Personal details
Joseph S.
Timezone: Pacific Time (US & Canada) (UTC-7)
Summary
Currently residing in Portland, OR
Hobbies/Activities: hiking, avid (professional) gamer, playing the French Horn and Bass Guitar
Favorite Song: Quality Time
Technical skills
Work Experience
Senior Backend Web Developer
Sungrade Solar | Aug 2018 - Jul 2019
Ruby
API
PostgreSQL
Redis
Sidekiq
Elixir
Rails 5
- Sole backend developer for Ruby/Rails/Elixir/Postgres/Redis/Sidekiq system
- Architected redesign of legacy Ruby monolith into services
- Designed and implemented application processing service with 300% faster response times
- Developed one-click financing application system, doubling PPA loan origination from 25% to 50% of total
- Integrated internal API with partners' system APIs, each with a minimum of 8 endpoints
- Authored and implemented workflow engine DSL, eliminating 5-10 hours of monthly manual intervention
- Instituted culture of testing, increasing coverage from 6% to 85% and ensuring
Senior Web Developer
RepPro | May 2017 - Aug 2018
OAuth
- Developed a custom SAML solution compliant with the ACORD Standard
- Reconciled both teams codebases upon merger
- Implemented culture of testing and helped to improve test coverage
- Designed OAuth system to provision access to external users
- Improved architecture so all applications could be run locally
Personal Projects
2019
Ruby
A twitch overlay used for user engagement and gamification. Calculates house points and divides users into "teams" where they accumulate points for their house.