Web Developer, Colorado Department of Education
Denver, CO | Mar 2018 - Present
- Collaborated on “Consolidated Application” used to manage Colorado school district funding
- Created a micro framework I named “Antiquated PHP Framework (APF) patterned after Laravel to standardize and add efficiency to the office’s web development process
- Leveraged APF to build a web tool districts could use to apply for construction grants
- Utilized Docker to provision suitable development environment for all developers in the office
Software Engineer, By the Pixel
Denver, CO | May 2016 - Dec 2017
- Built a price estimation application on Angular2 backed by a Laravel API for DenverDovetail.com
- Maintained, developed features, and wrote tests for IDEXX's Petly Plans application
- Contributed to Ruby on Rails apps such as UrgentCareLocations.com and DomesticShelters.org
- Standardized deploy process across all applications
Lead Developer and Co-Founder, PVBid
Denver, CO | Dec 2013 - May 2016
- Created a bidding system to improve the efficiency and accuracy of PV system installation costs
- Designed and deployed a REST/SOAP API backed by PHP and MySQL
- Built proof-of-concept used for fund-raising and investor pitches
- Worked with customers to set priorities, expectations, and deadlines
- Managed a team of consultants to meet customer expectations and deadlines
- Partitioned workload to hand off to contractors and tracked project development status
- Reported application development status to CEO
- Leveraged AWS infrastructure to deploy multiple environments using EC2 and Route 53
- Wrote requirements document for Sunshot incubator development
- Created Jenkins build job to facilitate graceful product deployment
- Maintained CentOS system backups and security updates
Software Engineer, Return Path
Broomfield, CO | Aug 2013 - May 2014
- Added features to improve user experience in feedback loop and global trap exchange tool suite
- Implemented Angular widgets throughout our product suites as part of a company-wide standardization
- Wrote a Git extension in Go for Gerrit interactions to bring web interactions to the command line
- Created a mock data feed for testing our Outbound Abuse Manager product
- Modified our Kafka consumer to deliver a wider set of trap data to subscribing customers
Web Developer, ProKarma
Greenwood Village, CO | Dec 2012 - Dec 2013
- Guided company to adopt traditional software development life-cycle best practices and tools
- Developed customized, JavaScript-driven applications for managing stock in warehouses
- Wrapped client's antiquated, proprietary software with more robust, updated PHP tool set
Drupal Developer, Novus Biologicals
Littleton, CO | Apr 2011 - Dec 2012
- Maintained and developed modules for Drupal 6 web store running Ubercart
- Streamlined website development by migrating to Acquia’s Drupal hosting service
- Implemented necessary changes to make website PCI compliant
- Tripled search speeds by integrating Solr search functionality
- Decreased page load times over 3000% by adopting industry best practices
- Automated data synchronization process from Microsoft to LAMP stack using Samba and rsync
- Maintained database holding availability and pricing for over 250,000 products
Web Developer, Zenuity
Scottsdale, AZ | Aug 2009 - Mar 2011
- Built and customized Drupal 6 websites for clients
- Automated contract generation process shaving hours of tedious writing per month
- Established best practices for developing client websites
- Automated Drupal website deployment using sed, perl, php, and mysql
Data Center Technician, Google
The Dalles, OR | Jun 2008 - Mar 2009
- Monitored, diagnosed, repaired, and upgraded over 16,000 servers’ hardware
- Increased overall accuracy and productivity by instructing weekly Linux classes