Brandon Parrott
Senior Site Reliability Engineer Manager at ConverseNow.AI- Claim this Profile
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Harrison Fox
Brandon is a pragmatic manager, an excellent engineer, and a great mentor. As the manager for the Retail Engineering Team at Fyllo, Brandon consistently went above and beyond to ensure that our projects were designed correctly and planned effectively. In a fast paced startup environment, Brandon was particularly good at balancing the need to deliver results against the need to write scalable and maintainable software. Furthermore, Brandon constantly challenged the status quo and proposed innovative ideas to improve our development practices. Moreover, as a proven programming polyglot, Brandon is someone who is able to think of the tradeoffs for a variety of different solutions to determine the best technical tools for the job. He is always willing to share his reasoning with those who want to learn, and I personally benefited immensely from his technical expertise and mentorship. Whatever challenges your company may face, Brandon is a driven leader who is not afraid to role up his sleeves and tackle the issue head on. I highly recommend him for any engineering management role he may pursue.
Brook Meier
Brandon is an asset to any organization. I had the pleasure of working with him at Fyllo as the Engineering Manager and can attest to his technical and leadership skills. Brandon is a great leader and is able to quickly learn and adapt new technologies to fit ever changing business needs. He works well within functional teams and can effectively communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
Harrison Fox
Brandon is a pragmatic manager, an excellent engineer, and a great mentor. As the manager for the Retail Engineering Team at Fyllo, Brandon consistently went above and beyond to ensure that our projects were designed correctly and planned effectively. In a fast paced startup environment, Brandon was particularly good at balancing the need to deliver results against the need to write scalable and maintainable software. Furthermore, Brandon constantly challenged the status quo and proposed innovative ideas to improve our development practices. Moreover, as a proven programming polyglot, Brandon is someone who is able to think of the tradeoffs for a variety of different solutions to determine the best technical tools for the job. He is always willing to share his reasoning with those who want to learn, and I personally benefited immensely from his technical expertise and mentorship. Whatever challenges your company may face, Brandon is a driven leader who is not afraid to role up his sleeves and tackle the issue head on. I highly recommend him for any engineering management role he may pursue.
Brook Meier
Brandon is an asset to any organization. I had the pleasure of working with him at Fyllo as the Engineering Manager and can attest to his technical and leadership skills. Brandon is a great leader and is able to quickly learn and adapt new technologies to fit ever changing business needs. He works well within functional teams and can effectively communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
Harrison Fox
Brandon is a pragmatic manager, an excellent engineer, and a great mentor. As the manager for the Retail Engineering Team at Fyllo, Brandon consistently went above and beyond to ensure that our projects were designed correctly and planned effectively. In a fast paced startup environment, Brandon was particularly good at balancing the need to deliver results against the need to write scalable and maintainable software. Furthermore, Brandon constantly challenged the status quo and proposed innovative ideas to improve our development practices. Moreover, as a proven programming polyglot, Brandon is someone who is able to think of the tradeoffs for a variety of different solutions to determine the best technical tools for the job. He is always willing to share his reasoning with those who want to learn, and I personally benefited immensely from his technical expertise and mentorship. Whatever challenges your company may face, Brandon is a driven leader who is not afraid to role up his sleeves and tackle the issue head on. I highly recommend him for any engineering management role he may pursue.
Brook Meier
Brandon is an asset to any organization. I had the pleasure of working with him at Fyllo as the Engineering Manager and can attest to his technical and leadership skills. Brandon is a great leader and is able to quickly learn and adapt new technologies to fit ever changing business needs. He works well within functional teams and can effectively communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
Harrison Fox
Brandon is a pragmatic manager, an excellent engineer, and a great mentor. As the manager for the Retail Engineering Team at Fyllo, Brandon consistently went above and beyond to ensure that our projects were designed correctly and planned effectively. In a fast paced startup environment, Brandon was particularly good at balancing the need to deliver results against the need to write scalable and maintainable software. Furthermore, Brandon constantly challenged the status quo and proposed innovative ideas to improve our development practices. Moreover, as a proven programming polyglot, Brandon is someone who is able to think of the tradeoffs for a variety of different solutions to determine the best technical tools for the job. He is always willing to share his reasoning with those who want to learn, and I personally benefited immensely from his technical expertise and mentorship. Whatever challenges your company may face, Brandon is a driven leader who is not afraid to role up his sleeves and tackle the issue head on. I highly recommend him for any engineering management role he may pursue.
Brook Meier
Brandon is an asset to any organization. I had the pleasure of working with him at Fyllo as the Engineering Manager and can attest to his technical and leadership skills. Brandon is a great leader and is able to quickly learn and adapt new technologies to fit ever changing business needs. He works well within functional teams and can effectively communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
Experience
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ConverseNow.AI
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Site Reliability Engineer Manager
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Jun 2023 - Present
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Fyllo
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Engineering Manager
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Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
• Successfully managed a team of 8 software engineers and 2 QA engineers in building the Fyllo Retail Platform, providing eCommerce solutionsto clients• Mentored and grew direct reports through weekly one‑on‑one meetings, fostering a collaborative team environment where engineers hadconfidence and autonomy to take ownership of their work• Collaborated with cross‑functional teams to streamline project workflows and ensure that all stakeholders were aligned with the project goals• Effectively oversaw the development of Firestick Apps, Interactive Kiosks, POS integrations, and other solutions for the Fyllo Retail Platform,which proved instrumental in helping clients engage with their target audience Show less
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Senior Software Engineer
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Jan 2022 - Sep 2022
• Led architecture design discussions and introduced best practices for Git branching and MR reviews, resulting in improved efficiency andcollaboration among team members• Quickly became the go‑to technical expert on the team, taking on complex challenges such as identifying and resolving critical issues whilecreating comprehensive runbooks to ensure quick and efficient issue resolution in the future• Improved the reliability and robustness of the Data Integration pipeline by adding better observability and rewriting jobs using Typescript tohandle errors gracefully, proper retry logic, and overall cleaner code, resulting in a more efficient and streamlined process• Collaborated effectively with team members both within and outside of my direct team to promote successful project delivery and foster astrong sense of teamwork Show less
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OutSystems
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Software Engineer | SRE
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May 2021 - Dec 2021
• Developed and delivered a Kubernetes application infrastructure platform on Azure utilizing Terraform, Terraform Cloud, and Helm • Modified existing Kubernetes operators to add Azure functionality using their SDK’s such as azcore, azidentity, azsecrets, azkeyvault, and MS Graph API • Created an internal CLI tool using Go to improve the development feedback loop by automating the infrastructure deployment process • Developed and delivered a Kubernetes application infrastructure platform on Azure utilizing Terraform, Terraform Cloud, and Helm • Modified existing Kubernetes operators to add Azure functionality using their SDK’s such as azcore, azidentity, azsecrets, azkeyvault, and MS Graph API • Created an internal CLI tool using Go to improve the development feedback loop by automating the infrastructure deployment process
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ForgeRock
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Staff Software Engineer | SRE
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May 2020 - May 2021
• Deployed the ForgeRock Identity Platform to the cloud by building composable, reusable, isolated, and single‑purpose services• Grown our testing strategy by planning and prioritizing E2E in the CI automation• Matured the internal CLI tool to improve the developer experience• Served on the on‑call rotation to ensure the safety and wellness of 20+ customers
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Software Engineer | SRE
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Jul 2019 - May 2020
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NSS Labs
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Austin, Texas Area
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Senior Full Stack Engineer
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Feb 2019 - Jun 2019
• Developed front‑end and back‑end features quickly and continuously while mitigating technical debt • Worked on all levels of the web stack (React/Mobx, JavaScript, GraphQL, Node, PostgreSql) • Developed front‑end and back‑end features quickly and continuously while mitigating technical debt • Worked on all levels of the web stack (React/Mobx, JavaScript, GraphQL, Node, PostgreSql)
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Midigator®
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Full Stack Engineer
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Feb 2018 - Jan 2019
• Collaborated closely with other departments, as well as stakeholders, to deliver highly available internal and web‑facing applications • Applied logging best practices to an existing monolithic application and used ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana) to analyze and identify potential issues. Improved the automation success rate from 30% to 75% across the board • Designed and developed an internal analytic dashboard using React to drive strategic business decisions • Developed and deployed Python Microservices to AWS using Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD Solutions such as GOCD and Kubernetes • Used SCRUM for agile development and participated in team‑led solutions, reviewing peers code for quality and completeness • Utilized troubleshooting techniques and root cause analysis for critical support escalations Show less
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Lead Software Engineer
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Oct 2016 - Feb 2018
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Web Developer
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May 2015 - Oct 2016
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USCA
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El Cajon, CA
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Web Developer
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Apr 2012 - May 2015
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Education
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2007 - 2011
Granite Hills High School
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