Senior Software Engineer proficient in designing and building database web applications, command line tools, APIs, and server infrastructure Programming Languages (Frameworks): Ruby (Rails, Sinatra), Go, SQL, C, C++, Bash, Vimscript, Python, PHP (Laravel, WordPress), HTML, CSS (Sass), JavaScript (Node, jQuery, Ember,...

2023 — NowMaking SpaceSenior Software Engineer

2023 — Now

Building a SaaS platform for a venture-backed talent acquisition and learning experience system, enabling companies to train and access pre-qualified disabled, overlooked, and underrepresented talent pools.

Developed a real-time course progress tracking system using WebSockets, allowing partner companies to monitor candidate progress live, with data seamlessly integrated into their course dashboards.

Led the development of a self-service course builder, enabling partners to create and manage courses, including quizzes and assignments—with minimal oversight, optimizing scalability and reducing operational touch-points.

Engineered API integration with the Greenhouse Job Board, allowing partners to track candidate progress within Making Space courses and sync updates directly with their ATS for streamlined hiring workflows.

Directed the development of the Opportunity section, integrating with multiple ATS platforms to help partners track and modify applicant progress in real-time, with bi-directional data syncing for comprehensive applicant management.

2021 — 2023IDBSSenior Software Engineer Team Lead

2021 — 2023

Assembled and managed a software engineering team that was responsible for the development of the company's primary product (Process Inventory Management System)

Worked with a cross-functional team to integrate the PIMS product into IDBS software systems post acquisition, including developing new API layers to connect different products

Led the development of the following features:

* Golden Batch Analysis: Analytical system for identifying ideal output and optimizing the manufacturing process to replicate the conditions that produced it. Creates a time-based profile of the measurement values that are recorded for a particular batch that meet product quality targets (Plotly, D3, Python, Ruby/Rails)

* Process Versioning: Feature that allows users to create a new version of a model with changes recorded. The system then monitors and controls all changes applied to a model, allowing the recovery of a previous version when needed (Papertrail Gem)

* High Frequency Data: Relational database setup used for collecting time-series data from batch testing in PIMS (TimeScaleDB)

* Correlation Charts: Analytical instrument used for determining whether a relationship exists between variables and then determining the magnitude and action of that relationship (Plotly, D3, Python, Ruby/Rails)

* External Database Access: System for extracting data from third party database vendors into a SaaS system for use by customers. The database systems includes PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle. This coding functionality is included in a US patent

2019 — 2021Skyland AnalyticsSenior Software Engineer

2019 — 2021

Boulder, Colorado

Created software applications (Ruby/Rails, PostgreSQL, Python/pySI, R) that provided enterprise risk management and analytical services to drug and device manufacturers

Collaborated with senior management regarding the direction of the technical stack and future development of products to meet the precise requirements of pharmaceutical manufacturers and the FDA’s standards for software

Created the following features:

* Derived Data: Lexer / Parser feature used to create and determine statistical formulas from user input (Treetop Gem)

* Individuals Control Chart: Analytical tool used to monitor variables in the data from a industrial process for which it is impractical to use rational subgroups (Plotly, D3, Python, Ruby/Rails)

* Regression Charts: Set of statistical processes for estimating the relationships between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables (Plotly, D3, Python, Ruby/Rails)

2017 — 2019Descartes Aljex™Software Engineer Team Lead (Infrastructure)

2017 — 2019

Boulder, Colorado

Developed and configured new server infrastructure using a modern cloud technology stack

(Ruby, Docker, Chef, Go, Bash, OpenStack)

Led a team of DevOps engineers responsible for maintaining and creating a new configuration

setup for multiple applications within the company's SaaS platform

Worked on the following products:

* Buffapro: Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains REST API integration

* aljex_rails: Authored and maintained the Aljex app generator gem. This tool scaffolded a new Rails application with the standard configurations necessary to integrate into the company's software system

2017 — 2017Descartes Aljex™Software Engineer

2017 — 2017

Boulder, Colorado

Utilized a variety of computer languages and frameworks (Ruby/Rails, CoffeeScript, SQL) to build applications, gems, and APIs for a cloud based trucking logistics company

Worked on the following products:

* Fleet Portal: Routing and tracking application for trucking companies. System also helps customers track and maintain accounting records on their clients (Ruby/Rails, VueJS)

* FPData / FPData Rails: In-house gem that allows newer software systems to communicate with company's old database system and move the data to a modern database solution (PostgreSQL)

Education

2017 — 2019

Oregon State University

Bachelor of Science - BS

2017 — 2019

2009 — 2013

University of Nevada, Reno

Bachelor of Business Administration and Management (B.B.A.)

2009 — 2013

Experience+

Education

Bachelor of Science - BS

Bachelor of Business Administration and Management (B.B.A.)