Platform Engineering working with:- Kafka (KafkaConnect)- AWS (MSK, S3, ...)- Terraform - Golang- Kotlin

Open Exchange (start-up subsidiary of Opendoor)* Identifying and driving cross team initiatives to improve release confidence (feature flags, improvedtesting structures, on-call processes, metrics collection and alerting).* Present and champion work to improve architecture such as caching strategies and refactoring towardmicroservices.* Process improvement for planning/tracking work and fostering an agile environment.* Mentoring and interviewing.

DevPlatform Team* Backend development for prototyping alternative timeline approaches. * Use of internal Strato (Scala-like IDL) tools, Thrift and Scala.

* Contributed to service based data store for serving geospatial data (Java, MySQL, Cassandra andThrift).* Lead initial work for developing the next Geofences service to replace an existing system (Java,Spring, Redis, MySql and Jersey).* Drive refactoring efforts for performance improvements and breaking monolithic applicationdown.* Introduce Agile practices and balance roll as Scrum Master for planning and prioritization.* Active in the recruiting and interview training initiatives for the site.* Mentoring junior engineers and interns.

Server Side:* SaaS development for 3D Warehouse and Tekla server.* Refactoring the system to provide a RESTful API.* Dev/Ops work with AWS stack.* Primary technologies Java, Spring, Memcached, Solr, Jetty and MySql.Client Side:* Development for the 3D Warehouse product.* Google Closure framework for UI and automated testing development.

* Balanced HR and Team Lead responsibilities while developing ~80% of the time.* Lead teams employing Agile principles, utilizing Scrum, Kanban, TDD, and Pair programming.* Directed development efforts to improve server-side scalability and performance, addressing increased request rate coupled with customer data growth.* Defined and begin SOA implementation to address aging code base.* Collaborated with the “People Team” to improve and refine the hiring process for engineering.* Full-stack development on SaaS web application (Java, Spring, Oracle Javascript).

* Full stack development of SaaS maintenance scheduling web application (JSF, JUnit, Ajax, Javascript).* SOA Repository Manager software package for company software asset reuse management.* Developed Java executable jars using JDBC, web services and application specific libraries to convert and persist data from Oracle data sources.* Implemented controls for mobile robotic platforms and multiple degree of freedom manipulators (Java, C, C++, C#, VB, Windows CE, QNX, Pthreads, PICC).* Developed hardware and controls software for a distributed embedded security system and a windows based control interface (Microprocessors, C, C#).

* Lead Mechanical Engineer for testing and development of Stronglink (mechanical device consisting of precision discrimination gear train and step-up transformer) Interrupted Transformer Subassembly and Monitor Circuit Subassembly.* Lead Mechanical Engineer for design and development of MEMS Environmental Sensing Devices including System Flight Test implementation.* Interfaced with Honeywell FM&T for Stronglink production and assembly.* Coordinated Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) training for several interdepartmental organizations.* Conducted vibration testing, .* Developed emergency response tools and manipulator integration onto mobile platforms.