Denzelle Walker

Senior Web3 Full-Stack Engineer at Disco.xyz
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Bridgeport, Texas, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Web3 Full-Stack Engineer
      • Jul 2022 - Aug 2023

      Remote Specialized in Decentralized Identity (DID) and Verifiable Credential management, I played a pivotal role as a Senior Developer in a cutting-edge web application. My responsibilities and achievements included: Technical Expertise: Utilized my in-depth knowledge of frontend React, backend TS.ED, various JavaScript libraries, CI/CD, Cloud Services, and Kubernetes to spearhead the development processes. Product Alignment: Swiftly gained proficiency in DIDs, Decentralized Storage… Show more Specialized in Decentralized Identity (DID) and Verifiable Credential management, I played a pivotal role as a Senior Developer in a cutting-edge web application. My responsibilities and achievements included: Technical Expertise: Utilized my in-depth knowledge of frontend React, backend TS.ED, various JavaScript libraries, CI/CD, Cloud Services, and Kubernetes to spearhead the development processes. Product Alignment: Swiftly gained proficiency in DIDs, Decentralized Storage, Verifiable Credentials, Cryptosignature, Encryption, and Ethereum Libraries to ensure the implementation aligned with company values and product goals. CI/CD Implementation: Constructed an efficient CI/CD pipeline to enhance the development-to-production speed, automate testing and Kubernetes container updates, and remove manual npm publishing. Quality Assurance: Led behavior-driven abstraction of primary business logic, reducing bug occurrences and initiating the creation of an SDK, which streamlined development processes. Mentorship and Team Building: Mentored Junior Developers through one-on-ones, code reviews, and peer coding sessions, fostering a solution-oriented and cohesive team environment that boosted morale and coding practices. Reporting and Integration: Built and maintained a robust reporting API and reorganized the JIRA to Confluence integration, bridging a critical gap between the product and engineering team and providing essential insights into application metrics and team performance related to Product Roadmap Goals. Show less

    • United States
    • Information Technology & Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Information Technology Architect
      • Aug 2021 - Apr 2022

      Key Technologies: Angular 11, ReactJS, .Net 5, SQL Server, Azure Container Registry, Azure DevOps, YAML, Web3 • Provided a unique technical lens to the disruptive and innovative product creation process including, but not limited to, internal and competitive platform analysis; industry and technology use-case expansion; technical “get-smart” presentations; rapid prototype development; and technical architecture design. • Designed, architected, and documented a banking solution that… Show more Key Technologies: Angular 11, ReactJS, .Net 5, SQL Server, Azure Container Registry, Azure DevOps, YAML, Web3 • Provided a unique technical lens to the disruptive and innovative product creation process including, but not limited to, internal and competitive platform analysis; industry and technology use-case expansion; technical “get-smart” presentations; rapid prototype development; and technical architecture design. • Designed, architected, and documented a banking solution that resulted in 3 currently pending patents. • Led the design and building of full-stack web-based prototypes demonstrating products in various industries such as mortgage, crypto, and banking that were taken up by FIS product organizations. • Interviewed and served on the decision board for numerous individuals including the Head of Product and Head of Engineer for one of our ventures. • Explored and presented on various web3 use cases as well as experimented with blockchain node setup, smart contract development and NFT creation on Ethereum and Cardano. • Continuously learned, adapted to multiple industries, and managed ambiguity through the use podcasts, development articles, white paper readings, and utilizing GTD time-management and advance problem-solving techniques. • Built and deployed the team website using an open source .Net Core CMS framework • Setup and administered numerous team Azure DevOps projects with SCRUM project management and automated deployments • Assisted with the onboarding of new engineer team members

    • Senior Software Engineer
      • Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

      Denver, Colorado, United States

    • United States
    • Real Estate
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Web Developer
      • Oct 2015 - Apr 2020

      Telecommute Key Technologies: Angular (2-8), TypeScript, Stylus, ASP.NET Core, C#, SQL Server, Azure • Evolved experimental project into Tier 1 revenue generating application providing commercial real estate listing and lead generation spanning over 12 countries • Collaborated with globally distributed Dev and QA teams utilizing various technologies such as Azure Dev Ops, Basecamp, Zeplin, Skype, and WebEx. • Transitioned the application from Angular 2 to 8; from .Net to .Net Core 3; and from AWS… Show more Key Technologies: Angular (2-8), TypeScript, Stylus, ASP.NET Core, C#, SQL Server, Azure • Evolved experimental project into Tier 1 revenue generating application providing commercial real estate listing and lead generation spanning over 12 countries • Collaborated with globally distributed Dev and QA teams utilizing various technologies such as Azure Dev Ops, Basecamp, Zeplin, Skype, and WebEx. • Transitioned the application from Angular 2 to 8; from .Net to .Net Core 3; and from AWS to Azure • Implemented globalization to enable support for multiple countries, languages, currencies and well as white labeling to support branding and customization for 3rd party company listings. • Created and maintained various Web Apis for handling user management, resource retrievable, search capabilities, and transactional and marketing emails. • Led Sprint Planning and SCRUM meetings, created development and business documentation, provided code feedback to junior team members, facilitating demos and tech talks with Dev and QA teams. • Utilized tools such as Azure Application Insights, Google Tag Manager, Oracle Eloqua, and SendGrid for monitoring application health and performance, user usage data, and email tracking • Provided consultation on feature and performance improvements such as adding email tracking with SendGrid, improving Azure Search sync times with indexers, implementing server-side rendering, etc. Show less

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Software Engineer III
      • Oct 2014 - Oct 2015

      Telecommute Key Technologies: C#, SQL, SSIS, JavaScript, JQuery, ASP.NET, Telerik, Rational Team Concert • Served as the primary developer within a remotely distributed team responsible for providing a complete rework to the ASP.NET web application tracking veterans’ eye health. • Assumed technical lead and database developer responsibilities upon the departure of personnel. • Collaborated with the client to determine the system requirements through use of technical documentation, prototyping… Show more Key Technologies: C#, SQL, SSIS, JavaScript, JQuery, ASP.NET, Telerik, Rational Team Concert • Served as the primary developer within a remotely distributed team responsible for providing a complete rework to the ASP.NET web application tracking veterans’ eye health. • Assumed technical lead and database developer responsibilities upon the departure of personnel. • Collaborated with the client to determine the system requirements through use of technical documentation, prototyping, and regular feedback meetings. • Revised the database structure into a vertical table design that allowed for easier expandability and testing. • Refactored the web application utilizing Telerik controls for AJAX functionality; Entity Framework, MVC and various design patterns for better maintainability; and JavaScript and JQuery for a better user experience. • Applied 508 compliance standards to the web application. • Developed and maintained the database design and scripts as well as the SSIS ETL packages. • Utilized RTC to manage and track source control, user stories, tasks, bugs, and code reviews. • Assisted the distribution team with deployments and facilitated User Acceptance Testing. Show less

    • Airlines and Aviation
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Web Developer II
      • Mar 2012 - Oct 2014

      Tempe, AZ • Utilized SCRUM methodology and .NET 4.0 to provide enhancements and bug fixes to many facets of a multibillion dollar website including, but not limited to, ASP.NET applications, MVC applications, WCF services, email services, and ITA QPX services. • Refactored the choice seats and dividend mileage multiplier product line into stand-alone service to be consumed by US Airways as well 3rd party consumers utilizing multiple layers of WCF services, JQuery, AJAX, .NET MVC Razor, and RESTful… Show more • Utilized SCRUM methodology and .NET 4.0 to provide enhancements and bug fixes to many facets of a multibillion dollar website including, but not limited to, ASP.NET applications, MVC applications, WCF services, email services, and ITA QPX services. • Refactored the choice seats and dividend mileage multiplier product line into stand-alone service to be consumed by US Airways as well 3rd party consumers utilizing multiple layers of WCF services, JQuery, AJAX, .NET MVC Razor, and RESTful services. • Promoted quality code by utilizing testing frameworks such as NUnit, MSTest, Moq, and Selenium for unit, integration, and browser tests. • Facilitated and led SCRUM sprint planning sessions. • Utilized TFS to manage and track source control, user stories, tasks, bugs, and code reviews. Show less

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Consultant
      • Aug 2010 - Feb 2012

      Greater Atlanta Area Role: C#.Net Web Developer Client: Southern Company Key Technologies: C#, ASP.Net, SQL, SSRS, ASP.NET, MVC, MSMQ, NServiceBus • Served as technical lead of a geographically distributed team responsible for providing enhancements to a security requirements tracking web application for Southern Nuclear. • Updated the web application from .NET Framework 2.0 to .NET framework 4.0. • Designed and developed a separate application for tracking individuals that need to participate… Show more Role: C#.Net Web Developer Client: Southern Company Key Technologies: C#, ASP.Net, SQL, SSRS, ASP.NET, MVC, MSMQ, NServiceBus • Served as technical lead of a geographically distributed team responsible for providing enhancements to a security requirements tracking web application for Southern Nuclear. • Updated the web application from .NET Framework 2.0 to .NET framework 4.0. • Designed and developed a separate application for tracking individuals that need to participate in random drug screen selection using .NET MVC 4.0. • Utilized NServiceBus and MSMQ to handle the communication between the old and new application. • Provided updates to all SSRS reports affected by the changes made to the application. • Facilitated project knowledge transfer and created a curriculum for younger developers on NServiceBus. Show less

    • United States
    • Information Technology & Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Technical Consultant
      • Aug 2007 - Aug 2010

      Chicago, IL Role: C#.Net / SSRS Developer Client: Kaiser Permanente Key Technologies: C#, Windows Forms, MS Project Server, MS Excel, SQL, SSIS, SSRS • Developed an integration application using C#.Net and the Project Server Web API to migrate employee time tracking data from a legacy system to MS Project Server 2007. • Performed administrative tasks on the Project Web Access that included setting up enterprise custom fields and views, managing user and group permissions, and managing… Show more Role: C#.Net / SSRS Developer Client: Kaiser Permanente Key Technologies: C#, Windows Forms, MS Project Server, MS Excel, SQL, SSIS, SSRS • Developed an integration application using C#.Net and the Project Server Web API to migrate employee time tracking data from a legacy system to MS Project Server 2007. • Performed administrative tasks on the Project Web Access that included setting up enterprise custom fields and views, managing user and group permissions, and managing enterprise objects and the queue. • Developed reports based off the Project Server data using MS SQL Server 2005, SSIS, and SSRS. • Provided training, documentation, and support for the installation and usage of the application and reports. Role: Java Developer / Process Operator Client: Blue Cross Blue Shield Key Technologies: Java, DB2, XML, IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler • Designed and modeled program workflow diagrams using Microsoft Visio for executing DataStage jobs. • Collaborated in the development of a Java application that dynamically submitted the workflows as job streams into IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler to be managed and tracked. • Assisted the QA team with pinpointing DataStage issues that were to be promoted to the Development Leads. • Created a custom Java application that performed data quality assurance, updated XML configuration files, database back-outs, DB2 RunStats, and created UNIX directories. Role: DataStage Developer Client: Blue Cross Blue Shield Key Technologies: IBM DataStage, SQL, DB2 • Utilized DataStage Designer, Director, and Manager to develop, run, monitor, and source control various ETL jobs. • Developed complex DB2 SQL queries to facilitate large volumes of data extraction and loading. • Provided improvements to the source to target mapping documents. • Assisted the testing team and provided revisions throughout the unit testing, system integration testing, performance enhancing, and production phases. Show less

    • United States
    • Law Practice
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Systems Operations Specialist
      • Apr 2006 - Aug 2007

      • Initiated and managed financial data backup systems • Maintained and updated backup tape database • Ran checks on Copitrac workstations in offices around the world using Dameware Mini Remote Control • Reported and escalated data backup problems and issues appropriately

    • Quality Assurance Intern
      • Jun 2005 - Apr 2006

      • Developed unit and system integration testing scripts for applications and system upgrades created by the Software Development team • Assisted Quality Assurance Analyst with facilitating upgrades for all 15 offices • Provided testing assistance for scheduled software deployments • Reported issues discovered during testing to the Software Distribution Team and Quality Assurance Team in a timely, accurate manner • Developed C++ programs to analyze data and provide employee status… Show more • Developed unit and system integration testing scripts for applications and system upgrades created by the Software Development team • Assisted Quality Assurance Analyst with facilitating upgrades for all 15 offices • Provided testing assistance for scheduled software deployments • Reported issues discovered during testing to the Software Distribution Team and Quality Assurance Team in a timely, accurate manner • Developed C++ programs to analyze data and provide employee status reporting

Education

  • North Central College
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
    2003 - 2007

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