Candidate 017
Senior Software Engineer
Fayetteville, AR
Summary
I’m a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience building and scaling cloud-native, Java-based applications and microservices, primarily in healthcare and financial services. I work extensively with Core Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems, and have deep hands-on experience with AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes. I focus on designing secure, high-performance, and maintainable systems, enjoy solving complex technical problems, and collaborate closely with product, security, and DevOps teams in Agile environments while mentoring engineers.
Professional Experience
Software Engineer
Capital One
06/2015 – 05/2020
- Developed and maintained Java Spring Boot microservices supporting high-traffic financial platforms, following REST standards and secure coding practices.
- Applied Core Java concepts, including collections, exception handling, concurrency and JVM memory optimization, to improve application performance and scalability.
- Designed database schemas and optimized SQL queries in PostgreSQL and MySQL, improving transaction performance and reporting accuracy.
- Built event-driven architectures using Kafka, enabling real-time fraud detection and low-latency transaction processing.
- Containerized applications using Docker and deployed to Kubernetes clusters on AWS, supporting enterprise- scale workloads.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab CI, enabling automated builds, testing and deployments.
- Strengthened cloud security by implementing IAM policies, KMS encryption, audit logging and compliance monitoring.
- Worked closely with QA, DevOps, and product teams in an Agile environment, contributing to sprint planning, code reviews and production support.
Senior Software Engineer
Oscar Health
06/2020 – 12/2025
- Led the end-to-end delivery of Oscar Health’s first GPT-4–powered Clinical Intake Bot, taking it from prototype to production through advanced prompt engineering, PHI-safe guardrails, and robust fallback workflows, significantly reducing manual intake effort.
- Designed and developed Spring Boot-based microservices and RESTful APIs using Core Java, applying OOP principles, Java Streams and Lambda expressions to improve readability and performance.
- Architected and deployed cloud-native services on AWS EKS using Docker and Kubernetes, enabling scalable, fault-tolerant systems supporting millions of requests with sub-second latency.
- Integrated PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Redis using ORM frameworks and optimized SQL queries through indexing and schema tuning to improve throughput and reliability.
- Implemented JWT-based authentication and role-based access controls, aligning with HIPAA and PHI security standards.
- Built real-time data pipelines using Kafka, enabling event-driven processing and asynchronous communication across distributed systems.
- Developed React + TypeScript front-end dashboards, leveraging reusable components, client-side routing and REST API consumption to improve clinician workflows.
- Automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins, reducing deployment time and improving release stability.
- Applied unit testing (JUnit, Mockito) and API testing (Postman) to ensure code quality and reduce production defects.
- Collaborated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, partnered with product and UX teams and mentored junior engineers on Java, Spring and microservices best practices.
Project Experience
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Technical Skills
Backend & Programming
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Frontend Development
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HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), React, Responsive Design (Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS), AJAX, Client-Side Routing, Webpack/npm/Vite
Databases
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MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
DevOps & Cloud
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Git/GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda)
Testing & QA
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JUnit 5, Mockito, Postman, REST Assured, Selenium
Certifications
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Education
University of Arkansas
Bachelor of Science
05/2015
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
References
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