Confidential

Sr. Software Developer

Bonnier is a large media company/magazine publisher. I was responsible for all backend development for Bonnier s various digital media properties.

• Responsible for developing a Buyers Guide searchable product review system. This used a REST interface Solr search backend and MySQL middleware. This involved developing an ETL system record management system and full featured REST API. Also involved developing specifications and documentation. This was written utilizing the Symfony2 PHP framework.
• Responsible for developing enhancements and maintaining a system to manage Bonnier s streaming digital video. This involved integration with Ooyala s REST and Javascript APIs.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining various Drupal modules and enhancements.
• Responsible for performing code reviews and acceptance testing of other developer s code.
• Responsible for deploying my own code as well as other developer s code.
• Responsible for a research project into automated testing automated deployment and continuous integration technologies and best practices.

Confidential

Sr. Software Developer

Responsible for all backend development of the Petfinder.com website. A high traffic website Alexa 4 689 with a complex database/search system CRM system and full featured API. Transitioned the site from a web of CGI scripts to a centralized REST API.

• Assisted in Transitioning the site from Endeca/MySQL DB backend to Solr/Lucene
• Re-factored 15 years of patchy undocumented mod perl CGI scripts into a comprehensive REST API under the Dancer framework.
• Developed comprehensive regression test suite for the site s API
• Transitioned aspects of the site to use Amazon Web Services API Mysql->SimpleDB Mysql-Simple-Queue-Service SAN to S3
• Transitioned a 3TB archive of images stored on a physical SAN appliance to Amazon S3 and developed a web service to serve resized images from S3
• Worked with our sysadmin to develop an in-house caching solution and worked with/troubleshooted a complex caching solution that combined Akamai CDN with an in-house Varnish cache service.
• Developed a number of custom Wordpress modifications and plugins in PHP5

Confidential

Sr. Software Developer

Responsible for maintaining and re-factoring a complex ordering system CRM system. Also developed and maintained reporting and BI tools for management.

• Developed and designed an enterprise level e-commerce/transaction processing system in PHP5 to replace company s existing Perl/CGI system
• Developed many related components and systems such as statistics/business intelligence systems customer relations management systems and other ancillary components and systems using PHP5 .
• Re-factored the company s main software products in PHP. Was asked to integrate new features as well as make the code cleaner and easier to maintain.
• Worked from home on flex time Developed excellent communications and time management skills to meet aggressive deadlines and work with a remote team efficiently.

Confidential

Contract Developer

Responsible for bidding and estimating jobs creating proposals and demos developing the projects and training employees to use the systems.

• Designed and developed a record keeping system for a REO company in PHP to completely replace their existing paper system.
• Developed an e-commerce system and CRM in PHP for an online cash advance company.

Confidential

Jr. Developer

Responsible for assisting development and QA team on large projects and initiatives.

• Worked as an assistant developer and assistant systems administrator for a large telecom and web hosting company.
• Developed a quality assurance testing system for the company s e-mail servers.
• Lead several training sessions on Linux administration and the basics of Perl/CGI programming for the company s tech support staff.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Perl

Familiarity with modern Perl techniques and frameworks

DBIx Class

Moose

Dancer / Catalyst Frameworks

Template Toolkit

• PHP

PHP Frameworks

Zend

CodeIgnighter

Cake

Symfony

Drupal

• Amazon Web Services

S3

EC2

SimpleDB

Simple Queue Service SQS

• NoSQL DB Experience

MongoDB

Solr/Lucene light administration experience as well

• SQL

Mysql

Use and Administration

Table Query Optimization and troubleshooting

MySQL Cluster

InnoDB Storage Engine

Infobright Storage Engine

MyISAM Storage Engine

Advanced use/administration

Federated Tables

Replication

Views

Stored procedures

Triggers

Experiencing constructing high speed BI tools and ETL tools using Infobright DB

• Javascript

JQuery

QUnit Testing Framework

Node.JS Backend JS

Experience with modern JS techniques and best practices

• Version Control

SVN

Git

• Ticketing Systems

Jira

Bugzilla

• Organizational Methodologies

Experience with Agile/Scrum

Experience with XP

• Strong skills/knowledge in OO design and test-driven development
• Strong knowledge of web application and web service development
• Significant experience in debugging/maintenance programming and re-factoring
• Working knowledge of general linux administration
• Working knowledge of C /.NET framework

• Organized and hosted the 2012 Humorous Speech Contest