# Brian Garbarz

> Senior Software Engineer

Location: Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/briangarbarz

A passionate full-stack senior software engineer that utilizes the best software engineering practices and coding standards to deliver value-adding solutions to complex problems within an Agile/Scrum environment.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ ParentSquare
Jan 2024 – Present | Goleta, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Intuit Mailchimp
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

### Senior Software Engineer @ Zumba
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States
• Increased educational enrollment rates by 40% by converting the process to a single-page application.
• Saved over 80,000 memberships during the COVID-19 pandemic by leading a team to deliver
instructors a new online learning platform and a 50% membership discount page.
• Boosted mobile and e-commerce sales by 25% by integrating several international payment
processors: PayPal, Klarna, Adyen, Cybersource, Smart2Pay, and Apple Pay via the W3C Payment
Request API.
• Enabled business managers to adjust application behavior on the fly and reduce request turnaround by 90% by building a comprehensive rules engine based on MongoDB.

### Software Engineer @ Zumba
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States
• Empowered over 10,000 instructors to join a new membership program by streamlining a legacy
enrollment process with a modern JavaScript framework and an up-to-date backend framework.
• Decreased class and media server query responses by at least 50% through the usage of Elasticsearch.
• Raised site conversions by 15% by expanding online educational content to instructors.

### Software Developer I @ Emphasys Software
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Miami, Florida, United States
• Improved the performance of an MLS web service by 50% by converting it from WCF to REST.
• Optimized the performance of several web applications by refactoring their client-side functionality.
• Augmented user traffic by over 50% by implementing intuitive web interfaces and improving UX.

### Web Development Intern @ Costa Farms
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Miami, Florida, United States
• Enhanced merchandiser efficiency by 30% by providing desktop and mobile web solutions.
• Implemented an ASP.NET web portal to facilitate collaboration between 20 business partners.
• Reduced the initial load times of several websites by more than 50% by refactoring their frontends.


## Education
### Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science
Florida International University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014

### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Information Technology Software Development Concentration
Florida International University
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/briangarbarz

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Last updated: 2026-03-22