Experienced software engineer with a broad range of SDLC experience seeks software development position delivering robust technology solutions to real-world business problems. Effective as both a team lead and an individual contributor, collaborating and contributing throughout the organization. Build software using best practices and agile methods, including iterative development and continuous integration pipelines with automated testing and scalable deployment of Java microservices, followed by production runtime dev-ops support of transactional APIs and back-end data ingestion and Kafka stream processing. Passion for mentoring and agile team process improvements for most effective delivery. * 15+ years developing internet applications and web services* 15+ years agile/scrum cross-functional team collaboration* 10+ years leading agile development teamsSKILLS and TECHNOLOGIES:Software Development Lifecycle Microservices with Java Spring Boot: high- performance APIs and data processing pipelinesEvent-driven apps and messaging, data ingestion and processing pipelines: JMS, etcKafka: data pipelines with custom consumers and stream processing, topics, and partitionsAPIs: REST, HTTP, JSON, XML/SOAPJSON Schema, GraphQL, and object serializationORM with schema evolution: JPA, Hibernate, SQLCloud platforms: PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) on Azure/AWSDev-ops support for applications and services in production cloud environments.CI/CD: Maven/Gradle, HashiCorp, Azure Key Vault, Jenkins, Docker, Git, Jira, LinuxJava EE for app servers such as Tomcat/JBoss/ WebLogicMaster of Science, Software & Information TechnologyTEAM LEAD EXPERIENCEGenerated metrics and reporting status to senior managementWorked with stakeholders to define objectives and requirementsDefined timelines and evolved roadmaps with project managersInterfaced with QA to develop automated testing strategiesConsulted with users to gather usability feedbackMentored team members for career and skills developmentScreened and interviewed employment candidatesSupported production systems with incident response and resolutionDeveloped positive team dynamics and addressed interpersonal challengesAccountable for product quality and on-time deliveryCollaborated with other groups across the organizationDeveloped and adopted process improvements and modern tools