# Doug Hill

> Senior Software Engineer at CapTech Ventures, Inc

Location: Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/doughill

Full Stack software developer and architect with a preference toward web and cloud architecture. Extensive experience with .NET and JavaScript

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ CapTech Consulting
Jan 2021 – Present | Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States
Migrated Landstar Systems LLC from Twilio to Firebase for mobile push notifications, optimizing performance for an application serving thousands of users and delivering hundreds of thousands of notifications daily.

Overhauled a data synchronization application with critical performance issues for Landstar Systems LLC, implementing an event-driven microservices architecture using .NET 8.0 and RabbitMQ to eliminate bottlenecks and improve efficiency.

Led the development of .NET 8.0 microservices for SVP Worldwide's global sewing website re-platform initiative, upgrading legacy .NET 4.5 systems and integrated with a third-party subscription vendor to provide digital subscriptions for high-end sewing machines users.

Re-architected a legacy React front-end web application for Shotlander Golf Tracking to utilize Hooks and Redux Toolkit, enhancing maintainability, performance and scalability.

Effectively led and mentored junior developers, fostering their technical growth and ensuring high-quality code through regular guidance and code reviews across .NET and React projects.

### Independent Consultant @ Columbia Capital
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Architected a secure, multi-million record search engine in AWS, leveraging a wide array of services, including S3, Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, EC2, RDS, and Cognito, to ensure performance and scalability.

Held bi-weekly client meetings to gather requirements, convert them into user stories, and present architecture proposals with detailed cost estimates for cloud infrastructure.

Developed a full-stack C# and .NET Core 5 application with React and PostgreSQL, implementing advanced database indexing to reduce search times from minutes to seconds.

Managed subcontractors to build Python data processing scripts and a custom authentication workflow using AWS Amplify and Cognito for secure user registration and 2FA.

### Software Engineer @ MSi (Mission Secure, Inc.)
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Washington D.C. Metro Area
Developed an interactive network topology graph with React and Vis.js, providing real-time visualization of security alerts and network details for mission-critical assets in industrial and military sectors.

Integrated React Hooks into an existing application to improve code reusability and boost performance.

Converted a multi-page web application into a streamlined single-page application using create-react-app, incorporating JWT authentication with a .NET Core backend.

Optimized .NET Core backend methods for efficient data storage and retrieval in a MongoDB database, enhancing system performance.

### Software Engineer Intern @ General Dynamics Information Technology
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Washington D.C. Metro Area
Learned Angularjs fundamentals and researched topics on REST Web Services and C#

### Software Engineer @ Jenzabar
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Harrisonburg,VA
.Net Developer for Web based product for higher-level education. Worked in an Agile environment that implements SCRUM methodology.
 
Use of C#, HTML5 and jQuery to add functionality to the application. Experience with MVC framework using NHibernate for data modeling. Also worked with a SQL Server back-end

### Junior Programmer / Technial Support Specialist @ AirDye Solutions
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Harrisonburg, VA

### Network Lab Assistant @ James Madison University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Harrisonburg, Virginia
Maintained a clean computer lab environment for students
Assisted students with networking lab assignments
Closed computer lab after scheduled lab assignments

### IT Intern @ Emergent 360
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Vienna, Virginia
Drafted an RFI proposal promoting Red Hat OpenStack to a United States agency
Installed and synced Symantec Endpoint to an Oracle Database
Performed general hardware and software troubleshooting for fellow coworkers
Sorted and organized excel spreadsheets containing reseller information

### Waiter @ Vito's Italian Kitchen
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Handled customer orders and resolved complaints
Worked cohesively with coworkers to provide optimal service to patrons
Closed the restaurant and checked inventory

### Laborer @ Scarcia and Son
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Beltsville, MD
Worked as a laborer for a concrete pouring business. Cleared and prepared job sites for large concrete pours.


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Software Engineering
George Mason University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019

### B.B.A. in Management Information Systems, General
James Madison University
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014

### Bachelor in Computer Information Systems
James Madison University
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/doug-hill-aa15b147

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Last updated: 2026-03-22