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Lawrenceville, Ga, Us

Syracuse, Ny, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

- Responsible​ ​for​ ​the​ ​day-to-day​ ​and​ ​big​ ​picture​ ​for​ ​an​ ​engineering​ ​team​ ​of​ ​3-5- Collaborate​ ​with​ ​product​ ​teams​ ​to​ ​develop​ ​solutions​ ​and​ ​prioritize​ ​tasks​ ​against​ ​current​ ​work- Guide​ ​engineers​ ​in​ ​solution​ ​architecture​ ​and​ ​design​ ​decisions​ ​as​ ​well​ ​as​ ​career​ ​mentoring- Drove​ ​team​ ​to​ ​99%+​ ​test​ ​code​ ​coverage​ ​of​ ​all​ ​new​ ​code​ ​and​ ​implemented​ ​extensive​ ​monitoring​ ​and reporting​ ​solutions​​- Spend​ ​70%​ ​of​ ​my​ ​time​ ​actively​ ​contributing​ ​engineering​ ​work,​ ​including​ ​but​ ​not​ ​limited​ ​to: APIs​ ​for​ ​both​ ​internal​ ​and​ ​external​ ​clients, ​​applications​ ​for​ ​monitoring​ ​errors, ​​functional​ ​and​ ​unit​ ​tests, queueing​ ​infrastructure, ​​data​ ​management- Keeping​ ​the​ ​team​ ​and​ ​product​ ​agile​ ​and​ ​consistently​ ​delivering​ ​bug-free​ ​applications​ ​and​ ​service

Chicago, Illinois, Us

- ​​Selected​ ​to​ ​join​ ​experimental​ ​team - Developed​ ​prototype​ ​in​ ​6​ ​weeks - ​​Secured​ ​multi-million​ ​dollar​ ​contract​ ​with​ ​prototype- ​​Developed​ ​solutions​ ​and​ ​features​ ​in​ ​conjunction​ ​with​ ​teammates- Maintained​ ​and​ ​added​ ​new​ ​features​ ​to​ ​legacy​ ​codebase​ ​including​ ​integrations​ ​with​ ​other​ ​teams,​ ​bug​ ​fixes and​ ​writing​ ​tests- ​​Participated​ ​in​ ​design​ ​meetings​ ​and​ ​team​ ​code​ ​reviews

Oversaw 3D development and tasking of two 3D artists on two high-profile projects for military customers.Modeled 3D environments, created, animated, rendered and composited 3D characters and avatars, communicated directly with graphics lead to ensure timely delivery of assets, worked with instructional designers to deliver the best possible products on time