# Rory Fahy

> Software Engineer

Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/roryfahy

As a software engineer with a BS in Biophysics, I have a strong background in developing and deploying data-driven applications using various technologies and frameworks.

In my most recent role as an AI Integration Engineer at dae, I led the development of an automated feedback application for student code submissions using Python, FastAPI, and OpenAI, integrating GitHub webhooks and monday.com's GraphQL API for streamlined assignment processing and teacher communication. I also efficiently integrated GPT-4 Turbo into a distributed, AI-driven feedback system, employing best practices like JSON structured output and few-shot prompting for enhanced efficiency, accuracy and improved user interaction. Previously, as a Software Engineer at Driver Technologies Inc., I developed a data ingestion and analysis API using Phoenix, Ecto, and ExAws S3, enabling partner data streaming and opening new business avenues, resulting in acquiring 3 key customers. I also ensured robust API design and documentation, enhanced API functionality and security, and resolved critical issues to boost API stability and user trust. I am passionate about creating innovative and impactful solutions that solve real-world problems and add value to users and stakeholders.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Enko®
Jan 2024 – Present | Mystic, Connecticut, United States

### AI Integration Engineer @ dae
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Led the development of an automated feedback application for student code submissions using Python, FastAPI, and OpenAI, integrating GitHub webhooks and monday.com's GraphQL API for streamlined assignment processing and teacher communication.
- Orchestrated the project from concept to delivery, emphasizing maximizing end-user value within time constraints by balancing technical excellence with practical solutions in the project's initial growth phase.
- Efficiently integrated GPT-4 Turbo into a distributed, AI-driven feedback system, employing best practices like JSON structured output and few-shot prompting for enhanced efficiency, accuracy and improved user interaction.

### Software Engineer @ Driver Technologies Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Project: Gateway API (driver-gateway.readme.io)
- Developed a data ingestion and analysis API using Phoenix, Ecto, and ExAws S3, enabling partner data streaming and opening new business avenues, resulting in acquiring 3 key customers.
- Ensured robust API design and documentation, maintaining code-documentation alignment with OpenApiSpex and ExUnit, and led the development of the API's Developer Hub for enhanced developer accessibility.
- Enhanced API functionality and security, integrating hardware dashcams and third-party data streaming for expanded customer reach, and resolving critical issues like out-of-memory errors to boost API stability and user trust.
- System Reliability: Addressed and resolved Kubernetes pods' out-of-memory issues, ensuring continuous operations and API stability.
- Rapid Onboarding & Feature Delivery: Adapted quickly in a startup environment, delivering a key feature within 2 weeks and contributing to Data Science and iOS projects.
- Testing & Security: Achieved 85% code coverage in unit testing with ExUnit and Postman Monitors, bolstering software reliability and security.
- Cross-Platform Support: Enhanced system interoperability by supporting Web/iOS/Android clients via REST and GraphQL.
- Process Optimization: Implemented an admin dashboard, reducing developer workload and streamlining administrative processes.
- Open Source Community Engagement: Actively improved software quality through bug reports and enhancements across multiple projects.

### Software Engineer @ Lockheed Martin
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Achieved $5 million annual savings, and reduced human error by architecting, developing and productionalizing an end-to-end system for automated torque wrench control and data tracking that spanned multiple business areas. (Java)
- Corrected a broken application that was impeding teams progress by volunteering to learn a new programming language (Go) and rapidly prototyping a solution in an expedited time frame (2 weeks)
- Created a highly performant, multithreaded, socket level driver to communicate with wrench controller hardware which enabled utilization of 100+ simultaneously operated torque wrenches per location. (Java, TCP)
- Developed a data pipeline that automated compliance data capture for reporting to government clients by moving data through extraction, validation, transformation into the proper format, and passing it through message brokers to load into a data lake. (Java, Mosquitto, rabbitMQ)

Leadership:
- Software Lead establishing new IoT team within the organization - Ran weekly developer meetings for process improvement and knowledge transfer. - helped decide what softwares, tools and practices the team would use. - Involved in the hiring process for several engineers - Provided guidance to 2 JR. SWE and 2 SWE interns.
- Mentored a Junior Software Engineer, guiding them to quickly get up to speed and make substantial contributions to the team's projects.
- Kept business informed about project progress by providing frequent presentations and demonstrations to business teams and multiple levels of management.

### Associate Software Engineer @ Lockheed Martin
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
Ensured 100% data integrity and state persistence after outages by writing persistence logic that kept track of active jobs through flat files; these updates were passed through a queue on secondary compute to ensure no loss occurred while writing to disk. (Java, rabbitMQ)
Created installation scripts that reduced the time and human error of deploying the system to each new location from 5+ manual hours to 15 minutes. (Python, Bash)
Increased quality and velocity of app development/deployments by creating a CI/CD pipeline. (gitlabCI, Docker, Cloud Foundry)
Secured traffic within the system by setting up mutual TLS between 6 different microservices
Reduced the number of bugs in production by creating a test harness that included a suite of tools for black box testing each microservice as well as integration and end-to-end testing. (Go)

### Software Engineer Apprentice @ Lockheed Martin
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Project: Vehicle Registration Application
Enhanced security at 5 different Lockheed sites by rewriting and enhancing an outdated internal application for tracking vehicle parking. (Angular, Express, Postgresql, Cloud Foundry)
Implemented user authentication and authorization 
Migrated MS SQL server to AWS Aurora Postgres database
Increased usability of UI by standardizing layout on every page and utilizing uniform fonts.
Improved quality of  lookups for users in violation by enforcing a standard format for all new data entries 
Project: Supply Chain Database Migrations
Saved the company money by migrating an application from a licensed Oracle Database to Postgresql. (C#, SQL)

### Software Engineer Intern @ Gro Intelligence
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York, United States
- Improved the quality and reliability of internal agricultural data through use of scripts to find various errors and redundancies in the data store (Python, Postgres)
- Informed business decisions by applying NumPy and Pandas libraries to csv files in order to provide data driven answers and track progress.

### Full-Stack Software Engineering Student @ Holberton School
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
Holberton is a software engineering school which is comprised of an intensive peer and project-based curriculum that focused on the core fundamentals of computer science and programming. We were exposed to data structures, low-level programming using C, high-level programming with Python as well as exposure to various system administration and DevOps tools and concepts. One of the most valuable takeaways from the program is my strengthened ability to problem solve as a result of the Pseudo-work environment fostered by the Peer to Peer and project-based learning style.

### Sales Team Manager @ Alder Holdings, LLC
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Houston, Texas Area
Managed team of three  to achieve company sales quota and report results on a monthly basis.

### Sales Representative @ Alder Holdings, LLC
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area
Calculated my successful lead conversion rate by determining the number of prospects I would need to reach out to in order to generate a sale for the company.  I improved my conversion rate by managing my emotions, empathizing with the client's needs, handling objections and ultimately having a positive impact.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Biophysics
University of Connecticut
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rory-fahy
- GitHub: https://github.com/roryfahy

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Last updated: 2026-04-01