Joshua Hayden Email & Phone Number

Wichita, KS, US

United States

• Continuing in software development role in a full time capacity.
• Architect and implement Typescript-based automation framework for testing web applications.
• Debug and drive to replicate and resolve complex, intermittent issues.
• Mentor team members in clean and secure code.

Wichita, Kansas Area

• Run my own business, currently consulting with a client's remote software development team.
• Architect and implement automation frameworks for testing web applications.
• Mentor team members in Node.js development.
• Also available as a freelance developer in the Toptal network. See my profile: http://bit.ly/toptal-joshden

• Developed with a QA hat on a REST API product for managing E-Series storage systems. Exposed, root caused, and resolved issues with test and production code.
• Identified scenarios, implemented automated tests, and created technical documentation for release of new security feature required for clinching multi-million dollar sale.
• Coached QA team members on best practices for improving test coverage and maintainability of test code for higher team efficiency and product quality.
• Pinpointed concurrency and other issues within complex technology stack to the component or specific code in error to drive resolution from the appropriate teams.

• Built and maintained several web and desktop apps along with backend databases for tracking test component details. Supported 100+ engineers in use of apps.
• Designed and implemented metadata-driven SQL Server database to ingest XML data for tracking and reporting 900+ data points of SAN storage systems under test. Developed and performance-tuned reports. Eliminated time.
• Architected solution as personal innovation project with existing database schema along with other internal apps to quickly begin ingesting and reporting customer use of SAN storage systems. Achieved working solution.
• Identified delayed responses for user support requests and created support team rotation that successfully cut typical response times from days down to hours.
• Organized requirements and design across multiple user and developer teams and apps for verifying SAN storage system configuration details. Successfully integrated the components, meeting user need.
• Introduced to team test driven development for PHP codebases, version controlling and automatically applying database schema changes, and automated end-to-end web app testing with WebDriver, resulting in improved.

• Tested and supported apps used by engineering QA, working closely with users. Developed and maintained web apps and department intranet site.
• Created and executed automated procedures for successful completion of phased web server migration project.
• Implemented automated means of booting specific OS on multi-boot Linux, Unix, and Windows servers, removing manual steps and reducing the need for extra equipment.

• Qualified storage array software builds in special projects team for large OEM customer. Interfaced with customer regarding problem recreate procedures and system support.
• Designed and executed special project problem recreate tests using Perl and AutoIt scripting. Provided faster recreation of intermittent problems over previous manual means.
• Contributed to disaster recovery procedures for 24x7 customer support team (Granted Star Award double bonus for this achievement).