Senior Software Engineer
Resume:
TODD
PIERZINA
SENIOR SOFTWARE
ENGINEER
CONTACT
****.********@*****.***
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
SKILLS
Deepest Experience
• Java 8/11
• JavaScript
• Spring Boot
• Hibernate/JPA
• PostgreSQL, Oracle
• Linux
• AWS, Kubernetes
• REST APIs and microservice
development
• Continuous integration and
deployment
• Agile software development
Significant Experience
• RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, IBM MQ
• Kafka
• GitLab, Jenkins
• SQL Server, MySQL
• PrestoDB
• Alfresco
• Documentum
• Visual Basic
• Ruby on Rails
EDUCATION
August 1988 – May 1992
B.S. in Computer Science
Marquette University Milwaukee
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Seasoned software engineer, technical architect, and team leader with 25+ years of experience delivering robust software systems. Expert in Java technologies, with 15+ years of managing full-stack teams. Passionate about solving complex problems, both as a leader and member of a team. EXPERIENCE
January 2023 – December 2024
Senior Software Engineer
Accertify Itasca, IL
• Developed and supported a high-volume online fraud detection system using modern Spring Boot services and legacy Java applications, including integration with MapR using Kafka.
• Modernized low latency, multithreaded document binding REST service. February 2021 – December 2022
Senior Backend Software Engineer
Collective Health San Mateo, CA
• Developed Spring Boot microservices to integrate internal claim management systems with external partners, using IBM MQ and Rabbit MQ.
• Deployed and managed production systems on AWS, using API Gateway and Kubernetes.
• Optimized complex cross-database Presto DB queries to replace one-off reports.
July 2020 – January 2021
Senior Software Engineer
Caterpillar Chicago
• Developed Python and Spring Boot microservices to ingest, clean and support analysis of enormous amounts of real-time device data.
• Integrated AWS solutions, including API Gateway, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Kinesis, and RDS.
• Used Azure DevOps for Git version control, CI/CD, and Agile management. August 2019 – July 2020
Senior Software Engineer
Daugherty Business Solutions Oak Brook Terrace, IL
• Refactored and enhanced a hybrid microservices-based insurance application using Spring Boot, Oracle, and Pivotal Cloud Foundry.
• Developed greenfield microservices for policy rating system. July 2005 – May 2012, July 2016 – July 2019
Technical Architect
Technology Services Group Chicago
• Led teams to deliver performant Java-based solutions across pharmaceutical, manufacturing, energy, and insurance sectors, with a focus on content management using Documentum and Alfresco.
• Created scalable solutions to load large volumes of documents and data from legacy systems, and to process data ingestion via multiple channels.
• Improved usability, performance, and reliability for large not-for-profit's flagship AWS-hosted websites.
May 2012 – Jul 2016
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Enova Chicago
• Led teams of full-stack software engineers to deliver full-stack Ruby on Rails solutions to multiple Financial Services business units.
• Guided the growth of the Software Engineering organization from 50 to 120 engineers in roughly two years, working closely with the Director of SE and CTO as well as Enova's Talent group.
• Worked with senior leadership to prioritize and evangelize staffing of over 100 engineers in 12 fintech teams.
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