I am a software engineer with a decade of experience in the fintech industry. For the last 10 years I've worked directly with stakeholders at all levels of management to understand their needs and provide suitable software, data, and cloud solutions to solve those needs in an automated manner.
Leads and mentors a team of software engineers through the software development lifecycle as they design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain serverless ETL pipelines in the AWS cloud.
Identifies and resolves issues through the meticulous debugging of data pipelines spanning multiple layers of technology which include Docker, GitHub Actions, Python, Go, SQL, dbt, and various AWS services such as S3, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Lambda, Step Functions, and more.
Works with stakeholders including the Marketing, CRM, Finance, Operations, Product, and Development teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.
Ensures data assets are monitored for data quality
Reviews pull requests and provides feedback to keep code base aligned with industry best practices.
Leads a team of software engineers through the software development lifecycle as they develop, test, deploy, and maintain serverless ETL pipelines in the AWS cloud.
Designed and developed PCI compliant data pipelines using Python, Kafka, Snowflake, MySQL, and AWS technologies.
Drove the conversion of hundreds of SAS process scheduled on a Windows 2008 server to modern containerized Python-based solutions with automated deployments to Linux servers.
Develop with Visual Studio (C# and FlexCel for Excel), batch file scripting, and SAS E-Guide to automate routine work, reducing man-hours lost to manually performed tasks. These tasks include executing SQL queries, producing Excel workbooks for executive level reporting, and production data feeds necessary for daily bank operations.
Instructed entry-level maintainers in the USAF to inspect, repair, service, and maintain F-22 Raptor components and systems.
GPA: 3.8
My tech story starts in the 1990's when I was a child. My parents bought a family PC for all of us to use and I became obsessed. I wasn't just excited to play games on it, I'd go on to learn everything I could about it. There was this fun sense of power you had when you knew practically everything there was to know about how computers worked in the 1990's (heck, even today!). Within a year or two my family purcahsed a newer machine and gave me the initial family computer all to myself. At this point I was running ethernet through the house and configuring the family computer to act as a network bridge so that I could pass some of that sweet sweet 56k up to my bedroom. From then on through high school, I was hosting LAN parties, designing levels for Quake 2 and Counter-Strike, hosting dedicated servers for all of my favorite games, and building websites.
After high school, I wanted to serve my country. As such I entlisted in the U.S. Air Force and shortly thereafter I was a Crew Chief on the world's most advanced fighter jet; the F-22 Raptor. During my time as an F-22 maintainer, I was selected to teach the career field's regionally accreddited college courses to airmen both new and tenured. I loved serving my country and wearing the uniform, and after an extended enlistment that took me to 7.5 years of active service, I hung up the uniform one last time to persue my knack for technology.
Immediately after separating from the military, I was hired at Sallie Mae to be a "Reporting Analyst." In this role, my job was to query all sorts of data bout the company and build automated reports for executives. I was using tools like C#, .NET, and SQL Server to to build, automate, and distribute these critical reports all over the company. It's all history from there. My hunger for programming has kept growing and never stopped. These days I enjoy writing Go.