Brandon Locke

Senior Software Engineer at Capital One

Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States

About

Experienced Software Developer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial and insurance industry. Skilled in Python, Java, and SQL. Strong problem solving and analytical skills with a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Drexel University.

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer - Principal Associate at Capital One
    Sep 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

    Developed a streaming solution for debit card post-authentication data to feed downstream fraud and analytics systems, utilizing Kafka, AWS, and Spring (Java). Led implementation on end-of-flow API trigger, enhancing the capabilities between Capital One website and orchestration layer utilizing Angular and Spring (Java). Enhanced decisioning engine for new credit card applications (Go). Designed a batch transaction processing architecture integrating with Profile. (Go) Mentored junior engineers across teams; assisting them in reaching career goals within Capital One.

  • Vanguard (2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Application Engineer II
      Apr 2021 - Sep 2021 · 6 mos

      Led an effort for transitioning a portion of a DB2 database on premise to a data lake hosted on AWS; utilizing AWS S3, Glue/Spark, Lambda (Python), CloudWatch and IAM. Developed intermediate infrastructure for a corporate data lake, utilizing EventBridge, Liquibase, GraphQL (Apollo). Worked on a Java-based batch file processing application running on PCF; handling third party feeds and converting them for storage in a DB2 database. Supported application in production during critical load times.

    • Software Developer
      Sep 2019 - Mar 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Independence Blue Cross (4 yrs 1 mo)
    • Research Analyst
      Apr 2017 - Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Developed cancer healthcare bundles to be used in provider incentive programs to increase quality and decrease cost using R and Teradata SQL. Designed new methods to analyze episodes of care for chronically ill members.

    • Sales Reporting Analyst
      Sep 2015 - Apr 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Re-priced potential client’s claims to determine future cost of care, utilizing provider information, procedure and diagnosis codes, and location of service. Set up a tracking database in Teradata for department projects and reports and automated a system to produce weekly mailer utilizing this database.

  • Mathematics Research Co-Op at Drexel University
    Apr 2015 - Sep 2015 · 6 mos

    Research on inverse problems

  • Research Analyst Co-Op at Independence Blue Cross
    Jan 2014 - Sep 2014 · 9 mos

    Designed predictive health care expense models using regression techniques Assisted in designing a user interface for customer relations that would allow easy resolution to customer problems. Automated member health mailers generation from a database of several hundred members. Took part in a team that monitored the effectiveness of Bluetooth-enabled pill bottles to improve patient medication usage. Set up a Tableau dashboard identifying high cost areas based on member zip-code, hospital.