Experience

First Tech Federal Credit Union

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Design, develop, test, and implement solutions for Core Banking DNA applications to prevent fraud loss using Python, SQL, Perl, FiServ DNA tools, and FiServ APIs. Designs, builds, and deploys Core Banking DNA solutions to prevent fraud and enhance member and employee experience; while maximizing operational efficiencies in multi-tier environments and using best practices to develop clustered, reliable, scalable, and high performance applications. Leads analysis, design… Show more Design, develop, test, and implement solutions for Core Banking DNA applications to prevent fraud loss using Python, SQL, Perl, FiServ DNA tools, and FiServ APIs. Designs, builds, and deploys Core Banking DNA solutions to prevent fraud and enhance member and employee experience; while maximizing operational efficiencies in multi-tier environments and using best practices to develop clustered, reliable, scalable, and high performance applications. Leads analysis, design, development, and deployment of complex applications across functional teams involving multiple integration and other technologies to meet committed deliverables. Work closely with business partners, architect, and technical groups to review, design, and implement requirements and strategy; provide estimates for development effort. Highlights Include: - Developing a batch script that automates the deployment of Python packages, the creation of virtual environments and Python package installations, saving our Core Business Application team hours of dedicated deployment time each month - Developing, testing, deploying, and continually maintaining a suite of Python integration tools for the Core Development team, including a job scheduler integration module, a customized extension of the Python argparse module, and a custom XML parser/generator - Developing, testing, and maintaining a support script that creates a compressed, virtual environment-ready version of Core Development scripts and modules - Developing code challenges and questions used for conducting interviews with potential candidates - Facilitating onboarding of new hires, including installation of Python packages/support scripts - Conducting code review sessions with team, adding revision notes and/or approving code design - Developing new coding standards documentation for the department - Nominated for the 1st annual First Tech Employee Dynamic Award for being innovative & driving improvements in processes and experiences

• Software Engineer II

  • Jun 2021 - Mar 2022

  Portland, Oregon, United States

• Software Engineer

  • 2016 - Jan 2022

  Portland, Oregon Area Develop, test and debug batch automation software for core business applications in an agile environment, working with the business to transform their requirements into technical solutions. Develop custom utility packages & tools to simplify development process. Resolve problems that arise with existing production applications to ensure the efficient and proper functioning of application components. Create technical documentation, including release implementation documentation… Show more Develop, test and debug batch automation software for core business applications in an agile environment, working with the business to transform their requirements into technical solutions. Develop custom utility packages & tools to simplify development process. Resolve problems that arise with existing production applications to ensure the efficient and proper functioning of application components. Create technical documentation, including release implementation documentation. Draft & submit requests for changes in production environment, and work closely with system engineers to guide deployment of new software into production. Provide after hour development support as needed. Projects range from simple extract/transform/load jobs to large-scale applications & vendor API integration. Heavy use of Python, SQL, & Perl programming languages.