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Burbank, California, United States

Moorpark, California, United States

Proficient in utilizing a solid technical foundation to guide cross-functional teams, resolve intricate problems, and foster innovation. Demonstrated history of successfully creating scalable and effective software solutions while maintaining alignment with industry best practices and standards. Skilled at collaborating with stakeholders to comprehend business requirements and translating them into durable and manageable code. • Assumed sole ownership of three distinct software systems… Show more Proficient in utilizing a solid technical foundation to guide cross-functional teams, resolve intricate problems, and foster innovation. Demonstrated history of successfully creating scalable and effective software solutions while maintaining alignment with industry best practices and standards. Skilled at collaborating with stakeholders to comprehend business requirements and translating them into durable and manageable code. • Assumed sole ownership of three distinct software systems, spearheading their enhancement and maintenance with a focus on elevating functionality, performance, scalability, security and overall quality • Collaborated closely with engineering and product teams to define and distill product requirements into design and technical specifications, projects, or fixes that scale and perform. • Conducted comprehensive analysis of an acquired third-party software written in Java, JNI and C++. Delivered detailed presentation on the overall system design to the CTO and fellow developers, to facilitate a clear understanding and strategic alignment within the development team • Successfully transformed two intricate legacy front-end client applications into modern web technologies with JavaScript ES6+, React/Redux with webpack, React Hooks and SASS / SCSS, extending the product life and licensing revenue by at least 7 years • Collaborated closely with the marketing team to devise product schedules for shipping 3 major releases and 7 minor releases contributing to $5M in revenue, leveraging Jira agile development, Jira bug tracking, unit testing, integration testing, SVN software configuration management, and streamlining software release process for quick customer turnaround • Implemented and maintained backend server-side code with a diverse tech stack including Java, Python, Django, Postgres, RESTful APIs, J2EE JMS Queue, HTML, CSS, SASS and SVN version control Show less

Thousand Oaks, California

Designed, developed, and maintained of seven revenue-generating software solutions for global news publishers, collaborating within a great team of 40 members. With a software development lifecycle spanning over 10 years, the commitment to crafting high-quality software and ongoing performance tuning has become an integral and daily practice. • Contributed to the top line growth ($250M+ annual revenue) of the company by implementing time-sensitive, mission-critical solutions and… Show more Designed, developed, and maintained of seven revenue-generating software solutions for global news publishers, collaborating within a great team of 40 members. With a software development lifecycle spanning over 10 years, the commitment to crafting high-quality software and ongoing performance tuning has become an integral and daily practice. • Contributed to the top line growth ($250M+ annual revenue) of the company by implementing time-sensitive, mission-critical solutions and providing robust technical support to the sales channel and field engineers • Working with UI/UX designer, ensuring attention to detail, implemented template editing functionality for a SaaS-based mobile and tablet apps, enabling responsive design with cross-browser compatibility web standards. Customer base grew from 3 customers to 55 within 3 years • Contributed to establish collaborative Scrum / Agile software development process management • Provide technical leadership in meetings with R&D / field engineers / marketing, bringing use cases to implementation • Created software design documentation, technical specification for complex workflows and led software code reviews • Prioritized deadline-driven solutions for the marketing team to demonstrate and showcase key features at large annual industrial trade shows • Committed to process improvement, such as documenting the process for the new hire associates, reducing initial setup time from 2 weeks to 1 day for each new developer • Mentored and supervised less experienced engineers by offering constructive feedback and providing guidance on best practices • Applied problem-solving skills to optimize image processing, achieving a remarkable 10-fold performance improvement to improve user experience • Achieved the highest performance rating of 'Exceeds Expectation' in annual reviews, consistently ranking in the top 15% of 10,000 employees within the company Show less

Thousand Oaks

Specialized in designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions to meet various business needs. Leveraging my expertise in programming languages. I have contributed to the entire software development lifecycle, from initial concept and design through to deployment and ongoing support. Adept with troubleshooting and debugging complex issues, implementing software enhancements and optimizations, and staying up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry best practices. • Analyzed… Show more Specialized in designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions to meet various business needs. Leveraging my expertise in programming languages. I have contributed to the entire software development lifecycle, from initial concept and design through to deployment and ongoing support. Adept with troubleshooting and debugging complex issues, implementing software enhancements and optimizations, and staying up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry best practices. • Analyzed user requirements and translate them into software solutions• Designed and architect scalable and efficient software systems• Conducted thorough testing to ensure product quality and reliability• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver software solutions on time and within budget• Troubleshooted and debug complex issues• Implemented software enhancements and optimizations• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry best practices• Drive innovation and continuous improvement in software development processes Show less