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Ruby on Rails Developer
System Financial• June 2018 - Present
• Implemented the migration of Plaid API from version 1 to version 2 • Replaced Rails Active Job with Sidekiq for background tasks using a Redis queue • Writing new and fixing existing tests using the Rspec test framework • Feature development, squashing existing bugs, maintenance of codebase via Github, deploying code to Heroku [thesystem.app] • UI/UX improvements with Haml, Coffeescript
Backend Developer
StashSmart Inc• October 2017 - June 2018
• MySQL database architect, setup, create and maintained database schema • Developed PHP endpoints that handled GET and POST requests from the front-end Cordova web application • Implemented Firebase API for push notifications, Stripe API to handle the payments within the app • Responsible for deploying codebase to a Digital Ocean instance, and gatekeeping git commits on Github
Part-time IT Specialist
San Francisco State University• November 2014 - August 2017
• Experience with Symfony 2 PHP framework • Front-end development for single page applications. E.g. Class Schedule search [sfsu.edu/online/clssch.htm] •Automation using Vagrant and Puppet to setup the development environment, load testing using Apache Jmeter
Pipeline Technical Director
Rhythm & Hues Studios• October 2008 - March 2014
• Design, development and implementation of core modules in Python for the VFX production pipeline • Developed tools and plugins for the rendering subsystem to provide asset delivery Previous role: Operations and Render Support • Provided technical support, systems and network troubleshooting for the entire studio • Render wrangling duties included developing Bash scripts and cronjobs for monitoring and reporting • Developed in-house tools in Perl and Python for archival and backup
Education
San Francisco State University
Computer Science, MS• August 2014 - August 2017