# Tony H. > Senior Software Engineer with extensive experience in building scalable cloud solutions Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tonyh As a Senior Software Engineer at productOps, I leverage my software development expertise in AWS, TypeScript, Angular, Python, PostgreSQL, and MCP servers to build and maintain cloud based applications and data platforms for various clients across different industries. I have over 20 years of experience in front-end and back-end development, working with both established and greenfield projects. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ productOps, Inc. Jan 2024 – Present | Santa Cruz, California, United States • Developed enterprise-level AI applications with streamable HTTP MCP servers and agentic workflows using Python and React. • Created a license management tool for user access to Zendesk and Slack, leveraging Node.js (Typescript) and Angular. • Integrated AWS serverless hosting and PostgreSQL for efficient data management and application performance. ### Senior Software Engineer @ productOps, Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Santa Cruz, California, United States Projects included: HVAC oriented data platform project, to consolidate and transform sales data, in order to match sales with available rebate programs, in order to encourage contractors to make energy efficient decisions in their projects. * Front end work, focusing on an Angular application for contractors and admins. * Back end work, focusing on data matching, and user management. * Direct work with: AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, Cognito, IAM, Amplify UI, ECS, etc.), TypeScript, Angular, Python, PostgreSQL (queries, views, triggers, etc.). ---- Data platform providing centralized and coordinated EM data management, making it easier for seafood processors, and fisheries authorities to receive and process EM data and generate insights. * Front and backend work, including creation and consumption of API endpoints, data management, and asyncronous processing of data. * Direct work with: AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, Redshift, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, CloudFormation templates, etc), TypeScript, Angular, Python. ---- National online pet placement platform that helps pet owners find new homes (permanent or temporary) for their pets. * Direct work with: WordPress, PHP, MySQL, Docker, AWS ---- ### Lead Developer @ Environmental Innovations Inc. Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Santa Cruz, California, United States ### Software Engineer @ productOps, Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | Santa Cruz, California Projects included: Enterprise-wide, real-time data platform for a fortune 50 company, to secure and support access to highly controlled commercial and military flight data. * I primarily worked on authentication, authorization, REST APIs, and a behavioral testing microservice. * Direct experience with: AWS (Lambda, Cognito, IAM, RDS, APIG, etc) , PostgreSQL, TypeScript, Angular, Node.js, Python, FastAPI, Docker. ---- Subscription based site, providing over 200,000 original reviews of academic titles, as well as other resources to help university librarians, staff, and faculty curate their collections. * I worked on both the front and back-end applications for both the editorial content management system, and the consumer facing site. * Direct experience with: PHP, Symfony, MySQL, AWS, MongoDB, Solr. ---- Project based, learning management system, serving over 80,000 students, in a network of over 200 schools. * Migrated a legacy Drupal system from a shared provider, to a scalable, AWS hosted environment. * Migrated school, staff, and student data from a custom Drupal application, to a REST API based SaaS provider. * Provided custom, integrated feature enhancements on top of the SaaS application. * Created an Angular application to manage licenses, and access to associated Slack and Zendesk resources. * Direct experience with: PHP, Drupal, Symfony, MySQL, AWS, TypeScript, Angular, Slack API, Zendesk API. ### Software Engineer @ productOps, Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Santa Cruz, California Drupal and PHP. ### Software Engineer @ Cover Media Labs Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto, California, United States Built web based tools to enable editors to publish and edit content destined for mobile applications using a RESTful interface. Integrated a subset of the tools with a Drupal based CMS. ### Editorial Consultant, Project Manager @ Yahoo Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 Drupal consulting. ### Technical Editor/Engineer, Global Events @ Yahoo! Inc. Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Supporting the global product rollouts of the Year in Review for desktop and mobile experiences. ### Senior Technical Editor for Editorial Operations @ Yahoo! Inc. Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Sunnyvale, CA * Gathered, aligned, and prioritized editorial employees requirements to drive solutions with product and engineering teams. * Developed and built an internal editorial calendar for the Yahoo! Media Network using Drupal. * Organized and led bi-weekly editorial operations meetings, focused on training and best practices. ### Senior Developer/Engineer for Central Editorial @ Yahoo! Inc. Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 | Sunnyvale, CA * Lead developer/engineer for the Yahoo! Style Guide site. I chose the CMS, and worked with an outside designers and our editors to come up with a final Drupal based design. As lead developer, I was responsible for integrating and adapting the final design to work with Yahoo!'s technology stack. * Lead developer/engineer for the Yahoo! Buzz Log, Yahoo!'s first original content content blog. I developed a custom, PHP based CMS for the launch, and later migrated the site to an in-house, shared, RESTful based publishing system. * Developed and built the internal Editorial Awards judging tool using Drupal. * Trained, and provided troubleshooting to editors using various CMS tools including EPT, WordPress, Drupal, and PD2. * Built and maintained several group Calendars for different departments, using Drupal. * Managed production and corporate servers: installed and configured software packages such as Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Drupal on FreeBSD and Linux hosts. ### Technical Yahoo! for Central Editorial @ Yahoo! Inc. Jan 2000 – Jan 2007 | Sunnyvale, CA * Developed, built, and maintained internal tools and custom content management systems (CMS's) for Yahoo! properties and editorial features including Ask Yahoo!, Yahoo! Picks, the Yahoo! What's New page, and Yahoo! Full Coverage, and the Yahoo! Time Capsule blog using Perl and PHP. * Built tools to automate and edit XML feeds for use by the Yahoo! home page, and other Yahoo! properties. ### Lead Editorial Yahoo! @ Yahoo! Inc. Jan 1996 – Jan 2000 | Sunnyvale, CA Wrote the Yahoo! Daily Picks, and provided content for Netscape's New and Cool pages. ### Surfer/Cataloger @ Yahoo! Inc. Jan 1996 – Jan 1996 | Mountain View, CA Cataloged sites for the Yahoo! Directory. Built and edited the directory's ontology. ## Education ### BA in Computer Science University of California, Santa Cruz ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tonyherr --- Source: https://flows.cv/tonyh JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tonyh/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01