom Web Portal for OTTO Engineering enabling employees to manage widgets, data, and users connected to the OTTO iOS app. ● Debugged, updated and refactored an iOS application for K12 following IMS Learning Tools Interoperability Standards to enable students to access content from multiple providers through a single interface. ● Designed and implemented plugin from specs for K12 to interface with Blackboard LTI allowing K12 to import course data.

  • Software Architect, Team Leader at Tangor Guild
    Oct 2015 - Jan 2016 · 4 mos

    Responsible for leading teams using Agile, mentoring and managing junior developers and developing IOS applications using C# and Java. ● Reinforced Agile methodologies and best practices that enhanced team communication, product definition, release processes and enabled increased customization of applications to user needs. ● Assumed informal leadership role on development team by listening to the concerns and triumphs of the individual team members and by being an advocate for the team in standing meetings and Scrums. ● Integrated innovative Regex solutions into parsing functions for Android and Java applications.

  • Software Developer, Business Owner at Private Contractor
    Apr 2010 - Apr 2014 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Responsible for client relations, business development, and software design and development. ● Conceived, designed, and developed iOS app to aid in the taking of selfies by remembering your most desirable angle. ● Conceived, designed, and developed iOS app to do custom and live photo editing for social network sharing. ● Developed social media platform interfaces with Soundcloud’s API to increase follower counts for musicians and DJ’s.

  • Software Engineer at SingleMind
    Dec 2006 - May 2010 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Team development of multiple agile software projects spanning web technologies from PHP to JBoss. ● Built and integrated multiple Continuous Integration tools into the team development cycle