Ruben Estrada Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Worked in a start-up environment on a wide variety of projects, focusing on the primary .NET Framework Web Application using C#, JavaScript, and SQL.• Followed the Agile (Scrum) SDCL ceremonies environment using Jira as the project management tool.• Responsible for identifying and rewriting dated areas of the codebase, as well as moving business logic out of SQL Stored Procedures and into C# and AngularJS controllers.• Redesigned and updated areas of the User Interface to give a more modern and intuitive design.• Stylized components within AngularJS applications using Bootstrap 4 and KendoUI.• Developed, deployed, and monitored Azure Functions using Azure DevOps and the Azure Portal services.• Followed the Gitflow Workflow process.• Lead code reviews for offshore team of 4 developers.

Chicago, Il, Us

• Participated in the Agile (Scrum) SDLC ceremonies with a team of software engineers, QA testers, and business analysts using Azure DevOps as the project management tool.• Created an internal front-end application using Angular 6 and Typescript by following standard software engineering practice and the guidelines provided by the framework regarding life-cycle hooks, communication of data between components, and dependency injection.• Created a prototype web scraper using C# and the Dandelion text analysis API.• Stylized components within Angular applications using Bootstrap 4.• Led test planning, execution, and maintenance efforts to ensure quality for client software development projects.• Created SoapUI automation frameworks for client RESTful API regression testing, ensuring correctness and quality.• Trained SET colleagues on test automation best practices.• Tested back-end REST API services using tools such as Postman, ReadyAPI, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and RabbitMQ message broker.

Responsibilities include:• Optimize conduit routes for the installation of fiber optic/coax cable in the greater Chicago area and coordinate conflict solutions with local municipalities and other engineering companies• Coordinating drawings submitted to the Chicago's Office of Underground Coordination for the Existing Facility Protection process• Quality checking drawings to ensure company and village standards are met• Discuss route conflicts with engineers or government entities to propose solutions and assign adjustments to the drawings based on this feedback• Managing deadlines, workload, and benchmarks for for a team of 20 freelance CAD drafters across the globe• Overseeing drawings for underground and aerial railroad crossings for submittal to railroad companiesSpecial Projects:Updated Chicago, suburb, and railroad drawing templates used company wide - In charge of designing new drawing layouts which are more visually appealing and solve multiple efficiency problems, such as having to attach custom traffic control plans as images, having inconsistent borders and view-ports, and having to manually edit values which repeat on each pageSynchronization Script - In charge of creating a script which would increase project tracking efficiency. The goal of this script was to exchange information between the Smartsheet API and Teamwork API, removing the time it takes to manually input this information. Interviews and user experiences were studied to refine the project requirements. The code for this project was written in Python