Senior Software Engineer
CurrentSpearheaded the development and maintenance of highly scalable web applications using Ruby on Rails, resulting in a 58% increase in usage by veterans filling out forms within a year. This significant growth was achieved through:Collaborative efforts with front-end developers utilizing React to create intuitive and interactive user interfaces, enhancing user experience and accessibilityEffective implementation of agile methodologies to plan and execute sprints, ensuring on-time project delivery and meeting goals set by the VA administrationDevelopment of custom Ruby gems and plugins to extend the functionality and capabilities of Rails applications, streamlining processes and improving overall efficiencyAutomation of infrastructure provisioning and configuration using infrastructure as code tools like Terraform and Ansible, ensuring seamless scalability and reliabilityStrategic leveraging of cloud platform services such as AWS CloudFormation for efficient cloud infrastructure management and optimized resource allocationImplementation of DevOps principles to streamline application deployment and management processes, ensuring minimal downtime and maximum uptimeUtilization of Linux administration skills to perform routine tasks and troubleshoot issues, maintaining high system availability and performance.