Software Engineer with 12+ years of full-stack development experience looking for a challenging role utilizing cutting-edge technology. An enthusiastic and motivated team player who loves to learn and build solutions that exceed customer expectations.

Experience

2018 — NowUpdoxSenior Software Engineer

2018 — Now

Dublin, Ohio

Full-stack Java/Kotlin (Spring Boot) and JavaScript (TypeScript, React, Next, Vue, Node) developer. Other technologies used include MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, AWS (S3, SNS, SQS, OpenSearch, etc.) WebSockets, Keycloak, Twilio and many others.

Using AI (Claude Code, Codex and CodeRabbit) to greatly increase development throughput.

Collaborate with product, UI/UX and other developers to add features across several microservices.

Built React and Vue component libraries to UI/UX specification on top of headless components for great usability and accessibility.

Directed an effort to move our tech stack from Angular/Vue to React, JavaScript to TypeScript, CSS Modules to Tailwind and Java to Kotlin.

Greenfield development of multiple applications, such as Forms, Fax Dashboard, Video Chat

Feature development and support of many others, such as Appointment Reminders, Messenger and the core Inbox.

Helped transition our infrastructure from on-prem to AWS.

2016 — 2018Cardinal HealthSoftware Engineer

2016 — 2018

Dublin, Ohio

Full-stack Java and JavaScript developer on an agile team using primarily Ember, REST, Spring Boot and MySQL.

Develop features for an inventory management solution that tracks inventory, drug administration, provides reporting and ordering capabilities.

Support a distributed system with 100+ servers on-site and 300+ Windows tablets in the field.

Utilize test driven development and pair programming to help ensure product quality and shared understanding.

Create PDF and CSV reports using JasperReports.

Integrate a test framework using JUnit, Mocha, Geb and Spock to increase code coverage and reduce manual efforts by 50% per release.

Implement analytics tracking with Matomo (Piwik) and Google Analytics.

Upgrade Ember across multiple major releases.

Collaborate with a customer support team to investigate and resolve end-user reported issues.

Mentor junior/entry level team members on Ember, component architecture, testing approach and backend design.

2012 — 2016UnisysJava Software Developer

2012 — 2016

Lansing, Michigan

Michigan Statewide Automated Child Welfare System (MiSACWIS)

Built JavaServer Pages in J2EE with an Oracle database.

Developed features for an application that managed every aspect of foster care including intake, investigation, case management, judicial proceedings and expense tracking.

Juvenile Justice/Child Care Fund Project

Led a small team of developers in redesigning a legacy application for integration into a new module of MiSACWIS.

Provided design input, development estimates and critiqued requirements.

Worked directly with the business analyst and product owner to measure and fulfill deliverables.

Helped convert the project from waterfall to agile, reducing the time to complete features substantially.

Education

2009 — 2012

Michigan State University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

2009 — 2012