• Served as team lead on a scrum team comprised of 8+ senior software engineers• Designed and implemented full-stack serverless solutions on AWS for The College Board's new, multi-tenant, SaaS-based, financial aid management software called PowerFAIDS Cloud. [Backend: AWS Lambda/Step Functions, Node.js, DynamoDB, AppSync (GraphQL), API Gateway, Middleware (Middy); Frontend: React]• Interfaced with stakeholders, architects and senior engineers to manage deliverables

• Built full-stack, financial aid management software via a microservices architecture on AWS. [Backend: AWS Lambda & Node.js, DynamoDB, AppSync (GraphQL), Middleware (Middy); Frontend: React]

Role: Cloud Solutions ConsultantClient: The College Board, 3+ years.

• Created and launched a mobile media sharing application and social networking platform built on AWS Cloud for iPhone users, which resulted in nearly a quarter million app downloads during the app's first 6 months in public beta. Currently, the mobile platform is a haven to thousands of daily active users in over 36 countries.• Designed, coded and developed all backend services for our fast and highly scalable app servers using component-based software design principles and best practices. [AWS Cloud (VPC, Elastic Beanstalk, Application Load Balancer, EC2, Auto Scaling Group, Lambda, SQS + SNS (Message Bus), S3, Cloudfront, Route 53), Node.js (Express 4, REST API, JSON, ES6, Async/Await, Async Package, Underscore.js), Redis Cloud, Elasticsearch, Java 8, Spring, RDS/MySQL 8, DynamoDB; Web frontend: HTML5, CSS 3, Javascript (ES6), jQuery 3.4, Bootstrap 4] • Built the entire iOS codebase for the company’s flagship mobile application. [Objective-C]• Designed and deployed a NoSQL data model using best practices. The migration project transitioned various use cases and workloads from MySQL to NoSQL (e.g., follow graph, user details). [AWS DynamoDB, Node.js]• Designed and implemented a sharded MySQL database architecture for horizontal scalability with data spanning multiple database machines. The horizontal scalability design uses a schemaless strategy inspired by Pinterest.• Implemented system monitoring and alerting functionalities using best practices. [AWS Cloudwatch, SNS, SES]• Initiated considerations for migrating to a Kafka-powered microservices architecture with docker for containerization and automated build, test and deployment pipelines via Jenkins using CI/CD best practices. [AWS Lambda, Step Functions, Kafka, Jenkins, AWS Fargate, Elastic Beanstalk, Docker]• Pitched investors in the SF bay area and raised an undisclosed amount of venture financing. [SAFE Agreements]

Built deal management software through an agile development environment. Served as a full stack software engineer on multiple projects.• Designed and implemented software that delivered a DMS (Deal Management System) solution for Credit Default Swap (CDS/CDX) and Index Option financial products. [Full Stack: Java 8, Spring Framework 3, Apache Tomcat, JavaFX 8 (MVP design), GraniteDS, Hibernate, MariaDB/MySQL, Jenkins (CI/CD), Git, Jira, Agile, 2 week sprints, user stories, daily scrum meetings]• Systems integration project: Built a REST service for InvestorTools to post BidWanteds to Tullett and receive trade executions; [Full Stack: Java 7, Apache Tomcat 8, Spring Framework 3, MyBatis, MySQL, Sybase]• Software development lead for Chapdelaine’s bond brokerage trading systems. [Full Stack: Core Java 6, Spring Framework 3, Nexaweb Enterprise Web 2.0, Apache Tomcat 7, Sybase]• Designed and implemented software for a systems integration project that enabled muni trades to flow bidirectionally between Chapdelaine’s trade processing system and Tullett’s trade clearing system [Core Java 6, Spring Framework 3, IBM WebSphere MQ, JMS, Sybase, Oracle, MyBatis]• Wrote software that enables muni brokers to send bid-wanteds and offerings to customers on bloomberg [Core Java 6, Spring Framework 3, Apache Tomcat 6, Bloomberg RUNZ]

(Acquired by Tullett Prebon plc)Key product development & full-stack engineering successes: Led design and full-stack development of a new trading platform for buying and selling muni and corporate bonds. Served as software development lead for the trading system's client-side and server-side. [Full Stack: Core Java 6, Tomcat 7, Spring Framework 3, Nexaweb Enterprise Web 2.0, MyBATIS/iBATIS, Servlets/JSPs, Sybase, Postgres].The new trading platform successfully replaced the trading floor's legacy system.

• Designed and implemented a J2EE-based web application for sharing photographs and music [Core Java, Apache/Tomcat, UML, Struts, Servlets/JSPs, Hibernate, Memcached, MySQL, XHTML, AJAX, CSS, Javascript/Prototype, DOM Scripting, JSON]• Designed and implemented the application’s entire server-side architecture [UML, Struts, Core Java, Servlets/JSPs]• Integrated the web application’s primary caching system [Memcached, Core Java]• Integrated a load-balancing/fallover mechanism for multiple tomcat instances [Apache/Tomcat, Modjk]• Designed and implemented the web app’s database schema, data access objects and SQL queries [Hibernate, MySQL, Core Java]• Developed all client-side features and cross-browser webpages [XHTML, AJAX, JSON, Prototype/JQuery, DOM, CSS]

• Developed a web-based application for the Operations Division to enter, maintain and report on internal data [Core Java, Servlets, JSPs, Velocity, Apache Tomcat, Hibernate, Javascript, XHTML DOM scripting]• Design and implemented custom web applications for various divisions [Core Java, Servlets, Velocity, Hibernate, Javascript, XHTML, CSS]• Developed various web-based features and enhancements for the firmwide CMS [Core Java, JSPs, Javascript]• Developed components of a web-based trading simulation system [Core Java, Servlets, JSPs]• Developed a web-based system that improved the workflow of article publishing [Core Java, Servlets, JSPs]• Developed a web-based tool to access and filter through data stored on a sybase database [Core Java, Servlets, Hibernate, Javascript/JSON]Nature of Work: Core Java, Servlets/JSPs, Apache/Tomcat, Velocity, design patterns, hibernate, HTML, CSS, javascript, AJAX, prototype, eclipse; worked lightly with Perl, SQL (with complex joins), Sybase, DB2.