Experience

Biamp

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Continued development on the WebRTC server project. Implemented a socketio server connected to multiple subsystems. Established project standards for socketio communication. Assisted hardware engineers with troubleshooting and firmware development on an internally developed ethernet adapter.Continued provided mentoring and code review, along with more paired programming sessions.Provided timely resolution of bugs within my domain of ownership, and I have reported (and resolved) more bugs on my own code than QA has.Wrote complex automated tests that emulated network devices which were integrated into the project's test framework.Used protocol level network tools to resolve networking issues.Conducted technical interviews. Show less

• Contract Software Engineer

  • Apr 2021 - Oct 2021

  Worked on Flask api for WebRTC server. Wrote benchmarking system for capacity measurement on embedded devices along with an initial UI design proposal. Simultaneously contributed to another project, developing tools for performance monitoring on embedded Linux devices, in the course of which I developed a full-stack solution for collecting logs for collecting, interpreting, and reporting on clustered devices, which I then integrated into their build pipeline. While working on this project I isolated and diagnosed issues in Avahi implementation.Provided continual mentoring for junior developers and QA, including code reviews and paired programming. Show less



Centene Corporation

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Developer

  • Sep 2019 - Jul 2020

  Code enhancements that reduced run time of application queries from hours to minutes. Developed Django-based front end and automation for manually-ran python scripts. Optimized SQL queries to ¼ their original size. Established git best practices and release documentation standards. Provided after-hours support and validation during and after software deployments. Code enhancements that reduced run time of application queries from hours to minutes. Developed Django-based front end and automation for manually-ran python scripts. Optimized SQL queries to ¼ their original size. Established git best practices and release documentation standards. Provided after-hours support and validation during and after software deployments.



Thomson Reuters

• Canada
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Developer

  • Feb 2014 - 2019

  In 2014, I moved into a hybrid software development / SDET role working on the burgeoning Thomson Reuters news delivery platform. My focus was in data validation and error detection. I developed a real time testing suite that monitored traffic continuously and provided daily reports of invalid metadata, missing stories, and other erroneous behaviors. I also worked very closely with the QA team and provided mentoring and guidance as needed.

• Integration Specialist

  • Mar 2012 - Feb 2014

  I served as sort of a broad generalist during this position. I developed an outage tracking system written in C# that eliminated 90 minutes of handover calls a day. I also continued to admin the Creve Coeur test server lab. I provided Linux and product specific training to new hires and high-value clients as needed. Before I moved on, I had virtualized test systems resulting in eliminating 30% of physical servers.

• Escalation Engineer

  • Mar 2009 - Mar 2012

  I provided client facing support of market data software via phone and Webex, developed scripts to automate backup processes and new server configurations, and replicated client issues on test servers as needed prior to handover to development.I also provided senior level tech support and resolved proprietary software and network issuesand inventoried, documented, and maintained the previously undocumented test server lab.

• Open Systems Engineer

  • Oct 2007 - Mar 2009

  I provided 1st level phone support to market data clients, including managing issues and testing / attempting to reproduce client problems relating to RMDS systems, Linux and Unix, and SQL.



Action Computers

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Service Supervisor

  • Nov 2006 - Sep 2007

  Provided hardware and software support for customers, including custom computer builds as needed. Set schedule for service technicians, and managed the number of issues that were to be worked on in a day. Worked as backup onsite Windows server/workstation technician as necessary. Provided hardware and software support for customers, including custom computer builds as needed. Set schedule for service technicians, and managed the number of issues that were to be worked on in a day. Worked as backup onsite Windows server/workstation technician as necessary.