BRANDON SAUNDERS
Full Stack Software Engineer
Career Summary
Full stack software engineer with 5 years of experience building professional web and mobile applications, back-end cloud infrastructure, DevOps pipelines, and unique software experiences. Skilled with developing software in HIPAA and PCI DSS regulated industries to ensure highly secure software systems.
Experience
Software Engineer III
Age of Learning
2020
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Current
Engineered company micro-frontend internal sites using JavaScript and Web Components to increase the amount and speed of educational content creation, guarantee learning objectives for game activity content, and match the new demand in digital education content seen during this time. Architected new and integrated legacy systems with CloudFormation IaC. Backend served from Lambdas and PHP microservices which utilized several data sources including NeptuneDB (graph DB), MySQL, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch, Kinesis Data Streams and Firehose. Dynamic form rendering for game activity metadata modification, fast search, data synchronization pipelines for various teams including different products and BI teams.
Achievements
Saved $840,000 annually through the migration of legacy product search from Fusion/SOLR to ElasticSearch in AWS.
Technologies Used
NodeJS v12
PHP 5.6-7
JavaScript
AWS Neptune
DynamoDB
MySQL 5
ElasticSearch
CloudFormation
Kinesis Data Stream
Kinesis FireHose
Continuous Integration
Continuous Deployment
Software Engineer II
JNR Incorporated
2018
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Current
Building a multi-tenant, white-labelled, prepaid incentive serverless SaaS software platform. Platform IaC written in CloudFormation. Backend written in TypeScript, bundled using Webpack, and served from AWS Lambda for NodeJS v12. Frontend written in TypeScript React, served in auto-scaling ECS for dynamic DNS white labelling with static assets hosted in S3/CloudFront. Database selection was purpose-driven for individual microservices use-cases which included Aurora Serverless (MySQL), DynamoDB, and DocumentDB. Facilitated CI/CD pipelines with AWS CodeCommit, CodeBuild, and CodePipeline. Built an employee recognition prepaid website in VueJS and Laravel where employees can send prepaid debit cards to other employees up to specified limits. Developed new Laravel API for all critical card fulfillment processes which every client product depends upon.
Achievements
Built a scalable claim submission site for upwards of 6.5 million claims at a simultaneous level of 10,000 claims a second. Built a SaaS solution to enable a business model shift from client solution to SaaS solution for the business.
Technologies Used
NodeJS Lambda
PHP 5.2-7
JavaScript
TypeScript
MongoDB Cloud Atlas
CloudFormation
Drupal 6/7
MySQL 5.7
ExpressJS
Laravel 6/7
VueJS v2
React
QLDB
DynamoDB
DocumentDB
Aurora Serverless
CakePHP v1
Codeception
Scrum
Kanban
Continuous Integration
Continuous Deployment
Lead Software Engineer
Terasaki Research Institute
2019
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2020
Engineered Wellavive, a React Native mobile application, Laravel RESTful API, and Azure infrastructure written in Terraform. Wellavive is a full-stack HIPAA compliant direct-to-patient digital health platform for clinical trial and organ transplant recipient patients. Wellavive offers patients the convenience of tracking their medication, answering questionnaires from clinics, and logging their symptoms. Built CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Azure, Apple App Store, and Google Play Store. Built CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Azure, Apple App Store, and Google Play Store.
Technologies Used
JavaScript
PHP 7
React Native 0.60
React 16
Laravel
MySQL 5.7
Terraform
Kubernetes
Jenkins
Azure
Software Engineer
Heart Cup Inc
2017
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2019
Developed the Heart Cup social network platform which aimed to promote community driven charitable giving between people and nonprofits.
Achievements
Implemented a social media comment system in VueJS that allowed users to comment on posts with nested responses. Implemented nonprofit and user profile pages, dynamic acting as nonprofit vs user profile changing, settings pages, and many other features of the social media site. Reused the web stack codebase in a Cordova mobile application.
Technologies Used
JavaScript
PHP
MySQL
Laravel
Cordova
Swift
Software Engineer
Vantage LED
2016
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2018
Built Java based digital signage media playback software, internal web based lead capture tool, internal support desk RESTful API and CRM integrations, and IoT electronic shelving label solutions. Enabled an entirely new market for the company by integrating our digital signage platform with sports scoreboards in a partnership. Developed suite of digital signage media playback software for LED digital signs, LCD televisions, and Electronic Shelving Labels.
Technologies Used
Python
Java
ActionScript
JavaScript
PHP
C++
Laravel
Software Engineer Intern
Tribogenics
2015
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2016
Automated the QA metal alloy identification process for the Watson X-Ray Fluorescence gun through via Android application integration and serial Bluetooth communication to an Arduino powered robot for the intended purpose of validating metal alloy identification to increase accuracy.
Achievements
Created a CLI tool for scientists, production team members, and QA to extract chemical composition logs for debugging and assistance during X-Ray gun development. Bundled Android Debug Bridge with Shell and PowerShell scripts in CLI application to allow access to the guns internal information. Application was used for 3 years after I left.
Technologies Used
Java
Python
BASH/Shell
Education
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science - 2016
California State University of San Bernardino