# Brandon Ward > Senior Software Engineer at StackHawk Location: Denver Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/brandonward I'm a motivated professional with high aspirations for success. I am working towards my goal of being one of the leaders of tomorrow. I'm a full stack software engineer, and am proficient in Java, Kotlin, TypeScript / JavaScript, Spring / Spring Boot , HTML, CSS, Mongo DB, and SQL. Cloud computing and services oriented architectures are fascinating problems, especially when trying to fit the traditional legacy application into this new mold. Working to update older applications to run in shiny new containers (the cloud) will always be a great and rewarding challenge! I have experience with VMWare Tanzu (formerly: Pivotal Cloud Foundry), Kubernetes, AWS, and GCP. I have a double major (Bachelor's degree) from Regis University in Computer Science and Mathematics, which has given me a strong technical and computational background. My time at Regis has given me a true thirst for knowledge, and I always strive for understanding of the underlying concepts. Additionally, I have obtained my Master's in Software Engineering from Regis University. I enjoyed the new challenges that the Master's program offered, and I graduated with a 4.0 while working full time. In my free time, I like outdoors activities and sporting events, video games, and learning new technologies. I develop Android apps (both native and with Flutter), and have contributed to a few open source projects. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ StackHawk Jan 2022 – Present | Denver, Colorado, United States • Proficient with AI to dramatically speed up execution while maintaining quality across Spring Boot, Rust, and React codebases, including Claude Code, Codex, and others, including building advanced AI tooling and organization to enable even faster development. • Created and maintained Spring Boot micro-services written in Kotlin, using RESTful and gRPC intra-service communication strategies. • Implemented several 3rd party integrations including GitHub, Snyk, Azure Devops, and others using their RESTful APIs and Argo Workflows and Jobs to manage data syncing. • Enhanced a React single page application, including migrating the app from a customized redux state store to one built on nanostores. • Mentored other engineers on best practices in technical areas of Kotlin, Gradle, Spring Boot, Kubernetes and general engineering principles of scrum / agile. • Developed and maintained several custom Gradle plugins to fit our build and deployment strategies. • Migrated our CI/CD pipelines to GitHub actions including implementing additional features for advanced build and test reports from the pipelines. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Promontory MortgagePath LLC Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Denver, Colorado, United States • Recipient of first quarterly Promontory Lightkeeper Award, in recognition of excellence in contributing to the company's goals. (Q1 - 2021) • Conduct and guide architecture reviews to ensure patterns fit within overall architectural direction. • Continue to mentor and guide fellow engineers in Spring, Kotlin, Java, and Gradle best practices. • Enhanced Kubernetes ecosystem through creation of development cluster to enhance the development lifecycle • Aid with implementation of CI/CD processes to cut release times down from 3 months to 1 week • Migrated Java/Kotlin micro-services from Maven builds to Gradle builds with Kotlin DSL build scripts ### Software Engineer @ Promontory MortgagePath LLC Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Denver, Colorado, United States • Enhanced Spring Boot, event sourced micro-services using Axon framework written in Kotlin and Java • Updated RESTful APIs and GraphQL APIs for data transfer while maintaining backwards compatibility • Mentored team members on Spring Boot, Java, and Kotlin best practices • Partnered with UX team to bring their visions to life via an Angular and Typescript web application that consumes RESTful and GraphQL APIs ### Software Engineer @ Zen Planner Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Highlands Ranch, Colorado • Migrated applications to a new Kubernetes cluster hosted in AWS • Enhanced CI/CD workflow with custom git web hooks and robust Jenkins pipeline scripts • Mentored team members on Spring Boot and Java best practices ### Staff, Software Applications Engineer @ Charles Schwab Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Lone Tree, Colorado • Awarded the Key Contributor Award (2017), Schwab Technology Services Champion (Q4, 2017), and Wealth Management Technology Mad Skillz Award (Q4, 2017) for excellence in performance, leadership, technical ability, and consistent success in delivering team goals • Awarded 2nd place in company wide code-a-thon for proposing and demonstrating the use of custom Spring Boot starters to speed up application development • Spearheaded the use and integration of cloud services, including Eureka, Spring Cloud Config Server, and Spring Cloud Gateway • Advocated for internal open source projects, and contributed as the owner of an internal open source project for Spring Boot starters • Architected several distributed microservices that were part of a larger cloud native platform • Designed and developed integration automation framework for an event driven architecture system ### Associate Software Applications Engineer @ Charles Schwab Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Lone Tree, Colorado • Awarded the Key Contributor Award for excellence in performance and consistent success in delivering team goals (2016) • Improved test-driven development process, unit test effectiveness, and overall coverage with Mockito • Pioneered the use of Bit Bucket for source control management and implemented Git Flow for the branching strategy • Upgraded legacy applications to Spring Boot and a microservices oriented architecture for deployment on Pivotal Cloud Foundry • Completed enhancements for a full stack financial planning web application in Java, Struts, Spring, and JavaScript that consumes both REST and SOAP services ### Founder / Engineer @ Brilliance Animation Studios Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Centennial, Colorado • Published several Android applications to the Google Play Store – Binary2Hex, SimpleBAC, and RecipeOrganizr • All applications were written in Java using Gradle for builds • Used SQLite for local persistence and Dagger for dependency injection • Incorporated Ad mob as a means to monetize the applications ### Student Tutor @ Regis University Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 | Denver, Colorado Regis University provides a free tutoring service to their students in the form of student tutors paid via work study. • Tutored students in various areas of mathematics such as calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations. • Pioneered the online computer science tutoring offering, and would tutor all lower division computer science classes to students in the non-traditional (online) computer science program. ### Technology Track Intern @ Charles Schwab Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Lone Tree, Colorado Charles Schwab had an internship program this year designed to introduce business and tech undergrads to industry. In this program, we were allowed to work in our field of study, while also receiving career advice and mentoring from the leaders of Charles Schwab. • Wrote SQL stored procedures and SQL Server Integration Services projects to automate weekly business reports. • Presented innovative ideas about how the Schwab mobile app could target millennials to leaders of the company. ### Intern @ Arbitrage Compliance Specialists, Inc. Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 | Centennial, CO Arbitrage Compliance Specialists, Inc. provides an internship opportunity for young college students to give them the opportunity to work at a professional job, helping out the company with various tasks while learning about their business and role in the financial world. • (Summer 2013) - Mathematical computation consultant for redesigning company financial software. • (Summer 2012) - Assistant office planner during an office move. Involving critical thinking and planning the locations required for the furniture. ## Education ### Master’s Degree in Computer Software Engineering Regis University Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 ### Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science Regis University Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 ### Regis Jesuit High School Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bwvolleyball --- Source: https://flows.cv/brandonward JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/brandonward/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22