# Brian K Graham

> Full Stack Dev | Mentor | Debugger

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/briankgraham

I strive for simplicity, consistency, maintainability, and keeping my curiosity high  - I am a software engineer with a strong background in building/expanding/refactoring systems via tools such as Javascript, React, Redux, NodeJS, RoR, Docker, and relational/non-relational DBs, among others. Comfortable with CS fundamentals, and I'm all about working with teams utilizing various front-end vanillaJS/frameworks/libs (React, AngularJS etc.) as well as creating server-side architecture with Node, Python, and Ruby on Rails. From deployment (AWS, CircleCI, Jenkins, Openshift, etc.) to production features/maintenance, I can help.

...and just for fun...I like using linters. ;)

## Work Experience
### Sr Software Engineer @ The Walt Disney Company
Jan 2024 – Present
- Maintained and expanded a large ecosystem of test-driven Node.js microservices and React-based frontend components
- Streamlined content creation with a custom form generation app and reusable form library across applications
- Owned Node.js search infrastructure for Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, supporting multi-cluster zero-downtime upgrades
- Consolidated metadata schemas into a database-driven design for consistency across apps
- Built features for content ingestion and integrated external APIs to support partner workflows
- Led a high impact Java project on encrypted file uploads, ensuring high-security compliance
- Leveraged AI/automation tools to accelerate workflows and reduce repetitive development tasks
- Coordinated cross-functional work with infrastructure, security, and operations teams beyond the 20-person dev team, and led monthly developer catch-ups to keep projects aligned
- Mentored new hires and junior developers, helping them ramp up quickly and maintain best practices across the team

### Senior Software Engineer @ The Walt Disney Company
Jan 2019 – Jan 2024
Part of Disney's Content Management platform, Full Stack Dev

Node, Streams, Koa, React 16, Redux, Microservices, Docker, Elasticsearch, Jest, Material, MongoDB, AWS, Kubernetes

### Lead Software Engineer @ Hire Smarter
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area
Predictive Hiring Application - Led a small engineering team building a new ecosystem for the company's direction as they built up clientele that included Yahoo, among others.

Key initiatives: Built a solid development platform as it grew from a monolith and expanded into other service integrations. Designed to help developers move quickly to deliver features/bug fixes.

Tools: Apollo, GraphQL, Postgresql, Node, React, Redux, AWS (ECS, Elasticache, RDS, EC2, SNS, SQS), SocketIO, Kue, Python, MongoDB, Docker, Serverless

- Built Multi-Tenant infrastructure via Node/Postgres/AWS
- Designed customizable user permissions/roles for application
- Generated high-level abstractions to be used team-wide
- Automated as much dev-ops tasks as I can
- Strived to find a compromise between simplicity and functionality
- Interfaced with the Machine Learning Python API, handled deployment architecture, bug fixes and new features
- Collaborated with engineering team to manage overall architecture and mentor as needed
- Created a serverless microservice structure to allow for services such as notifications
- Coordinated with Product to facilitate feature sets and transform them into easily testable deliverables
- Met deadlines by maintaining and improving team engineering processes such as code reviews and test coverage

### Software Engineer @ Kaleo Software
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Kaleo is a SaaS search engine and captures/delivers enterprise knowledge in Q&A format

Full Stack / Integrations Engineer utilizing Node / React / Redux / Rails / Postgres

Maintained and designed proprietary APIs + worked with various integrations such as ServiceNow, + designed bots for Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Confluence to integrate with the Kaleo Search system

### Software Engineer @ Avenue Labs
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Los Angeles
SaaS Application designed to enhance Real Estate Agents abilities to manage their day-to-day (appointments, up-to-date MLS information): built in React / Redux, Rails, Node / Express, Mongo, and Postgres.

- Improved development time through code reviews, generating engineering team guidelines, and using tools such as Redux to generate a structure for quick building and restructuring of code
- Refactored Ruby on Rails app to use React and take advantage of predictable state and virtual DOM
- Incorporated Redux and custom middleware to manage application state
- Fixed Node memory issues in current build by implementing queuing systems to handle bulk data writes from MLS feeds
- Built APIs to enhance user needs and lay the groundwork for new apps to connect and share data

### Software Engineering Mentor @ Hack Reactor
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
- Support and mentor junior developers and software engineers helping expand their knowledge of JavaScript, MVC frameworks (ie. Angular, Backbone, React), Node Servers, Databases (ie. MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
- Interview HackReactor software developer applicants on their JavaScript programming knowledge
- Review and provide feedback on JavaScript software application submissions


## Education
### Computer Science Courses
Oregon State University

### B.S. in Business in Marketing, Entrepreneurship
Chapman University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/briankgraham
- Website: http://briankellygraham.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22