# Dylan Katz > Senior Software Engineer Location: Spokane-Coeur d'Alene Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/dylankatz I am a versatile software engineer with experience in full stack, front-end, and back-end development. I thrive on solving complex problems, delivering high-quality innovations under tight deadlines, and collaborating with teams of all sizes. On large teams, I enjoy mentoring and guiding junior developers, and on smaller teams, I am quick to take initiative and ownership of projects. Clear communication and setting realistic expectations are priorities for me, whether I am working with teammates or leadership. I am a quick learner, and I stay on top of industry trends. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Alaska Airlines Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 | SeaTac, Washington, United States I worked on Alaska Airlines’ flight search platform. I addressed production defects, improved accessibility standards, and supported the release of new features in a high-traffic, customer-facing environment. ### Senior Software Engineer @ IntelliTect Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Spokane, Washington, United States IntelliTect is a software consultancy firm that works with a variety of clients. Axon: • Built an analytics platform that shipped as part of their VR police training application CEV Multimedia: • Implemented modern web architecture techniques to improve performance and speed up development • Slashed response times from minutes to seconds for certain mission critical operations ### Software Engineer III @ Truveta Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Bellevue, Washington, United States Truveta aggregates and analyzes protected health information (PHI) and personal identifying information (PII) for use by medical researchers, with a dataset of over 100 million people. I have designed, developed and maintained applications that: • Enforce and monitor our security and compliance policies • Automate replication of user access across separate tenants in cloud environments • Increase access to users making just-in-time (JIT) permission access requests Impacts include: • Attaining and maintaining compliance goals, like SOC 2 Type 2 • Saving thousands of person-hours per year in manual administration and reporting tasks ### Software Engineer II @ BitTitan Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Bellevue, Washington, United States BitTitan specialized in migrating enterprises from on-prem solutions to the cloud, as well as between cloud providers. Position was eliminated due to outsourcing following an acquisition. • Integrated many SaaS tools together, such as Salesforce, Chargebee and Marketo • Aggregated data to enable effective company-wide business intelligence • Impact: dramatically reduced third party licensing expenses, while responding more quickly to business needs • REST APIs included Salesforce, Chargebee, Intacct, Marketo, BambooHR ### Software Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Redmond, Washington Microsoft’s HoloLens is an augmented reality (AR) headset that is used for enterprise, military and recreational purposes. • Owned the ETL system for all data involved in manufacturing the HoloLens • Pulled data continuously from 80+ stations scattered around the world to a central database • Maintained an internal portal used by hardware engineers to track and monitor parts through the manufacturing process • Built PowerBI dashboards for identifying defects in the manufacturing process • Impact: accelerated the ability to debug hardware issues, enabling a higher product quality ### Software Design Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Bellevue, Washington I started developing a Windows 10 to Bing interface designed for touchscreen users. I also investigated and fixed bugs for the Windows 10 Search Box. Unfortunately, Microsoft restructured the team and dropped all its vendors. I was contracting through Collabera. ### Software Engineer @ DB Engineering Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Redmond, WA DB Engineering is an HVAC optimization consultancy firm that works with Microsoft, Google and others to optimize costs and help the environment. • Created command line application for processing non-standardized data files from building management systems (BMS) using machine learning • Created a graphical application to assist mechanical engineers structure data from BMSs • Wrote and optimized SQL queries and other scripts needed by the team • Impact: cut the manual effort for analyzing and optimizing the energy efficiency of new buildings from weeks to minutes ### Software Engineering Intern @ Cyemptive Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Redmond, WA The cybersecurity start-up is coming to market with a next generation firewall platform. My project was to research and develop a parallel task scheduler to include penetration testing tools with their Continuous Integration system. This was an internship position for my Capstone Project needed to complete my graduation requirements from UW. ### Software Engineering Intern @ DB Engineering Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Redmond, WA I developed a graphical application to assist mechanical engineers structure data from building management systems. This tool reduced a multi-day process down to just a couple of hours. This was a paid summer internship position. ### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ University of Washington, Bothell Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Bothell, WA The purpose of the Elcano Project is to design an autonomously driving recumbent tricycle, which can be sold and used cheaply. I developed the asynchronous inter-device serial communication protocol, as well as a significant portion of the vision-based obstacle detection system. ### Assignment Grader @ University of Washington, Bothell Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Bothell, WA I graded assignments for STMATH 308, a matrix math and linear algebra class. ### Software Engineering Intern @ DB Engineering Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Redmond, WA Developed a desktop application that calculates the total pressure drop around HVAC systems. One of the key designs was the ability to handle and convert arbitrary units of measure. ### High School Intern @ Aerojet Rocketdyne Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Redmond, WA Lead a four-person team in the design of the recovery system for a liquid fueled rocket. ### High School Intern @ Genie – a Terex brand Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Redmond, WA Designed in a team a solar powered light tower for usage on construction sites. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Software Engineering University of Washington Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dylan-j-katz --- Source: https://flows.cv/dylankatz JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/dylankatz/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22