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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

San Diego, California, United States

- Developed custom Golang resources for distributed systems, creating a controller to dynamically update pods/services, open ports, and scale resources based on incoming traffic; self-researched the solution and gained stakeholder approval- Implemented an elastic solution for distributed deployment; utilized Python to develop auto-scaling based on traffic metrics, dynamically managing capacity utilization to handle 50% higher loads- Built new REST API endpoints tailored to customer specifications, utilizing Java and SOLR databases, creating new data classes and developing upgraders to update user data; ensured accuracy and maintained functionality using JUnit tests

San Diego County, California, United States

- Conducted regular vulnerability assessments using SonarQube and automated penetration testing with ZAP to identify and remediate critical vulnerabilities, preventing potential exploits and reducing response time for fixes- Created and deployed new web client features using React and HTML/CSS, using the factory pattern, hooks, and reducers, which included real-time location data for updating user pointers on a map and lightbox displays for photos and videos, showcased at the yearly conference- Developed and maintained unit tests using Cypress/Junit, reducing bugs by 40% and improving load handling capacity

Richmond, Virginia, United States

- Developed new AWS Lambda functions utilizing TDD, asynchronous programming, and batch processing to manage 1TB+ of daily financial data, converting multiple file types to Parquet to optimize storage costs in S3 and Snowflake - Deployed and monitored AWS resources (EC2, SQS, S3) to track usage and optimize deployments for cost, leveraging Agile practices such as daily stand-ups, sprint and PI planning, and retrospectives- Optimized existing Python scripts by implementing multiprocessing and refining algorithms, increasing data processing capacity within the same timeframe

Greater San Diego Area

- Worked with React, Flux, and JavaScript to develop new client-side features for commercial products for the GXP team- Worked with a team of software engineers to develop and release features for their products- Worked with AWS and Cloudformation templates in order to develop daily deployment functionality for their products