# Derek Lauziere > Senior Software Engineer, Gomboc.ai Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/dereklauziere ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Gomboc.ai Jan 2024 – Present ### Engineering Manager @ ObvioHealth Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area ### Lead Software Engineer @ ObvioHealth Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 Platform Team ### Software Engineer @ ObvioHealth Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ### Lead Software Engineer @ Pelican Rollouts Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | New York • Employed Kubernetes and leveraged its internal automated networking, self-healing process, auto-scaling, and load-balancing as a container orchestration system for applications employing microservice architecture • Built React-Redux GUI to visualize health of deployed kubernetes clusters using the Kubernetes API, Kubernetes-client, and Kubectl, and automate deployment patches, canary rollouts, and blue-green rollouts • Implemented Redux as a single source of truth to manage and persist complex state information including deeply nested cluster data, desired deployment updates, and YAML files; adhering to flux paradigm to minimize drilling • Utilized AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) to manage and deploy Kubernetes clusters, utilizing Node.Js to handle communication with AWS EKS, IAM and local cluster Kube controller, as well as manage JSON streams from K8s API, and to retrieve key state data to patch JSON objects • Architected styled React components (classes and functional) leveraging Material UI to achieve an accessible, mobile-first, responsive UI design; centralizing CSS theming and adhering to one-way data binding paradigm • Implemented promise-tracking backend functionality to render loading animations as backend performs asynchronous requests by wrapping ASYNC requests in customized monitoring functions which update state • Utilized React Router to create an accessible, responsive, single page interface with navigational components composed declaratively, allowing for constant data continuance and compatibility with modern web bookmarking ### Software Engineer @ Schemu Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 • Implemented fully interactive React rendered front end which transmits state to backend algorithm to print custom SQL database query, obviating the need for employees to sequentially type SQL queries • Utilized Express in middleware design pattern for modularized routing and intuitive responsibility chaining • Implemented websockets to synchronize state across browsers allowing multi-person collaboration sessions • Employed Docker to containerize application, configuring the Linux OS with curl, for consistent performance • Implemented Webpack and package.json scripting to run proxy dev-servers with hot module reloading for faster development cycles ### Software Engineer @ Open Source Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States CodeRacer | Open source online code typing learning tool • Implemented Websockets to enable multiplayer functionality, synchronizing score, text fields, and words per minute to build a competitive gaming environment and accelerate efficacy of user typing skill practice • Utilized React-Redux adhering to the observer pattern, leveraging its SPA capabilities while creating a stable, live connection, and managing complex state without excessive props drilling Implemented styled React components to enable algorithm solving game mode while maintaining unified aesthetics and eliminating potential page reload issues and loss of multiplayer synchronization. • Updated variable-based SCSS implementation to improve stylesheet readability and decrease developer repetition, as well as design theme-unified multiplayer aesthetic based upon Tron Implemented Jest to test users code inputs against expected answers and disallow dangerous inputs. • Patched backend routes in Node.Js to fix Oauth reloading and 404 issues. Added error handling to re-route users to the appropriate location or session in the event of authentication or user error using React Router ### Software Engineer @ Open Source Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 PlosZERO | A dynamic library for aggregating, organizing, and sharing scientific research • Designed a relational database by creating predefined schemas to create one-to-many relationships between inputs to ensure ACID compliance • Architected an SPA for investing group to collate scientific journal articles with React components based on atomic design principles and integrated Styled Components to create a scalable and reusable design system and codebase. • Optimized UX and client side efficiency by leveraging React and React Router’s ability to dynamically display information and increase content delivery speed by implementing static routes which minimized server requests and provided a seamless SPA experience • Developed a React global state management library utilizing both Observer and Flux pattern dynamically building state held in closure allowing any component to modify and listen to called state via store from top level, removing the need for prop drilling ### Software Engineer @ Rested Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 • Built consumer facing ecommerce SPA utilizing React and Node.js • Implemented payment gateway integration ## Education ### BS Biology Boston College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/derek-lauziere --- Source: https://flows.cv/dereklauziere JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/dereklauziere/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22