# Brian Clarke

> Senior Software Engineer at Braze

Location: Albany, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/brianclarke

I am passionate about software engineering and collaborating with others. Throughout my career, I've worked with several languages and frameworks including Java, React, Go, Python, and most recently Ruby among others.

Product engineering and projects that focus on user experience are what drive me to be a software engineer. I strive to develop robust software because I enjoy meeting customer needs in a society where technology is growing so quickly.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Braze
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States
Full-stack software development using React, Ruby, MongoDB, and more!

### Full Stack Software Engineer @ Braze
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Remote - NY
Using React, Ruby on Rails, and MongoDB to deliver features for Segments on the Braze platform

### Software Engineer @ Tempus Ex
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Austin, Texas, United States
- Added Datadog metric reporting for a Go microservice
- Designed a Go microservice with an AWS RDS PostgreSQL DB using AWS CDK for sports data

### Software Engineer II @ GoDaddy
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Austin, Texas
• Coordinated with non-engineering teams to migrate hundreds of customers’ websites from Duda to GoDaddy W+M
• Built React components for a customer-facing web form

### Software Engineer @ GoDaddy
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Austin, Texas
•	Utilizing AWS tools such as SQS, Dynamo, S3, and SSM to manage services that help content specialists create and respond to social media posts
•	Developed a Java service to automatically provision websites on GoCentral
•	Designing a Kotlin service to streamline the process of making photoshoots accessible to customers on Websites + Marketing

### Software Developer @ IBM
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Austin, Texas Area
- Developed a CLI for developers to manage their projects on the IBM Cloud and for private use. 
- Users can easily create, build, run, and deploy cloud native applications utilizing Docker containers and Kubernetes technologies.
- Developers can choose to create a project from 5 different runtimes or enable homemade applications to work with our tool.
- I mainly used GoLang to developer the tool.

### Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ Virginia Tech
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Computer Science Department
I held office hours and led lab sessions for a second year computer science course about data structures and algorithms.

### Application Developer Intern @ Ford Motor Company
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Dearborn, Michigan

### Software Developer Internship @ Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Developed features for the Lowe's Android Wear application and Lowe's Android app

### Mentor and Committee Member @ Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015

### Outside Services @ The Bedens Brook Club
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014
Caddying, maintaining clean and professional area, creating connections with members


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in , Computer Science
Virginia Tech
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017

### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mathematics
Virginia Tech
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brian-clarke-7ab38294

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Last updated: 2026-03-22