# Dane Ukken

> Software Engineer @ Dolphin Digital | Software Engineer @ Pushpay | Senior Software Engineer @ Holiday Channel | Software Engineer @ Fidelity Investments | MS in Computer Science @ UT Dallas

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/daneukken

I am a Software Engineer with 5 years of backend and fullstack experience and a Master’s in Computer Science from UT Dallas. Over the course of my career, I have built and optimized scalable web applications, distributed systems, and cloud-native solutions across enterprise and startup environments. My technical foundation spans Java, TypeScript, Python, with hands-on expertise in frameworks like Spring Boot, React, and .NET Core, and strong proficiency in cloud platforms such as AWS, and Kubernetes.

What sets me apart is not just my technical breadth, but my ability to thrive in Agile teams and collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders. I enjoy designing clean, efficient systems that improve performance and user experience while contributing reusable components and tooling that accelerate team productivity.

I am deeply curious about emerging technologies and committed to continuous learning, particularly around Generative AI and its potential to transform how we build and interact with software. I’m excited to bring this mindset and strong engineering fundamentals to my next opportunity.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Dolphin Digital OOH Media
Jan 2025 – Present | San Jose, California, United States
Deployed and customized a self-hosted Frappe LMS, implementing S3-backed file storage and environment-specific configurations for scalable media handling.

### Software Engineer @ Pushpay
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Dallas, Texas, United States
- Develop and maintain scalable cloud-based solutions for live and on-demand video streaming, leveraging Cloudflare Workers to optimize content delivery
- Integrated multi-cloud storage strategy, enhancing long-term video archiving by optimizing interoperability to improve data accessibility and storage efficiency.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Holiday Channel®  |  Holiday World
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Dallas, Texas, United States
- Spearheaded the replacement of a legacy WordPress site with a modern holiday content platform, leading a team of 4 to build a scalable React app supported by a decoupled microservices architecture and secured with OAuth 2.0.
 - Implemented Strapi as a headless CMS to empower the content team with self-service capabilities, creating streamlined workflows for publishing holiday articles and managing media assets stored on AWS S3.

### Software Engineer Intern - Frontend @ Resi Media, LLC
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Allen, Texas, United States
- Modernized the application by refactoring sections of the codebase and proactively identified and resolved multiple bugs, leading to improved application stability and performance.
- Drove full-stack development for the platform by creating robust Spring Boot APIs and contributed to the creation of two integral components for the component library, prioritizing accessibility and enhancing the application's modular capability and user experience. 
- Designed and executed a Playwright-based test integration suite to ensure robustness across various scenarios. Simultaneously, added the CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions.

### Software Engineer @ Fidelity Investments
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Developed responsive web applications front-end pages and server-side REST API interactions using React JS, Spring Boot, ElasticSearch, SQL Server and supported these apps as part of a regular on-call roster to debug and prioritize production issues.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
The University of Texas at Dallas

### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dane-ukken
- Portfolio: https://dane-ukken.dev/

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Last updated: 2026-04-10