Robert English Email & Phone Number

Freelance Systems administrator and Programmer with experience working for and managing all types of projects, standardizing setups, and creating reliable redundant environments. Huge fan of open source projects and frequent contributor of multiple projects. Frequently sets up and maintains linux based servers and virtual machines, programs in python, and builds and repairs computers.

Listed skills include Linux, Python, Servers, Web Development, and 30 others.

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  Senior Software Engineer

  Rentsync

  Mar 2021 - Present

  Senior Backend Software Engineer, in charge of guiding junior employees and developing code practices, reliability, security, and overall architecture of the platform as we work towards full SoC2 security compliance.- Coordinated the rebuild of our auth and security stack for SoC2 standards, building fully compliant platform- Developed and delivered a highly efficient SaaS project, built on microarchitecture APIs for full scalability- Initiated several investigations into the platform’s dependence on outdated practices and technologies- Implemented multiple complex and highly specific functionalities into an ageing codebase- Coordinated and documented new code practices, increasing the efficiency of our team once implemented - Helped nurture an active Agile workflow for the entire team, working to help reliably reach project milestones- Renewed team focus on clearing and preventing tech-debt, resulting in faster and more efficient releases- Brought cohesion to hosting and deployment processes, increasing efficiency in cost and time by over 380%- Raised awareness on needs for monitoring and uptime reports, guiding the platform to 99.99% uptime goals- Worked with TypeScript, GCP, Google Pub/Sub, Gitlab CI/CD, MySQL, Postgres, and Elasticsearch