Experience

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  Arvest bank

  Nov 2013 - now

  Designs, develops, and deploys RESTful APIs within a multilayer architecture environment which are being used to increase functionality between various user applications and back-end services/databasesBuilds highly performant, low latency, loosely coupled message-driven products that can be ran asynchronouslyRefines and utilizes project management tools, such as Jira, to facilitate tasks in order to design API specs/schemas with high granularity to ensure flexible and scalable products are achievedAdvocates for design standard to increase team communication and cut iteration volume in half.Interfaces with third party vendors, business analysts, and project managers to clarify intentions and purpose of the product, project, and consumer use case.Coordinates with developers and QA, and participate in peer reviews and code reviews to ensure coding standards are adhered to.Utilizes version control systems and repositories (Git/Azure/GitLab) in order to maintain, support, and update existing systems and APIsLeverages cloud tools and CI/CD pipeline tools to stage and deploy committed code into production reducing time constraints Show less Designed, developed, and deployed 30 RESTful APIs that are being used to increase functionality between various user applications and back-end services/SQL databasesBuilt highly performant, low latency, loosely coupled message-driven products that can be ran asynchronously alongside other API callsRefined and utilized user stories (Jira cards) within a given sprint (Agile/Scrum) to design API specs/schemas with high granularity to ensure flexible and scalable products were achievedVoluntarily created a pipeline structure to remove bottlenecks with deployments and QA/QE testing, and sped up iteration and development process by 150%Researched, created, and installed a design standard for my team to adopt the Design-First methodology to increase team communication and cut iteration volume in half.Interfaced with third party vendors, business analysts, and project managers to clarify intentions and purpose of the product, project, and consumer use case.Unit tested programs, coordinated with QA, and participate in peer reviews and code reviews to ensure coding standards are adhered to.Utilized version control systems and repositories (Git/Azure/GitLab) in order to maintain, support, and update existing systems and APIsLeveraged cloud tools and CI/CD pipeline tools to stage and deploy committed code into production reducing time constraints Show less

  • Software Engineer

    Jun 2024 - now

  • Associate Software Engineer

    Feb 2021 - Jun 2024

  • Assistant Branch Manager

    Jun 2015 - Feb 2021

  • Senior Financial Sales Representative

    Nov 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Financial Sales Representative

    Nov 2013 - Nov 2014
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  Alpha bridge studios

  Jan 2016 - Jun 2020

  Game developer

  Indie game development which resulted in a self published game "Elevate" by Alpha Bridge Studios, which was a physics based puzzle platformer, where each platform had a different mechanic that the player needed to leverage to collect orbs and complete the level. Tools: Android Studio, Audacity, Blender, GIMP, Krita, PureRef, Trello, UnityLanguage: C#, Java