# melanie johnson

> sr. software engineer at WorkRamp • death metal vocalist

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/melaniejohnson

## Work Experience
### sr. software engineer @ WorkRamp
Jan 2022 – Present
• Write server-side code for WorkRamp, a Learning Management System marketed to small & mid-sized businesses.  Develop readable, maintainable, well-designed classes & services.  Ensure that all operations are performant & that database interactions scale well.  Implement integrations with external APIs such as OpenAI, Microsoft, & Zoom.  Key technologies: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq.
• Design database schemas for extensibility & scalability.  Key technologies: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Snowflake.
• Implement the front end of the WorkRamp application.  Ensure that the application is performant, responsive, & accessible.  Key technologies: TypeScript (React), JavaScript (React).
• Thoughtfully design, implement, & document REST APIs for internal use.  Key technology: Ruby on Rails.
• Use Amazon Web Services for resource management & deployment.  Key technologies: CodePipeline, EC2, S3.

### lead vocalist @ Second Shooter (band)
Jan 2018 – Present
screaming • growling • singing
www.secondshooterband.com

### sr. software engineer @ Laserfiche
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | long beach, CA
• Wrote server-side code for web products in the Laserfiche suite, an enterprise content & business process management solution.  Ensured that all components were performant, secure, & scalable.  Key technologies: C# (.NET Framework, .NET Core).
• Built products & microservices hosted in Amazon Web Services.  Key technologies: CloudFormation, DynamoDB, EC2, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Implemented the front end of web products in the Laserfiche suite.  Ensured that the applications were performant, responsive, & accessible.  Key technologies: JavaScript (jQuery, AngularJS), TypeScript (Angular).
• Thoughtfully designed & implemented REST APIs & corresponding .NET client libraries for use by multiple product teams. 
• Managed direct reports & interns, helping newer employees & team members get comfortable in their roles & positioning them for independent growth.
• Presented an annual training course about effective use of Laserfiche products to audiences of up to 100 conference attendees.

### software engineer i, ii, iii @ Laserfiche
Jan 2014 – Jan 2020 | long beach, CA

### software engineer @ KEYW Corporation
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
• Developed a commercial network security project on an Agile team. Key technologies: Windows API, Java, Google Protocol Buffers, sockets programming.
• Completed several systems programming projects for Internal Research and Development. Key technologies: C, C++.


## Education
### Brown University
Jan 2009 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/melaniesaraj

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Last updated: 2026-03-22