# Brent Luna

> Senior Software Engineer II at Instacart

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/brentluna

Programming, dogs, basketball, video games, coffee.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer II @ Instacart
Jan 2021 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Instacart
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Marqeta, Inc
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
* Work with stakeholders to scope projects, devise and establish coding standards, and advise the team on software architecture in addition to developing features.
* Built a feature to consume an API of alert definitions and allow a user to create and manage Cron Jobs through a React UI
* Integrated Single Sign-on authorization into a user management, Python Flask API
* Designed and created a feature to manage an API’s configuration, reducing the need to rely on deployments to update, removing the reliance on DevOps when making updates

### Software Engineer @ Marqeta, Inc
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
* Designed a customizable and modular data visualization dashboard component that could consume and manipulate multiple APIs, as well as be generated via JSON, allowing Data Scientists to use machine learning to generate relevant dashboards
* Helped design and build the proof of concept for a new microservice based architecture of existing legacy applications
* Integrated with a Natural Language Processing API to provide a Google like, search engine interface, allowing users to ask for data reports, as well as schedule cron jobs in a natural fashion
* Built a “Product Communication” app, that provides a way for people to efficiently inform, as well as learn, what product verticals are currently working on

### Software Engineer @ Cureus
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
Full Stack Software Engineer - (Ruby on Rails, React, Postgresql, Heroku)

* Built an API to scrape XML, and integrated a React frontend, to give the Marketing team direct access to information that previously required Dev time to generate
* Architected and built a new resource Index pages reducing code by 40% with a composable React layout
* Re-built user publishing experience, creating a more friendly and modern UI/UX
* Audited and refactored SQL queries across the website reducing server response time by up to 60%
* Spearheaded major refactor of old jQuery code to React.js and vanilla javascript
* Lead the upgrade to major version updates of Rails and Ruby

### Software Developer @ CivicSolar, Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, CA
- Created an order search tool utilizing Rails and Javascript allowing sales department to find similar orders, increasing order creation efficiency while providing accurate pricing guidance.
- Designed a case ticket system using Rails and Javascript to improve communication and efficiency between the sales and operations teams, reducing response time by 60%.

### Account Manager @ CivicSolar
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016
- Execute sales of solar power systems and services to installers, developers, and property owners 
- Evaluate customers energy needs, available space, shading issues, electrical service limitations, and aesthetic concerns to arrive at a suitable recommendation for the solar system size and configuration.
- Managed a book of accounts of more than 200 customers by providing customer service through technical design assistance and pricing negotiations, managing relationships for more than 3 years.

### Marketing Assistant @ CivicSolar
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
- Oversaw the companies search engine optimization and Google AdWords campaigns. 
- Optimized the AdWords account breaking out the campaigns into more refined individual campaigns allowing for better management and allocation of funds, increasing click rate and reducing overall click to conversion costs.

### Operations Specialist @ CivicSolar
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
- Oversaw order flow, by managing vendor, logistical and customer relationships.
- Created and implemented a case ticketing system to improve communication and efficiency between the sales and operations teams, reducing duration to resolutions.
- Created an order search tool in Python, which allowed sales to find similar orders, increasing order creating efficiency while providing accurate pricing guidance.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics and Environmental Studies
University of California, Santa Cruz

### Full Stack Web Development
App Academy

### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
San Francisco State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brent-luna
- Portfolio: http://brentluna.github.io

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Last updated: 2026-03-29