# Byron Barnes

> Staff Software Engineer

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/byronbarnes

Full stack engineer, recent experience in front end (React) and mobile development (iOS), acting as a team lead at a fast paced startup.  Node, Go, Ruby, TDD.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Afresh
Jan 2022 – Present | Atlanta, GA
-Designing and developing for an iPad application and API backend to empower grocery partners to reduce food waste, lower shrink, and improve freshness for their customers
-Lead modernization project which consolidated client-specific code into the API layer and allowed multiple client types to share the same interfaces
-Reduced a complex surface area of calculating incoming inventory for items into an intuitive and performant web service
- Supported implementation of a barcode scanner via reviewing React Native code and implementing API to sanitize, store, and serve consistently formatted UPCs and PLUs.
-Automated report generation and delivery using scheduled Node.js jobs and Service Bus message queues
- Implemented DBT pipeline to transform grocer item data into a daily list of items eligible for being counted during inventory in stores
- React frontend for reviewing results of periodic inventory counts, for customer financial reporting

### Lead Software Engineer @ Opendoor
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Built an iPad application used by home inspectors and renovators
- Designed extensible backend services to surface insights on home quality issues, inspection checklists, and scheduled field visits
- Created and executed rollout plan of app to 20 U.S. markets
- Incorporated user analytics and field testing to guide plan
- Scheduled / conducted 1-on-1 meetings and full team retrospectives
- Quarterly cost/benefit analysis of upcoming engineering initiatives

### Senior Software Engineer @ The Home Depot
Jan 2011 – Jan 2017 | Atlanta, GA
- Developed, marketed, and supported a Java API for asynchronous messaging which reduced support and maintenance cost by 50%
- Fostered adoption of 12 Factor, Test-Driven-Development, Microservices, DevOps, and XP practices in a massive development community, enabling full-stack mastery.
- Built various Cloud Foundry self-service tools in Node.js, GoLang, Java, and Python, increasing speed to market by 200%.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Management Information Systems, General
The University of Alabama
Jan 2006 – Jan 2010


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/byron-barnes-3551b3231

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Last updated: 2026-03-22