Senior Full Stack Engineer - Cloud-Native, Microservices, AWS/Azure

RICHARD KUTCHAK

786-***-**** Miami, FL - ***** **************@*******.*** linkedin.com/in/rich-kut S U M M A RY

Senior Full Stack Engineer with over 9+ years of experience in developing and optimizing software solutions using, JavaScript, and Python. Expertise in modern frameworks like Core and, with a strong focus on cloud-native microservices architecture using and . Proven track record in transforming legacy systems, implementing best practices in Agile and TDD, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality applications. Committed to enhancing performance and scalability while ensuring compliance with industry standards.

P R O F E S S I O N A L S K I L L S

Langueages:, Javascript, TypeScript, Python

Frontend: Node.js,, React.js

Database: SQL, Amazon Dynamodb, CosmosDB, Oracle,

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

DevOps: TeamCity, DevOps, Jenkins

Other: Jira, Confluence, Kanban, Agile, MS Dynamics 365 Frameworks: Core, Blazor, WPF, Spring, Django, Visual Basic (VB)

ORM: Entity Framework, ADO, NHibernate

Unit Testing: NUnit, XUnit, MSTest, Apache, Cypress, Moq Cloud:,

W O R K E X P E R I E N C E

Senior Full Stack Engineer Apr 2023 - Oct 2025

United Health Systems Inc. Fort Lauderdale, FL

Leveraged 8 and 16 within a cloud-native microservices framework to modernize a legacy healthcare platforms, ensuring compliance with HL7, FHIR, and HIPAA for secure data exchange. Engineered infrastructure with App Services, Active Directory, Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, and Kubees Services, resulting in $500,000 in cost savings and improved development workflows. Conducted performance tuning and query optimization using Performance Monitor, SQL Profiler, and monitoring tools such as Grafana and Datadog.

Enhanced the performance of on-premises Microsoft SQL Server by rewriting T-SQL scripts and stored procedures with Entity Framework Core 6, achieving a 10% increase in performance. Implemented SOLID principles, Repository, and Factory design patterns in projects while transitioning from SOAP to RESTful API calls, improving integration with external services. Refactored legacy services into ETLs and services, boosting reliability and performance for data movement, which saved millions annually in operational costs.

Integrated microservices with Dynamics 365, enabling seamless synchronization with SQL databases via Functions, enhancing patient data management.

Migrated the CI/CD pipeline from TeamCity to DevOps for servers, reducing deployment time by 20%. Updated DevOps pipelines using Terraform to automate the deployment and configuration of API Management, ensuring automatic mapping to Function Apps endpoints. Constructed the MVVM architecture of 16 to develop robust apps, ensuring precise application requirements through tailored controllers and directives.

Executed unit and integration testing using Jasmine/Karma for and NUnit for, achieving over 85% test coverage to ensure software quality.

Led and mentored an Agile team of 5 developers, providing technical direction and fostering a collaborative atmosphere to deliver high-caliber software products through effective Scrum practices. Senior Software Engineer Mar 2019 - Apr 2023

Teledyne FLIR LLC Orlando, FL

Modernized a legacy lab management system by transitioning from Web Forms to Core 6, Entity Framework, 11, LINQ, and SSRS, adhering to TDD and Agile methodologies. Championed the implementation of microservice architecture, utilizing REST and for the development, testing, and deployment of identity microservices, with a focus on Active Directory(AD) and Access Management. Revamped a VB customer portal into a React/Next.js, Core 6, Material UI-based web application, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations, leading to a 35% increase in API reliability and security. Designed and implemented OAuth, SSO, and SAML solutions, enhancing user authentication efficiency by 30% across applications.

Established server infrastructure using, handling volume imports, launching EC2 instances, RDS, configuring security groups, auto-scaling, and load balancers, which optimized server setup and cut deployment times by 20%. Leveraged Cloud technologies like EKS, CloudFront, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, and DynamoDB to improve application performance and scalability, ensuring an excellent user experience. Analyzed over 1TB of data logs using KQL, improving monitoring and performance optimization of critical systems. Facilitated to the architecture of a company dashboard using Vue.js for the frontend and Python Django for the backend, leading to a 12% enhancement in user experience.

Innovated a pagination system for an AI-based image generation platform using DynamoDB and Node.js in conjunction with Redis.

Created an ETL pipeline utilizing Lambda triggers, Node.js, and Kinesis Firehose to synchronize data from DynamoDB, achieving a 5% reduction in data transfer times.

Software Engineer May 2016 - Mar 2019

Teledyne FLIR LLC Orlando, FL

Developed 10 responsive web pages using and the framework, achieving a page load time of 1 second. Transitioned 2 legacy frameworks to MVC architecture with Telerik Kendo UI, optimizing performance by 30%. Created web forms in with as the backend language and harnessed LINQ for SQL data consumption. Extended WCF for building service-oriented architectures (SOA) to ensure compatibility across platforms in web services. Applied ADO for database connectivity and populated backend data using SQL Server. Enhanced 2 Oracle PL/SQL packages, stored procedures, functions, and materialized views for Oracle CCB – Meter Data Management System (MDMS), increasing data retrieval efficiency by 20%. Architected and documented REST/HTTP APIs, defining precise JSON data schemas and implementing an API versioning strategy that improved system flexibility and maintained backward compatibility, resulting in a 25% reduction in development time. Demonstrated expertise in Agile methodologies, Test-driven development (TDD), and programming paradigms. E D U C ATION

Master's degree: Computer Science Dec 2022

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Bachelor of Science: Computer Engineering May 2016 University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

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