It Applications Programmer
Current• Design and development of the first distributed system designed around Apache Kafka for my department. This solution represents a paradigm shift away from the API model and will serve as an example of decoupled architecture for other teams as we move toward more efficient, resilient and scalable systems.• Design and development of a department-first Lamba function hosted in AWS to provide vehicle recall information to mobile-application customers as a value-added service.• Design and development of two greenfield APIs for special-purpose data to support quoting in compliance with state-specific regulations.• Took lead on a project to upgrade all my team’s continuous integration / continuous delivery pipelines. This involved working with the DevOps team to debug AzDO libraries and deployments to OpenShift.• Development and maintenance of an Angular application used by internal customers. Key contributions include dramatic performance improvements through a rethinking of the user interface and the completion of highly sought features that had previously been rejected by other developers as “impossible.”• Member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Sub-council, responsible for leading training sessions and conversions within my team and department.