Web Development/Software Engineer

Brenden Pennington

Software Engineer

I am a full stack engineer with a passion for designing and

scaling component-based web applications using React, Node.Js and relational/non-relational databases

Fremont, CA 94536

510-***-****

*******.**********@*****.***

linkedin.com/in/brendenpennington

github.com/brenden720

PROJECTS

Head in the Clouds Project — Created components for a music streaming page.

● Built a user-interactive microservice for a music streaming website utilizing React.js and CSS in a collaborative team setting

● Implemented a proxy server to route endpoints to correct components

● Integrated connection pooling in MySQL to prevent excess resource usage and timeouts

● Deployed application applying Docker and AWS (EC2, RDS, S3) Ucourses Project — Optimized the back-end for an online learning website

● Horizontally scaled component with a load balancer and multiple AWS EC2 instances to distribute incoming connections up to 3000 RPS

● Enhanced an existing back-end with Express and MongoDB using 10M database records

● Stress tested the component employing Loader.io and New Relic to detect potential bottlenecks

Poker Vault — Session tracker for win/loss recording

● Designed and created front-end UI using React/Redux, React Router, and Bootstrap

● Integrated NodeJs and Express with a RESTful api and a MySQL database to handle storage of user data

● Implemented Google OAuth2 to conditionally render a user’s unique dashboard interface

● Deployed to AWS utilizing RDS with MySQl, EC2, and Route 53 for a domain name

● Utilized datetime npm package to create a dropdown calendar to select session start/end times

WORK EXPERIENCE

Complete Business Solutions, Newark, CA — Accountant 2014 - 2018

● Worked with clients to correct and properly maintain financial documents

● Reconciled account discrepancies by analyzing account information and adjusting for errors

● Increased productivity by introducing various Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to the company for keeping track of financial data/payroll SKILLS

Front-end:

JavaScript ES6+, jQuery, HTML/CSS,

React.js, Redux, Webpack, Bootstrap

Back-end:

MySQL, MongoDB, Mongoose, Node.js,

Express, AWS (S3, EC2, RDS, Load

Balancer, Route 53), Docker

Other:

Git, Mocha/Chai, Jest/Enzyme

Education

Hack Reactor, San Francisco, CA

Certificate of Completion, 2018

Advanced Software Engineering

Immersive program

University of California, San Diego

Management Science

Ohlone College, Fremont, CA

Business Administration

Awards

Eagle Scout

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