Stephen D. Pappas
*** ******** ***, *********, ************ 19050
Phone 610-***-**** E-Mail: *******.*.******@*****.*** Goal
I am looking for a software development position in a team that prioritizes best practices and offers both growth opportunities and interesting challenges. Skills
• Programming Languages: C++, C, C#, PHP, JavaScript, Vue, Python, Perl, Java, SQL
• Software Familiar With: Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL Management Studio, Vim, NService bus, Selenium, Junit, Entity Framework
• Preferred Project Methodology: Agile/Scrum
Education
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Bachelor of Science: Computer Science; degree April 2017 Experience
Almac Group, Lansdale, PA
Software Developer 2 January 2024 – April 2025
• Contributed to over 240 code releases across dozens of projects centered around patient management and event logistics for double-blind pharmaceutical trials
• Worked with small teams on initial application development for some trials, and also worked solo on bundled sets of feature+defect tickets to update existing applications
• Implemented event-bus-driven applications for multiple trials, focusing on maintaining a fully audited and high-integrity dataset intended for active and frequent examination
• Adhered to high code quality standards and completed randomly-assigned code reviews Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh, PA (Contract Position) Web Developer April 2023 – October 2023
• Managed websites for upcoming shows while improving UI/UX where able
• Negotiated improved UI/UX on existing pages with owning third party company Craneware, Warrendale, PA
Software Engineer October 2022 - March 2023
• Developed REST API-driven C# web application for optimizing hospital logistics
• Designed and implemented schema for user security around roles-based access
• Used Test Driven Development to create features and expand test coverage
• Worked on migration to and ETL for code-first database implementation Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children, Pittsburgh, PA Software Engineer, March 2020 – September 2022
• Developed .NET framework website using BackboneJS and Entity Framework
• Designed and implemented unit test framework for entire stack, 175+ tests written
• Created and revised pages to generate 23+ different on-demand school reports used for collating student information for purposes of funding and operations Fedex, Moon Township, PA (Contract Position)
QA Engineer, July 2019- January 2020
• Developed Java JUnit testing suite for external verification of C application
• Debugged and verified new code releases
Netapp, Cranberry Township, PA
Software Engineer, May 2017 – February 2019
• Helped develop internal VueJS application to allow employees to rent hardware
• Converted PHP GUI pages to pure Vue JavaScript pages, making updates to Perl REST API backend where needed
• Wrote comprehensive Selenium and NUnit tests around all code changes made Ansaldo STS, South Oakland, PA
Software Intern, May 2016 - July 2016
• Helped create web application to display and graph the data received from a JSON file
• Created UNIX sockets in C to read in data from hardware and create a JSON file