Software Engineering Manager

KEVIN BREWER

[LinkedIn] ********@*****.*** 773-***-****

Summary

Results-driven Software Engineering Manager with over 10 years of experience leading high-performing teams in the development of scalable software solutions with 20 years of experience in the technology sector. Proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget while fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. Expertise in Agile methodologies, team management, and cross-functional collaboration. I have spent the last few years managing full stack developers, developing products deployed to cloud (AWS) environments, utilizing cutting edge deployment and continuous integration tools. Skills

● Leadership & Team Management: Mentoring and guiding teams of 5+ engineers to achieve technical and business goals.

● Project Management: Expertise in Agile, Scrum, and Kanban methodologies; adept at project planning, resource allocation, and risk management.

● Technical Skills: Proficient in AWS (Cloud Infra), NodeJs, JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, AWS, Docker, CSS, HTML, Frontend Single Page Frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and Microservices architecture.

● Software Development: Strong background in full-stack development, system design, and code reviews.

● Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills with a focus on stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.

Professional Experience

CAPITAL ONE Chicago, IL (4 year)

Software Engineering Manager Trade Credit

June 2022 – Present

● Managed a team of 8 full stack developers in the design and development of cloud-based Credit Agent Servicing application, enhancing scalability and performance by 40%.

● Led the successful migration of legacy agent servicing application to utilize micro frontend and microservices architecture, increasing operational efficiency by 30%.

● Collaborated with product managers and stakeholders to define technical requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

● Implemented Agile practices, resulting in a 25% improvement in project delivery speed and team productivity.

● Spearheaded the adoption of DevOps tools and practices, which improved deployment frequency and reduced lead time for changes by 50%.

● Provide talent development mentoring and conduct calibration/performance management sessions. Software Engineering Manager Enterprise Architecture Nov 2020 – June 2022

● Helped product and development teams across Capital One create high-quality APIs and event streams.

● Provided api governance to all apis produced within Capital One and Maintained Capital One API Design Standards and Served as first line of support for API producing teams

● Trained API Coaches across Line of Business

● Facilitated API Design review sessions

● Published API metrics for Executive Leaders

GOGO Chicago, IL (6 year)

Manager Frontend Software Development

May 2017 – Nov 2020

● Frontend Software Manager responsible for the user interface development of a web portal applications that enable airline partners (American Airlines, Delta, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Aero Mexico Airlines, Japan Airlines, and Virgin-Atlantic Airlines) to access the internet and purchase entertainment services on their aircraft.

● Led a team of 10 developers that work on multi million dollar projects and features yearly. My role required me to have strong domain knowledge, understanding of the target customer's needs and to be well versed in our technology stack. We develop software utilizing Lean Agile methodologies and scrum practices.

● Helped migrate on premise servers are applications to the cloud environment (AWS) using cutting edge technologies, such as Lambdas, EC2, CloudFront, S3, Docker Containers and customized continuous integration tools.

● Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve complex software issues, enhancing system reliability. Worked with product and business analysts to establish business requirements. Lead Frontend Application Developer

October 2015 - May 2017

● Led a team of frontend application developers as part of the Virgin Atlantic Portal development project. Serving as the architect of an event based communication and component based application developed with Backbone and Marionette.

● Led code reviews and mentored junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and code quality.

● Designed and developed RESTful APIs and backend services for a high-traffic e-commerce platform.

● Played a key role in implementing automated testing frameworks (Cypress, Selenium), which improved the defect detection rate by 40%.

● Provided production support, executing Splunk queries to traverse applications logs to help debug production defects. Leverage AWS Cloudwatch and APM tools to assist in debugging. Sr. User Interface Application Engineer

Aug 2014 – Oct 2015

● Worked directly with our in-flight Video Application, Gogo Vision, our commercial and consumer applications and our in-flight portals for our airline partners.

● I was responsible for rearchitecting a monolithic Jquery based ui to use a Model View Control architect with Backbone.js.

CARS.COM Chicago, IL (9 year)

Sr. Mobile Application Developer

Aug 2010 – Aug 2014

● Develop and maintain the mobile web application for cars.com, utilizing client side technologies; such as Backbone.js, Require.js, CSS, HTML5 features, and JSON. Application Developer

Aug 2005 - Aug 2010

● Served a role in a medium size team that developed the website for cars.com internal and external customers, leveraging core Java architectures and frameworks. My position had an emphasis on frontend application development, utilizing technologies such as IBM Websphere Portal 6.1, IMB Websphere Lotus Connection, Struts 2, JSTL, JSP, Java, XSLT, UNIX, Java script. (Frameworks: Jquery, DOJO, Yahoo ToolKit). TRIBUNE COMPANY Chicago, IL (2 year)

Internet System Analyst

Jan 2003 – Aug 2005

● Responsible for template development for all of Tribune Companies affiliate websites, utilizing server side technologies such as JSP, Tag Libraries, Java classes, Perl, and XML.

● Extracted data from an Oracle database to generate complex reports and statistics to present to senior level management, utilizing PERL, SQL, and JAVA classes.

● Provided 24/7 pager duty for one week period every 10-12 weeks. SPRINT Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (2 year)

Software Engineer II

June 1999 – Jul 2002

● Maintained a dispatching application for field techs. Worked as a developer, maintaining the UI, performing unit tests and performance testing using Winrunner.

● Executing adhoc queries to a Informix base database to gather data to provide reporting to business stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pre-Architecture

University of Missouri, Columbia

1994-1998

Keller Graduate School of

Management of DeVry University

Masters of Information Technology

Certifications

● AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Technical Skills

● Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Jira and Version One

● Monitoring Tools: Splunk and Sumo Logic

● Single Page Applications: Vue, Angular, Backbone, React, Web Components

● AWS: EC2, ECS, Lambda, Route 53, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, ALBs

● Languages: Python, JavaScript, C++, Java, SQL, Node.js, Spring Boot, Struts2, JSP, JSTL, JSF, Perl, ASP, XSLT, XSD, Unix Shell

● Databases: RDS, Dynamo, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle 10g Awards & Recognitions

● Recognized as "Manager of the Year" in 2021 for outstanding leadership and project success.

● Led a team to win the company's internal hackathon, showcasing innovative use of cloud technologies.

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