# John Sickels > Software Engineer // Quality Advocate // Educator Location: Orlando, Florida, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/johnsickels Software Engineer, Quality Advocate, and Educator specialized in full stack web development and automation. Equipped with the JavaScript library and skilled in building scalable, tested, and performant web applications with Node, React, and TypeScript. Cypress and Flagpole workshop leader, and guiding mentor to learning developers. CI/CD specialist with experience in AWS, Jenkins, Google Cloud Platform, CircleCI, and DataDog. Crafting performant and reliable pipelines for development teams to release code with confidence. Mentor and educator, I love to help students through and after bootcamps and other certificate programs to conquer the job seeking and interview process to get their first tech job. Message me with anything! ## Work Experience ### Sr Software Development Engineer @ Blue Origin Jan 2024 – Present | Merritt Island, Florida, United States - Lead a team of 6 engineers, running sprints, coordinating with PMs, and presenting progress to VPs and Directors; served as interim manager for 6 months. - Architected and delivered an AI-driven Work Order Automation platform (Rules Manager + context pipeline), achieving >90% automated accuracy and releasing 100+ work orders. - Advanced company’s flagship goal to automate 50% of work order content, saving hundreds of engineering hours and scaling systems across departments. ### Software Development Engineer III @ Blue Origin Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Merritt Island, Florida, United States - Built and deployed a “last mile” scheduling tool across 1,000+ work centers, enabling production scale from 2 to 52 BE-4 rocket engines/year. - Developed IoT pipelines, downtime tracking, and digital floor monitors, saving millions by replacing OTS software with in-house solutions. - Drove daily AWS/Kubernetes deployments and collaborated cross-functionally to deliver enterprise-wide ERP and scheduling solutions. ### Instructor @ Fullstack Academy Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 - Lead immersive coding bootcamp courses covering the PERN (PostgreSQL, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) stack - Mentor students in mastering fundamental programming concepts and advanced web development techniques - Deliver engaging lectures, workshops, and one-on-one sessions to ensure student success - Facilitate hands-on coding projects and provide constructive feedback for continuous improvement - Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance curriculum and student learning outcomes ### Senior Software Engineer @ FloSports Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Orlando, Florida, United States - Collaborate on a team always learning from other engineers, product managers, and designers to design, build, & maintain experiences that attract & impact millions of sports fans - Iterate on full-stack features alongside others to continuously learn and deliver value to our customers - Anticipate problems & proactively suggest architecture to stay ahead - Deliver well-designed, yet pragmatic solutions that teammates want to build upon - CSS, TypeScript, Angular with RxJS, Vue, JSON APIs, Node.js with NestJS and TypeORM, PHP, Docker, Kubernetes, Redis ### Senior QA Engineer @ FloSports Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Orlando, Florida, United States - Create and implement test plans with an array of OSS and in-house tools with TypeScript, PHP, MySQL, and Firebase. - Collaborate with developers and project managers to assess program capabilities, features, and automated testing demands. - Build CI/CD pipelines and orchestrate solutions with Infrastructure Engineers to report all findings to Lead with improvement recommendations in Jenkins, CircleCI, and Google Cloud Build. - Lead pair programming sessions with other developers and QA Engineers to increase coverage in automation. ### QA Engineer II @ FloSports Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Orlando, Florida Area - Led QA automation initiatives across engineering, establishing Cypress.io and CI pipelines. ### Learning Assistant @ 2U Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Remote • Resolve over 2000 student questions on the MERN stack for in-class activities, homework, and group projects. • Lead study sessions with other Learning Assistants to sharpen our skills as a team. Topics including JavaScript, Node, MySQL, MongoDB. • Collaborate with management to advocate a healthy culture of togetherness and teamwork. ### Teaching Assistant @ UCF Continuing Education Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Orlando, Florida • Provide support and guidance to the students attending UCF's Full Stack Web Development Program. • Reinforce lesson material presented by lead Instructor by helping students with questions and reviewing material one-on-one or in small groups. • Lead class reviews and discussions. • Provide record keeping, such as tracking attendance and grading homework assignments. ### Freelance Web Developer @ theLinc Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Remote • Assess the quality of specifications and technical design documents in order to ensure timely, relevant and meaningful feedback. • Plan and implement strategies for quality management and testing with Cypress.io. • Write clean JavaScript with Mocha/Chai assertions baked in to eliminate tickets on Atlassian agile board with Jira and BitBucket. ## Education ### Associate's degree in Engineering and Business University of Central Florida Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/johnwsickels - Website: https://johnwsickels.com - GitHub: https://github.com/johnsickels - Website: https://bit.ly/resume-js --- Source: https://flows.cv/johnsickels JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/johnsickels/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22