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Columbia, Mo, Us

Rochester, New York, Us

Leawood, Kansas, Us

Developed backend services for new features and upgrade of existing features. Onboarded/deployed data platform and mobile apps for new clients. -Backfilled data with new structure into upgraded Elasticsearch cluster. -Wired up pipeline for the upgrade using Apache Kafka and Quarkus services. -Investigated and applied fixes for bugs. Kibana logging was often leveraged. -Developed front end and back end features. -Set up the data platform and mobile apps for new clients.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Associate in the DevAcademy program. Developed internal software and learned how to be an effective software engineer in preparation for being placed on a team within the company. Discontinued work here when all DevAcademy associates were laid off in company-wide layoffs.- Documented and implemented improvements that better follow modern React principles.- Mapped out and completed tasks that resulted in brand new features within the web application.- Debugged core features of the web application on the Ruby on Rails side, allowing for development to continue.- Participated in code reviews and identified areas for growth.- Maintained a thorough understanding of the software and collaborated with stakeholders to create the best product.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Developed and tested software under the direction of the team manager. Created documentation for the team where help was needed. Learned what it takes to be a software engineer working with a team of technical and nontechnical members to deliver high quality solutions.- Troubleshooted and documented the onboarding process for environment setup, creating a more streamlined guide for oncoming team members.- Uplifted existing components to React.js.- Developed client-facing RESTful services with JAX-RS.- Used test driven development with JUnit to enforce code quality.- Worked within the SCRUM methodology.