# Ty Terdan > Software Developer Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tyterdan Hard-working and focused software developer with excellent problem-solving abilities. Strong UI/UX design skills with a passion for quality. ## Work Experience ### Senior Backend Software Engineer @ Atlassian Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States Lead engineer of tooling for the developer experience team for the Confluence product, supporting a team of several hundred engineers. • Solved problems quickly and sustainably during several urgent incidents: • Wrote a database restore script during an incident where 800 customer’s databases were accidentally deleted. Saved the company about a week of time that would otherwise be spent restoring each customer manually. • Built a system to distribute credentials in a secure manner after a critical security incident where credentials were misused. • Created a system to automatically determine and assign code ownership to folders and files in a codebase with approximately 40,000 files. • Created an automated system to detect and clean up stale feature flags using static analysis. • Maintained a python tool to orchestrate the running of the Confluence product on developer machines – vastly improving the reliability, speed and UX of the tool. • Created and lead training sessions for new engineers for the behind-the-scenes of their developer environment setup. ### Software Engineer @ Primitive.io Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Mountain View, CA Built code visualization tools in virtual reality using C# and Unity. • Developed state–of–the–art static and runtime analysis tools in Java to visualize enterprise–scale codebases. • Optimized the visualization's performance using caching and quadtree based acceleration data structures. • Customer outreach at high-profile tech conferences. • Implemented a rapid product iteration framework with live customers. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Vida Health, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Mountain View, California Full-stack developer for a health coaching app, working in Django, React, iOS, & Android. Mentored a team of new engineers. • Led a team to develop a system for interactive clinical programs. • Wrote a scheduling system in Android to allow clients to schedule with their coaches. ### Web Developer @ Hardin Design and Development Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 Developed enterprise data aggregation & real estate software for clients. • Transitioned legacy JavaScript and PHP code to a new module using ReactJS and Redux. • Created a shared Vagrant configuration for local development. • Worked with clients to redesign site-wide UI and UX. ### Software Developer @ Epic Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Madison, Wisconsin Area Worked on a small team to maintain and enhance enterprise healthcare software. • Quickly onboarded onto an extensive codebase while maintaining and improving a variety of modules. • Managed a project to design and develop a comprehensive report to display a patient’s education history. • Made performance and UI enhancements in several areas. ### Programmer @ The Ohio State University Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Developed a web application to create online quizzes for students. Created a course website for students to download files and watch videos. • Designed a jQuery widget for question design • Used HTML5 video and a MySQL database to track user data ### Programmer @ Libra Industries Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 | Mentor, Ohio Responsible for new application development. Designed, developed, and maintained corporate site software and applications. • Designed and produced a corporate requisition system application and an equipment system application using Visual Basic.NET. Added functionality to the equipment system using ASP.NET • Rewrote existing label tracking software in C# • Designed and produced a scheduling request system in C# • Produced an application to dynamically insert data into an excel spreadsheet in ASP.NET ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science & Engineering The Ohio State University Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science University of Rochester Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tnterdan --- Source: https://flows.cv/tyterdan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tyterdan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22