# Andrew Byrd

Software Engineer
andrewbyrd@hey.com
Raleigh, NC / Remote

# Objective

A full-time position where I will solve challenging problems, collaborate with other like-minded hardworking individuals, continuously learn, share/mentor others, ship amazing features, and make an impact.

# Technical Skills

# Languages / Frameworks / Libraries

JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Vue, Angular, GraphQL, NodeJS, Python, C#, .NET, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, HTML5, CSS, LESS, SCSS.

# Other Tooling

Webpack, Babel, Gulp, Jest, Jasmine, Karma, Firebase, Docker, Git, npm, VuePress, Next.js, create-react-app, Gatsby

# Senior Software Engineer at PayScale, Inc. [January 2019 - Present]

Lead front-end contributor for Data Integrations Engineering leading the implementation of all front-end development for a project to streamline and automate data ingestion into the PayScale platform and between products.
Development, tooling, testing, and documentation.
New libraries for features like File Extraction and Column Mapping created using React and TypeScript.
Created and lead PayScale Engineering's front-end guild, establishing front-end architecture and best practices, driving improvements to the platform such as alignment on front-end tooling and a design system.

# Senior Software Engineer III at Dude Solutions, Inc. [November 2016 - December 2018]

Architected strangler pattern strategy and developed redesign of flagship ASP.NET product using VueJS.
Implemented critical portions of AngularJS web application that combines KPIs, reporting tools, and a dashboard that leverages the experience and data of thousands of clients across multiple industries.
Designed Node services used to enable continuous integration of Qlik applications.
Designed Electron application used to extract Qlik applications from development environment.
Participated in forming Agile ceremonies around our sprint and release cycle.

# Software Engineer 2, ShareFile Development at Citrix Systems, Inc. [April 2015 – November 2016]

Refactored ASP.NET MVC web applications to improve performance, utilizing new JS frameworks.
Designed and developed Multi-Product Sales support to enable our Sales team to sell product bundles and standalone services.
Automated the invoicing process for ShareFile SMB accounts to SAP.
Contributed feature work to REST API services.
Participate in all phases of the SDLC.
Conducted interviews for Platform Software Developers.

# Software Engineer 1, ShareFile Business Systems at Citrix Systems, Inc. [August 2013 – April 2015]

Feature development and maintenance of Account Management CRM, Sales CRM, ShareFile Billing Engine, Marketing website, and ShareFile Blog.
Participate in weekly grooming sessions and daily scrums.
Perform code reviews for other developer’s pull requests and provide feedback.
Wrote unit and integration tests to maintain code quality.

# Production Support Engineer at Blackboard Inc. [June 2011 – August 2013]

Developed functionality for AlertNow, an ASP.NET MVC 3 Web Application, to seamlessly forward client data to our new product, Connect 5, during a mass client migration.
Designed and developed SIS Integration Tool, a WPF client-side application in C#.
Various bug fixes for AlertNow tracked via JIRA and SVN.
Developed SQL queries/stored procedures for maintenance, usage reporting, and researching issues.

# Data Integration Analyst at Blackboard Inc. [January 2010 – June 2011]

Responsible for working integration cases to automate data imports for Blackboard clients.
Develop complex SQL queries (T-SQL, PL/SQL, Jet SQL) to extract data from client systems.
WebEx with clients to configure ODBC connections, shell scripting, VBScripts, setup file transfers.
Discover new solutions for automating data exports from dozens of K12 SIS providers.
Develop solutions to integrate 3rd party vendor’s web services.

# Client Care Representative at Saf-T-Net, Inc. [July 2009 – January 2010]

Reactive incoming phone/email support for AlertNow, an ASP for rapid notification via voice/email/sms.
Bug reporting/Release testing for the GUI.