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Annapolis, Maryland, Us

New York, New York, Us

Managed cross-functional, globally-distributed teams to deliver projects on time and in an iterable format.Conducted regular 1 on 1s with direct reports to help problem solve, give feedback, and provide coaching and career developmentConducted biannual reviews of each direct report, including gathering peer feedback, self-reviews, and manager reviews to foster further career growth and drive goal setting.Collaborated with product managers, UX Design, and UX Writers to transform business requirements into iterative development stepsProvide technical leadership in the form of system design, design reviews, and code reviews. Collaborated with company architects and security team to maintain a zero-knowledge architecture using modern cryptographyPresented highly technical projects to leadership and other non-technical stakeholders in a digestible formatLead the hiring process for Software Engineers, Senior Software Engineers, and Staff Software Engineers, including resume reviews, interviews, and feedback collection/aggregation from other interviewers.Spearheaded product initiative communications format to improve communications throughout the company on progress and status of ongoing initiatives.

Charleston, Sc, Us

Provide developmental guidance and high level estimates to product management and executivesBalance and distribute workloads across both US based (4 members) and Vietnam (8 members) based engineering teamsResponsible for hiring, firing, and compensation raises for US teamProvide career development and mentorship to US engineering teamLead agile software development lifecycle with twice weekly stand ups and twice weekly deploymentsFoster collaboration between teams and other departments within the companyImprove workflow processes to increase quality and velocity of development. - Reduced average pull request size from 400 lines of code to 100 lines of code, - Reduced avg time to open pull request for a ticket from 120 hours to 35 hours - Reduced time for first code review from 70 hours to 20 hoursPlan and oversee transition from Monolithic MySQL database to Microservice architecture leveraging MongoDB, Kafka, Elasticsearch, and MySQL.

Charleston, Sc, Us

Develop projects through entire lifecycle from requirements gathering to deploymentMake architectural decisions to create scalable softwareDesign and implement REST API specifications for routes, code structure, return typesMentor junior engineers through code review and design planning.Perform rapid maintenance on critical bugs

Charleston, Sc, Us

Developed standalone PHP user interfacesDeveloped REST based API endpoints using Slim framework and JWT authenticationWrote technical specification documents for projectsCommunicated with stakeholders for clarification and demonstration of new productsWrote automated unit testing using PHPUnitIntegrated with 3rd party data providers using REST APIsCreated new and modified existing schema for MySQL across multiple databasesDeployed projects using Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform

Train new engineers on existing systems and processesCollaborate with other engineers on design and implementation specificationsRapid maintenance of production tools for operations, sales, and customer management teamsCreated new and modified existing schema for MySQL Setup and created databases, collections, and user accounts for MongoDBCreated new RESTful API endpoints in Go and in PHP using Symfony frameworkSet up private yum repository for development, staging, and production environmentsSwitched deployment of Go based apps to RPM for easier deployment