Jeff Braun Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Us

Seattle, Us

Developed the REI Product Detail Page (PDP) microsite and created the Shopper Interaction Tracking Knowledge Aggregation (SITKA) service. Improved functionality through numerous performance enhancements and contributed to the long-term stability and success of the Product Details site.• Nominated four times for the prestigious, peer nominated, REI Anderson Award.• Led the SITKA project for monitoring customer interactions with REI products. Architected and designed the system, facilitated Stand-Up, Refinement, Performance, and PRR meetings, authored implementation stories, conducted comprehensive code reviews, and actively engaged in the implementation process.• Led the backend design and development for the PDP site, which attracts over 500 million views annually and supports $2 billion in sales for REI.• Boosted PDP site response time by 87.5% through strategic implementation of threading, caching, and optimization of code design and implementation.• Refactored the PDP architecture from a Decorator pattern to a Command pattern, integrating Service Layer, Transformer, Extension, and other design patterns through clearly defined project classes. This enhancement improved code consistency, facilitated easier functional additions, and better aligned the project with REI's Service-Oriented Architecture.• Collaborated closely with front-end engineers, providing a clean and customized data model on page load, allowing them to focus on display logic.• Facilitated cross-team backend education sessions to promote best practices in Java, Spring, and design patterns.• Conducted weekly pair programming sessions with junior backend developers to enhance their knowledge and experience for workplace success.• Led a technical book group to foster communal learning and engage with colleagues in exploring new concepts and technologies.

Seattle, Us

Worked on REI Legacy site and Classes & Events (EventReg) microsite. Enhanced functionality, performing numerous bug fixes to existing code, and contributing to the general long-term livelihood of Outdoors Programs. • Implemented Free-Text Location search for Classes & Events on REI.com.• Migrated Course Session page from legacy site to Event Reg microsite. • Fixed long existing bugs with Classes & Event page Breadcrumbs and Location Search via refactoring and implementing Spring components.• Refactored existing code base into a proper Spring paradigm.• Implemented proper Google Maps for Course Session page, encoding map URL via Public-Private key methodologies. • Worked closely with SEO team, implemented new Session page URL, and microsite metadata tags to ensure best search engine optimization. Technologies used: Java EE, Spring, Spring Boot, ThymeLeaf, JUnit, Mockito, Groovy, VueJS, Gulp, Maven

Framingham, Ma, Us

SEO Development TeamDescription: Working on SEO related tools and systems to make sure www.Staples.com appears prominently on Internet search engine result pages. Technologies used: NodeJS, Mocha, CheerioJS, MS Code, Couchbase, MongoDB, Robo 3T

Framingham, Ma, Us

Search Engine Development TeamDescription: Worked on product search services B layer, supporting calls from front-end systems to back-end services utilizing a range of technologies from Java and Spring Boot to Angular-Translate. Some work included: Implemented a CompletableFuture based methodology for consolidating back-end services calls into single front-end responses; Researched, designed, and implemented Angular-Translate based front-end system for site localization on the www.Staples.ca search experience.Technologies used: Java, JUnit, Mockito, Spring Boot, Eclipse, AngularJS, Angular-Translate

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Senior development consultant designing, developing, and assuring successful completion of customer’s software desires; either at Dev9 headquarters, or at the customer’s work site. Client: ExpediaDescription: Maintained and enhanced Hotel/Lodging needs on the Expedia site. Technologies used: HTML5, JavaScript, Handlebars, Marionette, Backbone, JQuery, CSS3, Java 8, Spring, PerForceClient: ASPDescription: Primary Front-End developer creating a task tracking system for large corporate decommissioning projects. Technologies used: AngularJS, HTML5, Bootstrap, CSS3, JavaScriptClient: Chicago Public Media (via L4 Digital)Description: Primary Front-End developer on a three person team creating a CMS solution specifically for Chicago Public Media radio shows and podcast programming. Technologies used: AngularJS, HTML5, Bootstrap, CSS3, LESS, JavaScript, Gulp, AWS RDS, Elastic Beanstalk, AWS CloudFront, Java8, Spring Boot, Gradle, Scala.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Five month project to create a Spring Java back-end system for DreamBox Learning. Technologies used: Java 8, Spring, Maven, JOOQ, Flyway, IntelliJ

New York, New York, Us

Member of a tight-knit development team in an open and highly collaborative environment. Doing pair-programming and test driven development on a daily basis. Writing code for PCs and Macs, Linux servers, iPhone, iPad and web browsers. Writing code that ships to millions of real customers every month. • Replaced an existing Flash-based web app used by millions of Smilebox customers with an Ember based single-page application for desktop browsers, mobile phones, and pad-based devices. Tech: Ember CLI, Handlebars, JavaScript, HTML5, SASS & CSS, ActionScript, RubyMine, Java Spring REST server, Apache TOMCAT• Upgraded Smilebox's public website. Utilized HTML5 to create a site which behaves wonderfully on desktop browsers, mobile phones, and tablet devices. Also created a page template structure for easy Marketing department maintenance and holiday campaigns. Tech: HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, JPlayer, Dreamweaver templates• Added new email handling functionality to the Smilebox client application (Mac and PC), allowing users to upload email addresses from multiple common sources. Tech: CloudSponge, HTML5, JavaScript, C++, Objective-C, Java, Apache TOMCAT• Enhanced existing client and server code base with new as for the Smilebox product. Work included use of: Objective-C, C++, ActionScript, JavaScript, Angular, Java, Spring, Hibernate, XCode 4/5• Enhanced and maintained Jenkin/Hudson build and deployment server processes

Seattle, Washington, Us

Managed project development efforts for the Getty Images Enterprise Application Integration team. Work included managing project schedules, reporting project status, handling issues with other development teams, as well as performing design and development work. Additional focus on team coding standards, and functional documentation. Work included Vitria BusinessWare, Vitria BME, Java programming, Oracle PL/SQL, Ultrix, Linux, Corba IDL, XML, XSL, XSLT, Shell scripting, SOAP, JRun, Apache Web Server, TOMCAT, Apache Axis, Perl CGI, MySQL, NetBeans IDE, MS Sharepoint, MediaWiki, BMP

Seattle, Washington, Us

Participated as part of an on-going rotation of development project leads for the Getty Images Enterprise Application Integration team. Work included managing project schedules, reporting project status, handling issues with other development teams, as well as performing development work on occasion. When not in the lead role, was fully committed to design and implementation of Getty Images integration backbone. This include creating pathways for customer and sales data to pass from customer facing web systems, Additional focus on team coding standards, and functional documentation. Work included Vitria BusinessWare, Vitria BME, Java programming, Oracle PL/SQL, Ultrix, Linux, Corba IDL, XML, XSL, XSLT, Shell scripting, SOAP, JRun, Apache Web Server, TOMCAT, Apache Axis, Perl CGI, MySQL, NetBeans IDE, MS Sharepoint, MediaWiki

Lead developer of a four person team on Entricom’s: Telecommunication OSS (Operational Support System); Telephone Number Management & Pooling system; and FCC NRUF reporting system (the only system to successfully file NRUF forms via FTP for the February 1, 2001 FCC deadline). All systems completely web-based, relying upon JSP page support, Java Servlet middle-tier, and Oracle database backend. Extensive work on designing all layers of each system, and developing Oracle PL/SQL stored procedures and triggers. Notably designed and developed dynamic SQL and JSP code generating scripts written in Perl. Work included use of Oracle PL/SQL and supplied Oracle packages, Perl scripting, XML, JSP, and Java.

Development team member on Quintessent’s QConnect, a Java-based telecommunication interconnection system providing order entry, routing, and confirmation functionality between telecommunication companies. Used by several competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) across the country. Extensive work on QConnect's QC-OrderAccess client application based on the Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) LSOG and ASOG data exchange industry standards. Work included use of Symantec Café Java Development Environment, the KL Group JClass controls, CORBA (IDL), Versant Object-Oriented database, and Vitria persistent channels.

Lead developer on LASER (Local Application Supporting Entry and Reporting), a customer care system providing order entry and customer information on 300,000+ cellular phones for 800+ corporate clients. The system consists of a Microsoft Windows-based client application tied to a Sybase 11 database running on an HP9000 server. The Windows client was written in Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0/MFC, using WinWidgets, RogueWave, and OpenClient class libraries. Responsibilities included design and direction of the project as well as implementation of many base classes and subsystems within the overall project. Work also included extending parts of the client system to the World Wide Web using a combination of Perl, Java, and JavaScript.

Development team member on designing and implementing an integrated computing solution for AT&T’s National Accounts Services. Components of the solution included a customer information database application, equipped with a set of customizable invoice query tools, delivered on CD-ROM monthly to customers of NAS (National Accounts Services) named the WIN (Wireless Information Navigator) system. Worked chiefly on the software for the CD-ROM production process and data preparation, as well as executing monthly CD-ROM production prior to its final transfer to AT&T staff. Also designed, implemented, and maintained a NAS bug tracking system (BUGS). All systems (WIN, WIN production software, and BUGS) developed using Microsoft Visual C++/MFC 1.5 and Gupta SQLBase for a network of PCs running Windows for Workgroups and NetWare.