Sam Priddy Email & Phone Number

Ringtown, Pa, Us

Columbus, Ohio, United States

PROJECT LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT• Led multiple greenfield projects, including:→ Development of a microservice for PDF generation→ Creation of new customer portals and internal reporting tools→ API integrations with major shipping carriers and gig economy delivery platformsSYSTEM RELIABILITY & OBSERVABILITY• Improved system observability by implementing comprehensive error reporting for background jobs and linking application logs, Sentry events, and audit records for end-to-end traceability• Implemented Slack alerting from the backend web server, enabling real-time notifications for customer service and security teams• Provided production support by diagnosing/triaging issues, gathering info from users and support teams, writing training documentation, and providing on-call support• Enhanced software to increase system availability and observabilityTESTING & PROCESS OPTIMIZATION• Created and standardized a process for managing flaky tests, resulting in:→ Significant reduction in developer downtime and frustration→ Clear identification and annotation of flaky tests→ Easier and faster resolution across the engineering organizationHIRING & TEAM COLLABORATION• Conducted live coding interviews to evaluate technical candidates, contributing to the hiring of engineering talent

Columbus, Ohio Area

FULL-STACK DEVELOPMENT & CLIENT COLLABORATION• Designed and implemented software solutions using Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and React• Collaborated directly with clients to gather business requirements, prioritize features, and provide timeline estimates

Columbus, Ohio Area

SYSTEM DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT• Designed and implemented an Elixir reverse proxy that processes and normalizes EHR data in real time for internal application consumption• Built the API and authentication components of a greenfield Elixir app that performs instant patient eligibility checks for a major medical supplies distributor• Designed and implemented a Ruby application that automates paperwork generation for medical providers, pre-filling forms within minutes of prescription creation and sending calls to action back into EHR portals→ Integrated with several major EHRs and secured strategic partnerships for CMMAUTHENTICATION & SECURITY• Developed and maintained a JWT-based SSO architecture that replaced legacy authentication systems, integrating users from leading EHRs and e-prescribing platforms• Refactored a complex chat application handling PHI (Protected Health Information), enabling secure chat sessions for SSO users while ensuring compliance with healthcare privacy standards

Columbus, Oh

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION & SCALABILITY• Migrated a drugs search feature from PostgreSQL to ElasticSearch, improving search speed by 5x and reducing client-facing page load times by 100ms• Debugged and resolved out-of-memory issues in a Ruby background job that scaled beyond its original design, increasing maximum job queuing capacity from ~80K prior authorizations to an effectively unlimited numberSECURITY & CI IMPROVEMENTS• Streamlined security updates by integrating automatic security vulnerability scanning into the CI pipeline→ Saved the company dozens of developer hours spent manually checking apps for updates and closed critical application vulnerabilities

Columbus, Ohio Area

Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio

Bachelor'S Degree, Biological And Physical Sciences

German Language And Literature