# Dylan McNamara > Software Engineer Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/dylanmcnamara Self-starter, Ex-Amazon, Ex-StubHub with early-stage startup experience, B.S, M.S. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Fifr Jan 2024 – Present | Remote - Architected advisor notification system using Typescript, GraphQL, Postgres, AWS SQS, ECS, and SES saving advisors hours per week and scaling how many members a single advisor could manage - Optimized scalability of GraphQL API, reducing latency 10x while supporting 10x more data per query - Architected authentication system for users, B2B orgs, bots, and developers with MFA using Cognito - Optimized User List API latency from 5s for 150 members to 500ms for 2000 members by (1) leveraging bulk queries, (2) adding caching layers, and (3) reducing system calls - Introduced async CQRS system with SQS, ECS, Postgres and TS to sync and link member finances in real-time - Processed 100+ GB of customer financial data (>28MB/day/customer) using Postgres and S3, and ETL Jobs - Built data pipelines integrating Plaid and eMoney APIs with Postgres, AWS RDS, S3, SQS, and ECS - Implemented centralized logging across all backend using AWS CDK, Grafana, Cloudwatch, and Kinesis - Optimized deployments by reducing container push times from 30 minutes to 2 minutes and cutting sprint-wide deployments from over 3 hours to under 1 hour using GitHub Actions, AWS CDK, and Bash scripts - Managed application domains and deployments using AWS Route53, AWS CDK, ECS, and AppRunner - Implemented API firewall, bot detection, network isolation, and AWS SSO using Twingate, AWS WAF, VPC, EC2, IAM, CloudFormation and API Gateway to strengthen security for SOC 2 compliance - Enhanced frontend with Next.js, React, and TypeScript, improving customer workflows by reducing clicks, streamlining state management with React Hooks and urql, and lowering API calls for faster page loads - Integrated chat message with Agentic RAG AI framework using Python, SNS, SQS, OpenAI, and ECS ### Senior Software Engineer @ StubHub Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Irvine, California, United States - Delivered seller tooling for ticketing marketplace using C#, JS, TS, Azure, AWS, Microsoft SQL, and Open AI - Communicated actively with customers regarding software fixes and enhancements - Coordinated with leadership to improve cross-team communication, task delegation, and estimation ### Senior Software Engineer @ Embark Trucks Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Remote - Managed 10s of petabytes (PBs) of self-driving sensor and operational data for data infrastructure team - Designed end-to-end and integration tests using Docker and Jenkins to improve maintainability code quality - Optimized SQL queries reducing memory usage from GBs to MBs and processing time from minutes to sec’s - Expanded documentation with runbooks and structured design documents to better share team knowledge - Established team processes to enhance team productivity, communication, and knowledge sharing - Mentored engineers to improve productivity and expand understanding of engineering concepts - Improved developer experience and system testing using Docker, Docker python library, and venv - Consulted on large front-end refactor using ReactJS state management with redux and react hooks - Coordinated across teams to fix networking issues in Kubernetes on EKS and network load balancers in AWS - Investigated issues in Airflow and Spark for data processing resulting in improved reliability and speed - Implemented new monitors and alerts in DataDog to monitor health of data systems ### AWS AI SDE @ Amazon Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States • Designed kotlin library for SQL analysis and trans-compiling • Directed and delegated tasks to a team of 3 other engineers • Designed date-time compiler analysis using composite pattern and integrating with AWS Redshift • Enhanced operational excellence by introducing various test suites using testng and junit • Designed builder pattern to encapsulate regex validation of SQL to greatly improve extensibility of test suite • Implemented CI/CD pipeline with integration testing designed to ensure operational excellence • Managed and deployed back-end infrastructure changes using AWS CDK • Debugged event-driven AWS code to improve operational testing for internal legal software • Analyzed effort to implement new customer-facing feature and provided estimate and design ### Software Engineer 3 @ Bluebeam, Inc. Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Pasadena, California, United States - Extending features of microservices using NestJS, Golang, and Domain-Driven-Design - Integrated 3rd party APIs in NestJS and TypeScript service including (but not limited to) google-drive api, dropbox api, box, and microsoft graph api - Devised in-house software utility to update C# projects saving hundreds of hours of senior engineering effort - Collaborated with senior engineering and architecture to improved CI/CD pipeline using AWS ECR and Jenkins - Designed algorithmic bipartite graph analysis to provide better understanding of customer use-cases for the sake of optimizing rendering performance ### Software Engineer 2 @ Bluebeam, Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Pasadena - Mentored engineers on windows certificates and C# build process - Initiated rearchitecting of 3D rendering aspect of the software to improve stability, maintainability - Analyzed and fixed threading issues in highly coupled areas of code - Designed and coordinated test suite for software visual rendering - Devised in-house software utility to update C# projects saving hundreds of hours of senior engineering effort - Presented architectural design reviews for major 3D refactoring ### Software Engineer @ Bluebeam, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Pasadena, CA - Designed customer features using C#, WPF, XAML, and Winforms - Fixed bugs for certificate verification on windows - Worked in a team of engineers and product managers to improve customer experience on windows software ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ University of California San Diego Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | La Jolla, CA Teaching Assistant for Digital Design Lab, Operating Systems, and Computer Architecture ### Software Engineering Intern @ CliniComp, Intl. Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | La Jolla -Programmed using React, Mobx, and JavaScript to redesign web app user interface -Collaborated using pair programming to design application layout and custom UI elements ### Software Developer Internship @ Northrop Grumman Corporation Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Redondo Beach, CA -Agile development including daily team meetings, sprint retrospectives, and code reviews -Debugged projects and dll’s in C#, C++, Visual Basic, and .NET Framework -Collaborated in a team of over ten software developers using Tortoise SVN to manage code ### Tutor @ Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | La Jolla, California - Developed code in python to determine binary code heuristic based on Fibonacci sequence - Assisted in debugging student LogicWorks projects ### Summer Researcher @ Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | La Jolla, California - Designed embedded system using Beaglebone Black microcontroller, sensors, and C language - Developed communication and teamwork skills by collaborating a team of five students - Programmed in C++ and OpenCV so that the BeagleBone saves video based on sensor input - Designed clipper amplifier circuit and rectifier circuit for the input signal - Debugged C code for embedded system and utilized Git to save data ### Sales Representative @ Vector Marketing Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Los Angeles, California - Sold over $9500 worth of products through home visits and telephone calls - Leadership, teamwork and communication skills demonstrated through sales experience - Starting Position: Trainee; Ending Position: Advisor ## Education ### Master’s Degree in Computer Science UC San Diego ### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering UC San Diego ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dylan-mcnamara-8065b697 --- Source: https://flows.cv/dylanmcnamara JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/dylanmcnamara/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30