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Developer Engineer

Location:
Seattle, WA
Posted:
November 13, 2012

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Resume:

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Seattle WA 98126

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Qualifications

I was given my first computer when I was 6. I got bored with it and taught myself to program. In high school, I met the Internet. In college I ended up doing some web development for money. Everything else follows from that.

10+ years professional programming experienceAbility to learn new programming languages and systems rapidlyExtensive experience with Perl, Ruby, Apache, MySQL, and LinuxDeep understanding of dynamic websites at all layers, from database to user experience.

It may interest you to know that this resume is maintained in XML format and compiled into HTML, text, and RTF with a perl script, all available at my website.

Requirements

For any recruiters who might come across this, here are some do's and dont's for pinging Marty:

I'm not interested in relocating, nor commuting across Lake Washington.I'm not interested in working with ASP, .NET, C#, or anything hosted on windows.Don't ask for my resume in Word format. My website has html, text, and rtf formats available.I'm not currently interested in limited-term contracts.

Experience

Software Developer

SEOmoz, Inc.

Seattle, WA

4/2011-present General Ruby/Rails development

SEO tool creation and maintenance

Social Analytics tools

Rails Developer

contract for SEOmoz, Inc.Rooster Park LLC

Seattle, WA

2/2010-3/2011

[contract] General Ruby/Rails development

SEO tool creation and maintenance

Standalone analysis tools

PDF report generationGeneral PHP development

E-Commerce integration with Infusionsoft

Administrative tool creation

Lead Software Developer

Steampunk Conventions Inc

Seattle, WA

2/2009-present

[volunteer] Rails-based convention management system

Cart-based multiple-registration system using dynamically configured objects

PayPal e-commerce cart integration

Registration checkin system

[http://www.steamcon.org/]

Rails Developer

Marchex

Seattle, WA

12/2009-2/2010

[contract] Rails-based online yellow pages system

Scheduling system with dynamic calendar views

Security Improvements

I18N

[http://www.marchex.com/]

Rails Developer

contract for SEOmoz, Inc.Rooster Park LLC

Seattle, WA

11/2009-1/2010

[contract] Rails-based URL analysis site

Development of a stand-alone rails-based front-end for client API

Integration with existing and new Linkscape APIs, including a wrapper gem

[http://www.opensiteexplorer.com/]

Rails Developer

OptimisCorp

Murrieta, CA

5/2009-12/2009

[contract] Rails-based Electronic Medical Records system

Deep Javascript for dynamic-HTML scheduling interface

New functionality and bug fixes for patient documentation module

[http://optimispt.com/]

Senior Engineer

Website Core ServicesPopCap Games

Seattle, WA

3/2008-1/2009 Design and implementation of core services

Designed a new user authentication and authorization service

Researched service architectures and proposed which Java application server to useTools Maintenance

Improved performance and reliability of deployment management system

[http://www.popcap.com/]

Tools Developer

PopCap Games

Seattle, WA

7/2006-3/2008 Tools Development

Developed a custom deployment management system, handling multiple tiers and environments

Developed a Customer Relationship Management application

Developed a custom HR Information System, including employee data tracking and recruiting

Built a company-wide intranet, including phonebook, blogs, rss readers, and HR tools

[http://www.popcap.com/]

Web Development Engineer II/III

Amazon.com

Seattle, WA

8/2000-7/2006 Web development

Modified existing web templates and created new templates

Worked individually and as part of a team to complete a wide range of projects

Developed merchant-configurable templating mechanism for Registry system

Localized Order Summary templates for international launch

Refactored existing applications to interoperate more easily

Managed branch reintegration and deployment for multi-site testing and deployment

Led a small team of engineers to build a unified order-update application

Migrated UK order-management systems to new platform

Integrated Amazon Connect features onto Gateway and Detail pagesSoftware development

Developed source code visualization tool for web developers

Developed tools on top of Perforce to manage multi-branch merging process

Developed tools to improve web developer efficiency

Developed applications for data syncronization with external vendors

Developed service layers for registries on target.com

Consulted in design of generalized service framework

Consulted in design of generic registry service

Developed API layer to access services from frontend templates

Improved service API for order manipulation

Developed tools for sanity checking and build-verification of front-end code

[http://www.amazon.com/]

Personal Projects

A brief list of interesting things I've done on my own time

Took over management of an existing mod_perl website, rebuilt it in Ruby on Rails

Wrote an eVite replacement, implemented with a handful of perl CGI scripts

Skills

Some of the things I know, current and disused.

Shell Scripting (bash/tcsh/zsh)

Client/Server Development

Operating Systems, User/Admin Current:Linux (Ubuntu)MacOS 10.6Windows XP/7 Disused:Unix/Linux (Slackware, Gentoo, Red Hat, SunOS)MacOS 6.x-10.5Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT4, 2000, Vista

Education

8/1995-12/1998, Cum Laude

Major: Computer Science

Minor: Mathematics

Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wichita, KS



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