Web Developer Team Lead
Durham, Nc, Us
• Led technical team in creating and customizing high-performance web applications using ReactJS, PHP and SugarCRM, supporting the needs of 7 projects within the U.S. State Department’s English Access Microscholarship Program. • Analyzed and interpreted user needs to ensure that technical specifications and programming approaches address business, performance, and capacity requirements. Provides ongoing user technical support. • Oversees full application development lifecycle, managing workflow, manual/automated testing, task completion, and timelines to ensure on-time and within-budget completion of all deliverables. • Configured, deployed, administered, and maintained cloud-based server architecture and infrastructure, implementing solutions that optimize the development process, resource utilization, and performance.• Researched, evaluated, and procured/built technology solutions (including hardware, software, and services), analyzing adaptability, price, and lifecycle to inform build vs. buy decisions. • Developed and maintained Python scripts to efficiently manage intensive background processes, leveraging tools such as Celery and asyncio for task scheduling and concurrency. Ensured seamless support for system operations by implementing robust error handling, logging, and monitoring mechanisms.• Implemented Atlassian Suite to manage development process, creating JIRA workflows that improved code organization, reduced code conflicts, and increased speed of approval process by 100%. • Redesigned customer relationship management (CRM) system architecture, recreated all system modules and site features, and implemented load balancing to improve functionality, server redundancy, scalability, and efficiency. This redesigned system was rolled out to U.S. Embassies in 91 countries, replacing SugarCRM and saving $500K in licensing and usage fees annually.