Jonathan Kruse

Team Lead - Full Stack Developer at VADAR Systems

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

About

Experience

  • VADAR Systems (7 yrs 6 mos)
    • Team Lead - Full Stack Developer
      Jun 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

      • Design and drive technical direction for multiple client-side applications, databases and server-side applications • Work directly with sr. leadership and the business for strategic app direction; synthesize business requirements and leadership concerns • Manage team workload through Azure DevOps board with epics, features, and stories • Lead daily team stand-up and facilitate regular team meetings which include developers, QA and sr. leadership • Part of the hiring process and conducte technical interviews for senior level developers across the tech stack • Triage production issues by communicating with the support staff, customers and development • Lead the creation of new database schema/structure and API development • Directly support team members (Front-End and Database/Application developers) with any development questions and issues • Promote and facilitate cross training within the team in order to grow the team’s skillset • Manage and implemented new CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps • Managed the initial production release of the utility billing application • Implemented third party site monitoring for better client-side application support • Wrote, re-worked and debugged main application calculations

    • Full Stack Developer
      Jan 2020 - Jun 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

      • Developed and designed new sections of the application from the database structure to client-side components • Created reports in SSRS and import/export packages in SSIS • Implemented functionality using third-party services such as SendGrid and Azure Maps • Worked directly with the business to define processes and development needs • Developed new functionality and end-points for the API application

    • Front-End Web Developer
      Jan 2019 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

      • Designed and implemented new components and modules for the client application with Vue.js • Developed the client side SignalR module to handle server side messaging • Initiated new designs through wireframes and process mapping

  • Owner at DayDreamMSP
    Feb 2015 - Jan 2019 · 4 yrs

    Photography/Photo editing Skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe InDesign. Specialized in Food and Product Photography.

  • Full-stack Software Development Student at Prime Digital Academy
    Jan 2018 - Jun 2018 · 6 mos

  • Loan Document Specialist 3 at Wells Fargo
    Mar 2016 - Jun 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Worked as part of an escalations team to help resolve escalated and problematic verifications of employment which are used to finalize borrowers' mortgages.

  • Owner at The Chestnut Cafe
    Jul 2014 - Feb 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Executed an original business plan in the opening of a full-service restaurant. Created and fully concepted a three meal period, 90-seat neighborhood restaurant.