Dynamic Software Engineer Team Lead with robust expertise in Software Testing and Quality Assurance. Proficient in Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and a range of programming languages. Accomplished in manual and automated testing, software documentation, and contract management. Also experienced in educational support roles, teaching data analytics and financial technology. Recognized for leadership, problem-solving skills, and commitment to software quality assurance. Seeking to leverage my skills to ensure the highest standards of software quality for your organization.
Independent Contractor 01/2024 - Present
Remotasks - Remote
Responsibilities:
Aid in training Large Language Models (LLMs) by providing high-quality responses to coding prompts
Review submitted responses to ensure correctness according to project specifications
Skills: Software Documentation - Manual Testing - Software Development - Test Automation - Testing
Software Engineer Team Lead 10/2021 - Present
UNCOMN - Scott Air Force Base, IL
Responsibilities:
Develop .NET Microservices
Support of Behavior Driven Development (BDD) with a CI/CD pipeline using Atlassian Dev Tools
Develop and Perform Manual Testing and Automated Testing
Act as Team Lead and Perform contract management duties
Skills: Software Documentation - Manual Testing - Software Development - DevOps - Leadership - U.S. Department of Defense - Test Automation - Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) - Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) - Testing - Atlassian Bamboo - Bitbucket - Confluence
QA Software Tester 04/2020 - 10/2021
UNCOMN - Scott Air Force Base, IL
Responsibilities:
Support the Behavior Driven Development (BDD) with a CI/CD pipeline on the Strike ART contract.
Develop and Perform Manual Testing and Automated Testing
Skills: Software Documentation - Manual Testing - Software Development - DevOps - U.S. Department of Defense - Test Automation - Software Testing - Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) - Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) - Testing - Atlassian Bamboo - Bitbucket - Confluence
Teaching Assistant and Central Grader 10/2021 - 03/2022
Trilogy Education / 2U - Remote
Responsibilities:
Provide support for the Teacher in educating students in Excel, Python, Javascript (D3.js, Leaflet.js), HTML/CSS, API Interactions, SQL, Tableau, R, and more at Ohio State University's Blended Data Online Boot Camp.
Grade homework assignments from Data Analytics and Visualization courses across the country.
Quality Control Technician 04/2020 - 04/2021
UNCOMN - Scott Air Force Base, IL
Responsibilities:
Evaluate software and associated documentation on the Global Decision Support System (GDSS) project.
Participate in formal and informal reviews to determine information technology quality and participate in the development of software quality assurance plans.
Examine and evaluate the Software Quality Assurance process and recommend enhancements and modifications.
Skills: Software Documentation - Manual Testing - Technical Documentation - U.S. Department of Defense - Quality Assurance - Test Automation - Testing
Teaching Assistant 10/2018 - 10/2019
Washington University Data Analytics Boot Camp - Saint Louis, MO
Responsibilities:
Software Quality Assurance Tester 02/2019 - 03/2020
Patriot IT - Swansea, IL
Responsibilities:
Monitor, analyze and test software during development in order to ensure quality using manual testing processes and test automation software.
Skills: Software Documentation - Manual Testing - U.S. Department of Defense - Test Automation - Software Testing - Testing
Teaching Assistant 07/2019 - 10/2019
Columbia and Rice University Financial Technology Boot Camp - Remote
Responsibilities:
Provide support for the Instructor in educating students attending Columbia University's and Rice University's Financial Technology Bootcamp, a six-month non-degree certificate programTopics include: Advanced Excel/VBA, Python, Machine Learning (Scikit-Learn, Keras, Tensforflow), API Interactions, Databases (SQL), Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, IDEs (VS Code, Jupyter), and Git/Github.
3rd Place Winning Submission for Trilogy BCS API Hack-a-thon using the new Bootcamp Spot API.
CS50 Introduction to Computer Science
Harvard University Extension School
January 2014 - July 2014
LaunchCode Summer of Code
LaunchCode
June 2016 - November 2016
General Education - 1998 - 1999
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville - Edwardsville, IL
Frontend Web Development - 2014
Thinkful