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Lead Full-stack Developer
Location
Alden, NY, United States
Toptal Member Since
February 25, 2019
Vincent is an agile software development leader who specializes in software craftsmanship, project management, effective communication, and technical creativity to reliably deliver business value through software. As an experienced application architect and data engineer who designs secure, scalable, and reliable solutions, he has been instrumental in developing several high-quality, flexible, full-stack software solutions. Vincent can quickly adapt to new and evolving business needs.
Portfolio
Blackwater Pragmatic Inc
Data Lakehouse, Data Security, Event-driven Design (EDD), PySpark, AWS Glue...
Blackwater Pragmatic Inc
Application Architecture, Amazon Web Services (AWS)...
Blackwater Pragmatic Inc
Java, Node.js, Management, Team Building, PySpark, Data Engineering...
Experience
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Java, Agile, Team Leadership, Node.js, Microservices, Application Architecture, Data Engineering, AWS Glue, Team Mentoring
The most amazing...
...compliment I've received is that I have helped my teammates and partners achieve more than they previously thought possible.
Work Experience
Data Architect
2013 - PRESENT
Blackwater Pragmatic Inc
- Managed building an AWS Data Lakehouse from the ground up, implementing a medallion architecture to load and refine data from near real-time feeds and batch processing.
- Designed secure, performant, and resilient storage and ETL processes to key in and provide internal and external stakeholders with valuable data insights.
- Led all aspects of development from planning through implementation, including creating training activities and presentations to communicate the importance of data engineering work to key stakeholders.
Technologies: Data Lakehouse, Data Security, Event-driven Design (EDD), PySpark, AWS Glue, Cloud Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, Python, IT Project Management, Team Leadership, Architecture, Application Architecture, Software Architecture, PostgreSQL, Leadership, Team Mentoring, Spark
Solution Architect
2013 - PRESENT
Blackwater Pragmatic Inc
- Answered to the CTO and tasked with defining the overall application architecture with an eye toward scalability, information security, reliability, and resiliency.
- Initiated daily communication and technical architecture review with the off-shore development team to discuss and explore implementation options.
- Deployed most solutions to AWS while supporting multiple enterprise SaaS products and headless CMS solutions.
Technologies: Application Architecture, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Content Management Systems (CMS), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), APIs, AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Architecture, IT Project Management, Team Leadership, Architecture, Software Architecture, Leadership, Team Mentoring, Software Estimation & Forecasting
Technical Team Lead
2013 - PRESENT
Blackwater Pragmatic Inc
- Acted as technical team lead, overseeing the delivery of Java and Node.js solutions.
- Mentored and guided the development team, performing code reviews and ensuring the overall quality of deliverables.
- Reviewed software development processes to improve releases' frequency, stability, and repeatability.
- Achieved success in expanding the use of automated testing tools and change/release management software.
- Liaised with technical vendors, providing solutions to clients and contributing to the vetting process, technical reviews, deployment plans, and production support.
Technologies: Java, Node.js, Management, Team Building, PySpark, Data Engineering, Technical Leadership, Quality Management, Team Mentoring, AWS DevOps, APIs, Cloud Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, IT Project Management, Test-driven Development (TDD), AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Apache Maven, Team Leadership, Architecture, Application Architecture, Software Architecture, PostgreSQL, Leadership, Scrum, Software Estimation & Forecasting
Sprint Manager
2013 - PRESENT
Blackwater Pragmatic Inc
- Served as the sprint manager responsible for leading task management and estimation discussions between technical teams and business stakeholders.
- Tasked with setting project schedules and managing customer expectations while motivating the technical team to deliver high-quality software on time and within budget.
- Led retrospectives and other sprint-related activities to promote team health.
Technologies: Agile, Jira, Business Requirements, Team Scheduling, Agile Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Product Roadmaps, Software Estimation & Forecasting, IT Project Management, Team Leadership, Leadership, Scrum, Team Mentoring
Full-stack Developer
2013 - PRESENT
Blackwater Pragmatic Inc
- Provided full-stack development, specializing in legacy application enhancement and new product development. Architected several microservice and REST web service implementations leveraging Amazon Web Service (AWS) scalable infrastructure components.
- Spearheaded an initiative to add chaos engineering concepts to critical enterprise applications. Spring Boot, Resilience4J, and Chaos Monkey provided the framework for this solution. Performance and Resiliency verified through Gatling load tests.
- Developed healthcare initiatives designed to allow users greater visibility into their overall health. Angular and React Native front-end implementations with GraphQL and REST services provide the data.
- Provided DevOps, release, and production support, finding ways to deliver more automation, better analytics, and real-time monitoring capabilities.
Technologies: Java, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Angular, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microservices, APIs, Cloud Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, IT Project Management, Test-driven Development (TDD), AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Apache Maven, Team Leadership, Application Architecture, Software Architecture, PostgreSQL, Leadership, Team Mentoring
President | Independent Contractor
2013 - PRESENT
Blackwater Pragmatic
- Placed customer services at the forefront of all software activities, ensuring customer satisfaction with deliveries are receiving value during engagements.
- Led all marketing and sales activities to procure new contracts.
- Managed billing, payroll, bookkeeping, and other front-office activities.
Technologies: GraphQL, JUnit, Mockito, MyBatis, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Amazon Route 53, Amazon CloudSearch, Ajax, RESTEasy, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Angular, Swagger, Git, SQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2, Agile, Amazon Web Services (AWS), HTML, CSS, JavaScript, REST, Spring, Node.js, Java, Headless CMS, Gatsby, Architecture, Software Architecture, Leadership, Technical Leadership, IT Security, PHP, HIPAA Compliance, TypeScript, PySpark, Extreme Programming, Team Mentoring
Lead Consulting Software Developer
2022 - 2023
Stride
- Worked as a Databricks engineer to horizontally scale and productionalize forecast data pipeline.
- Drove decisions to define Azure architecture components, focusing on observability and data security.
- Followed extreme programming (XP) practices as a lead consultant software developer to deliver custom software solutions to clients.
Technologies: Databricks, PySpark, Extreme Programming, APIs, Cloud Architecture, Python, IT Project Management, Test-driven Development (TDD), Team Leadership, Architecture, Application Architecture, Software Architecture, Team Mentoring, Spark, Software Estimation & Forecasting
Senior Software Engineer
2013 - 2014
Negawatt Business Solutions
- Led enhancement and maintenance of a 3rd-party custom software application critical to the business' success. Implemented several performance improvements and refactored code to meet software best practices.
- Researched and developed a prototype architecture for new applications. Dove deep into new technologies for next-generation application stack, including Cassandra, MongoDB, Dart, Google Go, ZeroMQ, and RabbitMQ.
- Designed and developed integration solutions with 3rd-party feeds, automating resilient ETL processes to ingest data from these sources.
Technologies: JUnit, Ajax, Spring, JavaScript, SQL, Agile, Jakarta EE, Jakarta EE Design Patterns, RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ, Dart, MongoDB, Cassandra, Java, Leadership, Technical Leadership, IT Project Management, Apache Maven, Team Leadership, Architecture, Application Architecture, Software Architecture, Team Mentoring, Software Estimation & Forecasting
Senior Software Engineer
2007 - 2014
CTG
- Acted as a project manager and technical leader for a team developing software as a service (SaaS) solutions, following Agile software development practices, as a dedicated driver.
- Mentored a team of engineers focused on "bridge the gap" between educational and professional development. Topics included software patterns, debugging, profiling, version control, unit testing, and code quality.
- Developed rich-internet-application (RIA) interfaces in FLEX and GWT/AJAX. Database design combines JPA with elements of Ruby on Rails to create a flexible ORM layer.
- Leveraged Spring Security, OpenSSO/OpenAM, and LDAP to provide authentication and authorization with single sign-on (SSO) capabilities.
- Implemented ontology-based solutions for semantic applications written using SPARQL and Jena.
- Served as an integral member of the team contracted to deliver SOA solutions to a leading healthcare provider. Automated business processes to integrate legacy systems through JMS, MQ, web services, and traditional database components.
- Piloted process to unit test and profile SOA components to identify performance bottlenecks and implement targeted enhancements.
- Led data integration efforts with Dun and Bradstreet and Experian, defining API and troubleshooting data quality issues.
- Developed generic X12 EDI parser framework to process and customize the various message structures common in health care implementations.
Technologies: JUnit, Ajax, Web Services Description Language (WSDL), Adobe Flex, JSF, Spring, SQL, Agile, Jakarta EE, Jakarta EE Design Patterns, HIPAA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), X12, Java Composite Application Platform Suite (JCAPS), OpenAM, Apache Jena, SPARQL, JavaScript, GWT, Java, Leadership, Technical Leadership, Scrum, HIPAA Compliance, APIs, IT Project Management, Test-driven Development (TDD), Apache Maven, Team Leadership, Architecture, Application Architecture, Software Architecture, Team Mentoring, Software Estimation & Forecasting
Owner
2009 - 2010
Ask About The Mouse
- Founded AskAboutTheMouse.com, a Stack Exchange-based site designed to help users get answers to their Disney related questions. Gained experience in community building, customer service, and managing Google ad campaigns.
- Leveraged social media tools to help promote the site and encourage user adoption.
Technologies: Ajax, Google AdWords, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Leadership, Technical Leadership
Senior Software Engineer
2005 - 2007
Janya Inc.
- Led the development of a web application targeted to showcase the abilities of Janya’s Information Extraction technology. JavaServer Faces (JSF) and CSS were combined to provide a flexible layout and presentation.
- Architected client-side application to configure and monitor Janya’s Information Extraction engine. Eclipse RCP chosen to provide a cross-platform user experience. SOAP/XML web services communicated with distributed engine components.
- Leveraged Spring and Hibernate to access application's MySQL database. Completed integration effort with third party client-side applications. Responsible for identifying MySQL database performance bottlenecks and implementing database improvements. Used Ruby and Rails to quickly prototype and test solutions.
- Initiated the usage of a project wiki to help capture feature ideas, document design decisions, and track milestones. Simplicity and accessibility made this concept a winner.
- Created a XMPP (Jabber) chat room monitor in Ruby, reporting to a Java REST web service.
Technologies: Hibernate, Ajax, Web Services Description Language (WSDL), JavaScript, Jakarta EE, Jakarta EE Design Patterns, Wikis, XMPP, Eclipse RCP, XML, REST, SOAP, Spring, Ruby on Rails (RoR), SQL, CSS, HTML, Jakarta Server Pages (JSP), JSF, MySQL, Oracle, Java, Leadership, Technical Leadership, Ruby, IT Project Management, Apache Maven
Analyst Business Systems
2004 - 2005
HSBC USA
- Maintained several business automation systems serving large retail clients. Applied Rational Unified Process (RUP) principles to maintain and enhance Websphere hosted applications. Frequent collaboration with teams in remote locations to define project requirements, provide estimates, and track status.
Technologies: SQL, Jakarta EE, Jakarta EE Design Patterns, Java, Apache Maven
Software Engineer
2000 - 2003
Cymfony Inc
- Teamed with senior management to identify business requirements and create system specifications. Leveraged Struts to create components for deployment on Silverstream’s portal server. Created scalable database access libraries in Java. Helped to tune and optimize Oracle database tables and queries. Initiated development of Ant scripts to automate build process.
- Developed CORBA C++ modules for distributed Information Extraction engine.
Technologies: Web Services Description Language (WSDL), Jakarta EE, Jakarta EE Design Patterns, Ant Design, Business Portals, SQL, Oracle, CORBA, C++, Jakarta Server Pages (JSP), Java
Senior Engineer
1997 - 2000
Amherst Systems Inc.
- Became part of a team responsible for developing an integrated EW simulation system. Created a flexible library of reusable C++ utility classes (pre-STL) and converted several Ada libraries to C++. Refined make scripts to improve automated build process. Organized weekly team meetings to discuss issues, development progress, and concerns.
Technologies: Make, Ada, C++
Application Programmer
1996 - 1997
M&T Bank
- Completed custom reports and made several enhancements to bank's deposit applications.
Technologies: COBOL
Experience
Education
1992 - 1996
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Computer Science
Canisius College - Buffalo, NY, USA
Certifications
MARCH 2013 - MARCH 2015
Certified ScrumMaster
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, MyBatis, PySpark, Google AdWords, D3.js, RESTEasy, ZeroMQ, JMS, React
Tools
AWS CodeCommit, Git, Postman, Apache Maven, Jenkins, Eclipse IDE, AWS Glue, Eclipse RCP, Make, Amazon CloudFront CDN, AWS IAM, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS), Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon CloudWatch, Java Composite Application Platform Suite (JCAPS), RabbitMQ, IntelliJ IDEA, Apache Tomcat, Jira
Paradigms
Agile, Application Architecture, Scrum, REST, Test-driven Development (TDD), Microservices, Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), HIPAA Compliance, Management, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Event-driven Design (EDD), Agile Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Extreme Programming
Storage
Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Memcached, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, Cassandra, MongoDB
Languages
Java, SQL, SCSS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Ada, COBOL, GraphQL, Scala, Ruby, Go, Dart, Web Services Description Language (WSDL), XML, SPARQL, C++, PHP, TypeScript, Python
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Jakarta EE, Oracle, OpenAM, Databricks
Frameworks
Angular, Spring, Swagger, JUnit, Mockito, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Spring Boot, Spark, Thymeleaf, Hadoop, Apache Jena, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ant Design, GWT, Adobe Flex, JSF, Jakarta Server Pages (JSP), Hibernate, Jena Semantic Web Framework, Data Lakehouse
Other
Jakarta EE Design Patterns, Team Leadership, Architecture, Software Architecture, Technical Leadership, Team Mentoring, APIs, Cloud Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, IT Project Management, Wikis, Headless CMS, Leadership, Data Engineering, X12, HIPAA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), CORBA, Business Portals, Amazon Route 53, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon CloudSearch, SOAP, Ajax, Ontologies, XMPP, Gatsby, IT Security, Business Requirements, Team Scheduling, Team Building, Content Management Systems (CMS), Data Security, Quality Management, AWS DevOps, Product Roadmaps, Software Estimation & Forecasting, Computer Science
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