# Schala Walls

> Relentless Senior Software Engineer • Backend, Full Stack, Distributed Systems • Python, TypeScript

Location: Canton, Michigan, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/schala

Software Engineer with over 10 years of industry experience. Expert in Python, Javascript, and Cloud/DevOps.
Most comfortable writing web app backends. Experience with running small full-stack development teams.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ RIVET Work
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Detroit, Michigan, United States
Tech lead full stack developer on construction workforce management software.

Created Datadog metrics, identified and fixed Redis caching performance problems that were hard-crashing the app. Architected and implemented a new permissions layer for a multi-company Typescript/Postgres application. Wrote and monitored a backend script to clean old data, improving current query performance 40x.

### Algorithmic Trading Software Developer @ Hamstarr
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Canton, Michigan, United States
Creating a Python software package using Alpaca and COBRA trading APIs to identify entry points, make orders, identify exit points, and calculate profit/loss for given positions.

Gathered requirements from a Subject Matter Expert and designed the software package from the ground up for speed and accuracy.

Estimated time and integrated feedback, remaining flexible and agile as requirements shifted.

### Data Engineering Consultant @ Avanade
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Michigan, United States
Designed data warehouse schemas and Azure Synapse pipelines, migrating billions of records from a data lake. Established secure environments for GPT-4 generative AI apps. Created deployment templates in ARM, Bicep, and Terraform. Adhered to DevOps practices and taught programming and data basics to new hires.

### Software Engineer @ Discord
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Michigan, United States

### Software Engineer @ Deepfield
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Ann Arbor
I develop and maintain the backend of a web application for querying network traffic data in a columnar store.

### Software Engineer @ Area 1 Security
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Redwood City, California, United States
Maintained and developed a full-stack internal web app for storing Indicators of Compromise.
Led a small team.

### Member of Technical Staff @ VMware
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015

### Graduate Student Instructor @ University of Michigan
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013

### Agile Software Developer @ Menlo Innovations
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012

### Intern (Research and Development) @ Merit Network
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011
Server administration, Distributed Systems Experiments (Hadoop), C Programming, Research on Unused Parts of the IPv4 Address Space

### Associate Developer @ Stardock
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
C++ Games Programming

### Summer Hire @ TARDEC
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008
Statistical analysis of fuel efficiency data


## Education
### Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science
University of Michigan
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013

### BSE in Computer Science
University of Michigan
Jan 2007 – Jan 2010

### Rochester Adams High School
Jan 2003 – Jan 2007


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

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Source: https://flows.cv/schala
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/schala/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-22