Experienced software engineer with 25 years in backend development and infrastructure, including high-pressure data delivery for the 2024 election cycle. Skilled in Python, AWS (Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, IAM), and Snowflake, with a track record of building resilient systems that solve real-world problems. Recently led the technical and operational launch of a boutique law firm, demonstrating the ability to deliver under resource constraints and wear multiple hats in fast-moving environments.
Designed, built, delivered, and maintained software solutions, translating business requirements into technical specifications and managing project estimates and scheduling. Created technical documentation. Researched and resolved issues with stability, security, and performance. Troubleshot server issues, maintained SQL databases, resolved bottlenecks, and enhanced existing code. Participated in design and code reviews. Assisted with architecture, design, implementation, and deployments of SmartVMA applications, AWS, and Azure. Administered and configured AWS services, including EC2 instances, Route 53, and S3.
Designed and implemented a custom PHP API server for an updated mobile app, including OpenAPI 3.0 specifications and auto-generated API docs. Increased response speed by as much as 1000%.
Authored Azure functions to automate ETL of vendor data from FTP site to SQL Server production database, reducing human interaction and speeding up the process by 15%.
Created a virtual machine image using Vagrant, Windows Server, Chocolatey, and PowerShell scripts, providing engineering team members with identical, custom, standardized development environments to eliminate deployment errors due to environment or configuration inconsistencies.
Introduced modern software workflow procedures, including version control. Transitioned pull requests, code reviews, and deployments from FTP uploads to Git, vastly reducing deployment errors and supporting the quick location of issues.
Company Description
BG Products provides aftermarket automotive maintenance products and services.
