Software Engineer
Orange County, California Area
Engaged in software product support and development. In the support area, responded to customer contacts, trouble reports, and feature suggestions; made and tested modifications as needed. In the development area, provided ongoing maintenance, enhancement, and hardware adaptation of operating system, utility, database, and compiler products; reviewed and assisted with the design and documentation thereof. Focused on logical input/output (implemented there as a precursor to object-oriented programming), tape management, command and edit language (implemented there as a multi-user, multi-tasking message control system), date and time support, internationalization & localization, in-house installation & test, and operations automation scripting support. Wrote a source code generator to eliminate tedium and reduce errors in modifying largely repetitive code. Designed the interface between operating system and external tape management tools. Took on other areas as issues arose and as necessary due to staff reduction. Communicated regularly with colleagues in locations worldwide, including assistance to engineers involved in other product areas.