# Evan Laia

> Senior Software Engineer

Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/evanlaia

I am a Full Stack Software Engineer with a passion for building the best solutions with the best tools available. I graduated (December 2017) from The University of Texas at San Antonio with a B.S. in Computer Science with a concentration in Software Engineering. I have previously worked for The Pro's Closet and The Home Depot in full stack engineering roles. I am looking for full time employment and can be contacted directly at evanlaia@gmail.com.


Relavent Tool Proficiencies:
• Backend: Java, Javascript, Typescript, Python, Go, C
• Front End: Javascript, Typescript, React, HTML, Redux, CSS, Django
• Database: MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Cassandra
• Frameworks: SpringBoot, NodeJS, Express, Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, Amazon SQS, Micronaut, Redis
• DevOps: GitHub, AWS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Jenkins, Concourse, Shopify, Docker, Storybook, Google
Cloud Platform
• SRE: NewRelic, Prometheus, Grafana, Chaos Monkey, ToxiProxy, Defining SLA/O/I's
• Comfortable writing code on Windows, OSX, and Linux

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ SymphonyAI Sensa-NetReveal
Jan 2023 – Present

### Full Stack Engineer @ The Pro’s Closet
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Austin, Texas, United States
• Collaborate with product and business teams to build a better E-Commerce solution for our customers
• Building backend solutions in Express and Typescript and performed data migrations in MySQL to allow for better individual product browsing on the Shopify site
• Integrate a custom React + InstantSearch solution to leverage Algolia indexing to create a better product search experience
• Improve our internal React app for the warehouse team to increase productivity and usability by adding new front end React components, building and maintaining Express/Typescript API's, and running database updates and indices
• Create and update Python scripts to automate manual data updates and migrations
• Add custom React components to the internal component library for use with Storybook
• Employ stacked GitHub pull requests to allow for easier and faster PR reviews
• Deploy code in lower life cycles and production using AWS CodePipeline, Elastic Beanstalk, and EC2
instances
• Work efficiently in a fast paced, start up environment on a small, Agile engineering team of 4 developers, 1
UX engineer, and a product manager
• Utilize OKR's to create clear and obtainable goals that could be aligned across teams
• Navigate ambiguity in project requirements and self sufficiency in problem solving in a remote environment

### Software Engineer II @ The Home Depot
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Utilize NodeJS and Java/Spring Boot microservices to deliver THD truck routes across teams both
synchronously and asynchronously via database driven API's and Kafka queues
• Write lightweight Go adapters to assist in data translation between internal and external layers in the tech stack
• Use unit and integration tests for CI to ensure consistent contracts between a large number of teams
• Deploy applications via Concourse for lower life cycles and Jenkins for production in a THD owned Pivotal Cloud Foundry instance
• Create company first Java/Micronaut microservices to increase system uptime while minimizing the size of the applications
• Collaborate with SRE team to integrate NewRelic and Prometheus agents to ensure alerting, monitoring, and self healing properties across all applications
• Frequently utilized paired programming in an Agile/XP development environment to increase collaboration and productivity
• Ensure mission critical applications durability to withstand millions of requests and thousands of daily orders
with maximum uptime
• Employ domain driven design to create consistent and reliable architecture between dozens of teams'
applications
• Collaborate with business team, project manager, and principal engineer to identify potential improvements

### Associate Software Engineer @ The Home Depot
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Austin, Texas Area
Software Engineer - Route Planning - Delivery

### Junior Software Developer @ Geo2Flow
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Antonio, Texas Area
Developed mobile applications for iOS and Android to support the Geo2Flow suite of software.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/evan-laia-450123128

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Last updated: 2026-03-22