• Spearheaded Relevance Engineering initiatives within the FindCare Space, significantly improving the search experience for Aetna members.

• Developed advanced algorithms to evaluate search relevance, optimizing user access to care options.

• Revived the Back End Guild, fostering collaboration among backend developers to discuss technology initiatives and innovative solutions.

Developed production level software in crop sciences and genetics.

• Node.js backend (apis, microservices, serverless)

• React and Vue used for frontend framewords

• AWS Architecture (SNS, SQS, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, EC2, Load Balancers, RDS, and more)

• CI/CD (Jenkins, Github Actions, AWS CodeDeploy)

• TDD Mindset

• Create robust user interfaces from (invision and sketch) mocks with React, Redux, TypeScript, StyledComponents, SCSS, and other modern front-end technologies with Behavior Driven Development

• Manage data provider and consumer access with APIs built with Spring/SpringBoot, Express, Python, and managed AWS infrastructure via OpenShift on a 12 Factor Philosophy

• Define data models using PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Amazon RDS

• Deploy software using CI/CD Pipelines implemented in AWS with Jenkins, NPM, and GitLab

• Maintain a Changelog using semver and https://keepachangelog.com/

Product Responsibilities

• Participate in and lead demos of software developed in an iterative (read: Agile) process

• Lead information sharing sessions, daily Agile ceremonies, and tech talks about passion projects

• Mentor new developers and develop an onboarding process for self-organizing teams

• Administer interviews for new developers and interns

• Consult with Product on the Lifecycle of various technology solutions

• Create and analyze sprint metrics for self-organizing teams via Jira integrations and google sheets

• Create and maintain a team calendar

Projects outside of normal work functions:

• Created a shared component library in TypeScript and React based off of company design guidelines; Project is documented fully in StoryBook, tested with React Testing Library, and deployed in an internal open-source model with GitLab and npm; Project was picked up by UX and a team was formed specifically around fleshing out these components to be used across a suite of service provider management and brokerage applications.

• Built and deployed a Static Site using Gatsby and React to visualize predictive data generated with Amazon SageMaker. Site was used as demonstration for Machine Learning-as-a-service company.

• Redesigned a legacy application originally built using Java stack to have an updated architecture built with AWS, Node, Express, and Vue Frontend. Learning more about flux patterns with Vuex, leveraging previous experience with Redux.

• Built a React with Redux wrapper around business intelligence tool Microstrategy for a Fortune 50 company to streamline data ingestion.

• Integrated AWS services via Express.js microservices to handle user management with AWS Cognito and AWS Lambda/Serverless