Software Developer Test

Samuel Whitley

Ruby Developer

OBJECTIVE

Seeking challenging ruby and or rails position with an exciting company. SUMMARY

Entry level software developer eager to tackle new and difficult projects, by learning new technologies and by applying current known technology stack.

SKILLS

● Ruby on Rails

● Test Driven Development/ Behaviour Driven Development

● Cucumber

● Javascript/jQuery

● Ubuntu/linux

EXPERIENCE

Software Developer, Comverge

Norcross, Ga August,2015 July,2016

Tasked with updating and maintaining a cucumber test suite. Configured multiple test servers that utilized the following technologies, Ubuntu 14.10 15.10, Ejabberd, Stunnel, Bind9, Ruby, Cucumber, and Jenkins. Created a ruby script that hit an API to retrieve and parse thousands of XML documents in minutes. Inserted parsed XML documents into a MySQL database.

Accomplishments

● Updated Cucumber Test suite from ruby 1.8.7 to 2.1.5 ahead of schedule.

Modified existing ruby 1.8.7 code to function running ruby 2.1.5

Deployed Jenkins build to simulated nightly runs on older code.

● Setup and maintained multiple test servers, which was crucial to spotting bugs before delivery.

Installed Ubuntu on multiple test servers.

Installed and configured Ejabberd, stunnel, and bind9 on test servers.

● Replaced an existing VBA script that pulled and parsed thousands of xml files, with a more efficient ruby script.

Created MySQL tables to store parsed data.

Created a reliable way to parse XML files into corresponding rows

■ Handled incomplete data and corrupted data.

Handled bad api calls

■ Made fewest calls possible, and called API again when necessary.

● Created and help maintained home test servers in order to gather results from different locations.

[4458 simpson mill ln] [Duluth], [Ga] [30096]

T: [404-***-****] Github: [https://github.com/samuel whitley] E: [******.*********@*****.***]

Samuel Whitley

Ruby Developer

EDUCATION

Student, Iron Yard

Atlanta, Ga January 2015 March 2015

Attended an intense 12 week full time Ruby on Rails bootcamp. Where I learned a wide array set of skills ruby, rails, HTML, CSS, bootstrap, and Git.

Accomplishments

● Create a consumable API for my final project No Apple Juice. An app that sends a message before your phone dies.

Utilized Twilio programmable number service.

Could be for a variety of messaging services.

Made use of background jobs.

● Worked in teams consisting of programmers using different technology stacks to build various apps.

Utilized Git to collaborate with multiple programmers. Duluth High

Duluth, Ga Graduated in 2007

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

[4458 simpson mill ln] [Duluth], [Ga] [30096]

T: [404-***-****] Github: [https://github.com/samuel whitley] E: [******.*********@*****.***]

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