I am responsible for the security, uptime, and reliability of our software systems. This means, among other things, managing cloud environments, building CI/CD pipelines, writing and shipping production code, and monitoring real-time applications.

I work on a variety of things with some very smart and innovative people.Back-end ThingsI am responsible for the patented architecture of our core software platform. Both the existing architecture as well as the future vision our team shares for the nio platform. We work primarily in Python 3 for our backend as well as our modular components known as blocks.Front-end ThingsWith a powerful and performant platform like nio, it is often difficult to sufficiently represent what is actually going on behind the scenes. Our team is constantly building real-time front-ends — often based on current JavaScript technologies — that solve this problem. We work with both client-side and server-side JavaScript and make use of several third-party streaming data libraries like socket.io.Infrastructure ThingsThe nio software runs on any device and any cloud. This is great for customers but can make managing and automating the infrastructure challenging. With tools like Kubernetes, Ansible, SaltStack, and Jenkins we have created DevOps pipelines and deployment methodologies that scale out to thousands of different devices, all on different hardware.Database Thingsnio is what we like to call "data ambivalent." We do not depend on a heavy data stack (or ANY data stack for that matter) in order to operate. However, we understand the value of data and think that you shouldn't be tied to any particular data architecture. As a result, we configure, deploy, and work on a wide range of databases including MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres, ElasticSearch, and Amazon DynamoDB.Other Fun ThingsBecause nio enables both developers and non-developers alike, as a company we often get the opportunity to work on fun and emerging technologies. For me, that looks something like hacking on our build server, assembling cool Slack integrations, or making open source contributions.

- Software design and development of both large and small scale in the public sector and retail industries.- Developed and deployed custom ETL tasks for data conversion in extremely large volumes. ETL design was done in TIBCO DataExchange Designer- Performed database query optimizations in Oracle 11 and MySQL- User Experience design using PHP and Sencha ExtJS4- Performed Integration Testing of a custom designed system using HP Quality Center

- Custom script development for management of Google AdWords PPC Advertisements- Built automated scripts to handle PPC keyword bid adjustment and cross-posting to different ad networks- Managed design and development of XML driven hotel reservations web sites- Administered MSSQL database containing hotel property details and user records

- Web development for session enrollment and program administration in Adobe ColdFusion- Database administration and script development in MS Access