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 spent on manually creating reports.• 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 in weeks rather than months or longer.• 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 quality and stability of apps.• Reduced the scope and optimized the planned order individual components were developed for a hardware version tracking system. Engineering organization gained value months sooner and provided feedback for iterative enhancements.• Started new projects with GUI, CLI, and/or REST API mockups and examples to flesh out details with users and product owners, which quickly met expectations and needs.

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).