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AMHEnterprise Application Architect
Jun. 2022Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States- Modernizing software engineering department using best in class practices including feature flags, trunk-based development, and agile methodologies. - Revolutionized the deployment process by improving lead-time for changes from 2 months to 1 week while maintaining IT SOX compliance. - Identified and implemented cloud cost savings measure reducing costs by $500k/yr. - Lead implementation of OpenTelemetry into AMH’s platform replacing Application Insights with Grafana Cloud. Allowing complete observability for frontend, REST APIs, and asynchronous messaging.
- Founded and administrates the Architecture Review Board within the AMH Software Engineering organization. - Implements and maintains a microservice architecture using .NET 8 / C#, SQL Server / CosmosDB and React / Typescript. - Utilizes Domain Driven Design (DDD) to implement and maintain bounding contexts and services. - Proposes and evaluates patterns and practices for use by the larger engineering organization. - Evaluates software design and code of services to ensure technical consistency and correctness using design and code review processes. - Introduced runtime feature flagging, trunk-based development, static analysis, security scanning, and DORA metrics to increase developer productivity. - Designs and maintains architecture using PlantUML and Sparx Enterprise Architect. - Works with a globally distributed team of product owners, SCRUM masters, architects, engineers, and QA engineers in Europe, South America, and USA. - Interviews software engineering candidates for technical and cultural fit.
iHerb, LLCSenior Software Development Engineer II
Nov. 2021 - May. 2022Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States- Serves on the Architecture Review Board for both backend and frontend groups. Proposes and evaluates patterns and practices for use by the larger engineering organization.
- Evaluates software design and code of services to ensure technical consistency and correctness using design and code review processes.
- Implements and maintains a microservice architecture using .NET 6 / C# , MongoDB, GraphQL, React / Typescript.
- Works directly with infrastructure teams to setup and maintain Kubernetes, MongoDb, Elastic Search, and Kibana/Prometheus
- Utilizes Domain Driven Design (DDD) to implement and maintain bounding contexts and services.
- Participates in the on-call rotation to identify and resolve production errors.
OmnicellSoftware Engineer V
May. 2019 - Nov. 2021Greater Pittsburgh Area- Software architect overseeing the design and implementation of a Class III/C medical device product that runs on-premises and in Azure infrastructure.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining software design documentation in compliance with FDA and AAMI guidance.
- Technical lead on the entire server-side code base written in .NET Core. - Designs, leads, and maintains a microservice oriented architecture using .NET Core, Windows Presentation Foundation, and React/Redux in Microsoft Azure.
- Leader of the architecture group that establishes patterns and practices for our entire code base. Reviews and approves these patterns and practices and ensure they are implemented within the product.
- Introduced Domain Driven Design (DDD) patterns to the software resulting in a simpler code base.
- Simplified the architecture of the software resulting in a simpler code base, improving performance and reducing bugs.
- Analyzes requirements from the systems engineer providing architecture and design guidance on how to best implement the requirements. - Implements software across the entire technology stack using ASP.NET Core, Windows Presentation Foundation, and React/Redux.
- Advises and mentors engineers within the team on designing quality software using best patterns and practices.
- Works directly with external stakeholders including management, marketing, technical support, and other software teams to ensure the software meets their requirements and deadlines.
Dynamics Inc.Senior Software Developer
Apr. 2018 - May. 2019Greater Pittsburgh Area- Technical lead for a large cloud-based software product that processes 3M+ requests per day.
- Works with mid and junior level developers to give guidance and assist with implementation and troubleshooting of a large web application.
- Lead engineer managing the process, design, and implementation of a large web application using .NET Core, Aurora/MySQL, Typescript, and Knockout.
- Lead R&D effort for migrating a large web application to Amazon Web Services using Fargate, Docker, Aurora/MySQL, and .NET Core
- Lead migration of ASP.NET Web API and MVC applications to ASP.NET Core 2.1, migrating them to containerized services and deployment in Amazon ECS/Fargate.
- Documented and presented detailed cost estimation, risk analysis, and design of a cloud migration strategy to business stakeholders.
- Works directly with IT to assist in the deployment of on-premise infrastructure for a hybrid-cloud environment.
- Assists interviewing and evaluating potential candidates for technical ability and cultural fit within the organization.
MinitabSenior Software Engineer
Jan. 2014 - Mar. 2018State College, Pennsylvania Area- Worked solely with Product Owner and scum-master to design, implement, and unit test a full release of Companion by Minitab.
- Works independently to design, implement and unit test user stories for both the server and client using Typescript, C#, and Microsoft Azure.
- Works directly with quality engineers to identify testing and debugging strategies.
- Participates in bi-weekly team-wide code reviews of the entire client and server code bases.
- Unit tests all relevant code for correctness and maintenance. - Participates in a SCRUM environment with stand ups, retrospectives, and user stories.
MinitabSoftware Engineer II
Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2013State College, Pennsylvania Area- Worked directly with a small team of engineers and testers to implement features in a 400k LOC desktop WPF application using MVVM.
- Created sequence and class diagrams as part of sprint planning to coordinate implementation among engineers.
- Engineered, implemented, and championed several subsystems within the application.
- Worked directly with quality engineers to identify testing and debugging strategies.
MinitabSoftware Engineer I
Jun. 2010 - Dec. 2011State College, Pennsylvania Area- Worked under the direction of the Team Lead to implement and unit test features in a 400k WPF application using MVVM.
- Maintained several subsystems within the application.
- Participated in a SCRUM environment complete with retrospectives, stand-ups, burn-downs, and backlogs.
- Worked directly with quality engineers to identify testing and debugging strategies.
MinitabSoftware Engineering Intern
Mar. 2008 - May. 2010State College, Pennsylvania Area- Worked under the direction of the Team Lead to implement features in a WPF application.
- Worked in a SCRUM development environment.
Web Finesse StudiosFreelance Web Developer
Jun. 2004 - Jun. 2006Strongsville, Ohio- Worked directly with local business owners to implement e-commerce and CMS solutions using a LAMP stack.
- Drafted detailed software requirements and business contracts for sales to local business owners.
- Implemented, tested, and delivered custom solutions on top of open source PHP software to customers to meet their business requirements.
- Designed and implemented custom database schemas for use in e-commerce and CMS solutions.
- Wrote custom SQL queries for MySQL/Microsoft SQL Server for use in delivered software.
- Maintained a co-located Linux server SSH.
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