SUMMARY:

Confidential Engineering & Development Manager with the passion, drive, and talent to spur innovative new products, direct high - Confidential development phases, and deliver new solutions in alignment with resource, time, and budget milestones and enterprise strategy. Expert in Agile/Scrum methodologies, software design and development, Java programming, SOAP/REST APIs, software engineering, team building, and employee engagement. Engaging leader able to ignite rapid development, empower talented teams, offer thought leadership, and cultivate partnerships.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Agile Methodology Team Leadership JavaScript Web Services
• Test Automation SaaS Enterprise Software Confidential Analysis
• Roadmaps & Prioritization Release Strategies Scalability & Extensibility Risk-Based Testing
• Coaching/Mentoring Implementations Long/Short-Term Strategy Enterprise Transformations

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript, C#

Databases: MongoDB, Oracle, SQL Server

Automation Tools: Selenium, WebDriverIO, Cucumber, JUnit, TestNG, RestAssured

Performance Testing Tools: Gatling, JMeter, BlazeMeter

Testing Domains: Web, Web Services, Mobile, Desktop

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Development Manager

Technical Environment: Java, React, Cassandra, Cucumber/Karate, Rest-assured, TestNG, Jest, Enzyme, JMeter, Gatling, Jenkins, AppDynamics, Splunk, Docker

Responsibilities:

• Initiated both the strategy and tactical execution to adopt emerging technology, new products, and process optimizations within the software delivery lifecycle.
• Established a Community of Practice across product development (PD) functions and facilitated broad ownership of Confidential best practices by Agile teams to effect transformational change and decentralize Confidential engineering functions.
• Owned functional and non-functional testing roadmaps for multiple product lines and executed enhancements and automations to all levels of testing that drove reliability and efficiency.
• Led the ITAG-AI/ML track dedicated to artificial intelligence and machine learning and provided vital contributions to ITAG Core focused on enterprise-wide Confidential .
• Led high-visibility projects including ProConnect Tax Online, Lacerte, ProFile, Strategic Web Services, ProConnect Link, ProConnect Ready to Review, and ProConnect Collaboration.

Staff Software Engineer

Confidential

Technical Environment: Java, JUnit, Rest-assured, TestNG, Cassandra, JMeter, Gatling, Dynatrace, Splunk

Responsibilities:

• Developed a cross-functional strategy for promoting Confidential engineering across business units and standardizing solution frameworks.
• Executed best practices, Agile principles, continuous integration, and continuous deployment in the creation and implementation of durable tools and supportive frameworks to facilitate rapid software delivery cycles.
• Scripted automated release testing for web applications, conducted test case reviews, and executed all phases of product testing including unit, functional, regression, integration, and performance.
• Established a multi-phase strategy and execution plan to ensure cross-team standard competencies which served as a framework for future continuous performance automations.
• Cut 1,000 engineering hours for annual seasonal preparedness and drove team engagement through automations.
• Drove product reliability, performance, and Confidential by improving understanding of project requirements, creating real-world test and use cases, and analyzing new testing technologies.
• Created a common enterprise services platform using REST web services.

Senior Software Engineer

Confidential

Technical Environment: Java, JUnit, C#, NUnit, Oracle, Splunk

Responsibilities:

• Provided instrumental support for gathering and analysis of functional requirements and technical specifications, project planning, and testing strategy in the development of web applications and services.
• Mentored new team members on ways to overcome complex programming and design issues.
• Recruited to catalyze transformational change in the professional tax business unit, influenced Confidential within the engineering community, and established a 30-60-90-day plan to identify strengths and gaps, then devised a risk-based strategy that delivered large-scale automation coverage.
• Led workshops and training sessions serving to create a forum for engineers and Confidential professionals to gain expertise in best practices and develop actionable plans to reach goals.
• Supported the design and architecture of Confidential Practice Management using J2EE and C#.

Software Engineer

Confidential

Technical Environment: Java, JUnit, C#, NUnit, Oracle, Splunk

Responsibilities:

• Developed requirements, design, code, documentation, and Confidential reviews for web applications and web services.
• Created .NET SOAP web services used in the customer-facing account web portal and desktop application.
• Designed the web services providing core data and order processing functionality for all professional tax products.
• Enabled revenue growth and customer satisfaction by increasing flexibility for annual renewals and enabling in-product purchases and improved promotion capabilities.

Software Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led a seasonal migration team of technicians through data migrations.
• Maintained data created during annual tax content changes.
• Developed data migration tools and automated solutions.
• Identified inefficient and risky processes and established new process to close data security gaps and increase organizational transparency.
• Resolved process inefficiencies that slashed mishandled data rates to zero and propelled throughput by 10x.