# Connor Monks

> Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services

Location: Schenectady, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/connormonks

## Work Experience
### Software Development Engineer II @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2021 – Present
* Tech lead for the Engagement Security Automation Controller project, ensuring proper security mechanisms were in place for AWS engagements, resulting in a near 100% security compliance rate across all engagements

* Played a key role in the development of a new AWS service, designing critical components

*Proactively enhanced operational excellence across projects by improving pipeline reliability, debuggability, and test coverage, resulting in increased efficiency and fewer bugs

* Developed backend services using TypeScript, Go, and Java focusing on reliability and security

### Software Engineer @ Asante Sign Group
Jan 2021 – Present | Remote
•Developed a windows desktop application using Electron with a C++ node addon to automate repetitive architectural drawing work required in CorelDRAW which improved layout time by 75%

•Implemented a bin packing algorithm based on 2D Guillotine Pack variants to efficiently pack vector graphics into bin sizes specified by the user

### Software Engineer @ Pluralsight
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Boston, MA / Remote
•Developed a time tracking dashboard with NodeJS, Typescript, React, Postgres, and 4 text editor extensions to help Pluralsight’s users to understand their work day

•Developed a sidecar binary using Rust to ship with text editor extensions in order to minimize the cost of developing new extensions

•Integrated with user’s Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook accounts to display time spent in meetings on the user’s dashboard

•Consumed billions of records from other developer teams at Pluralsight using Kafka and RabbitMQ to display other event data on the user’s dashboard

### Software Engineer @ Asante Sign Group
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Gloversville, New York
•Devised and developed multiple web apps based on various problems identified across the business

•Built an online ordering system for signage using Stripe’s Payments API.

•Created a dashboard for employees to track work in progress using NodeJS, React, Redux, Redis, and MongoDB

•Developed an online braille translator that converted text to its proper braille notation according to the Grade 2 Unified English Braille Standard

### Modified Soccer Coach @ Broadalbin-Perth Central School District
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Broadalbin, New York
Head coach of the Modified Boys Soccer Team.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations
Questrom School of Business, Boston University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29