Paul Stella

Senior Software Engineer

Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan 49009

Professional Summary

With a wealth of experience as a Senior Software Engineer, I bring a dynamic blend of technical prowess, innovative problem-solving, and a commitment to transformative solutions in the tech industry. My professional journey is marked by a deep engagement with complex technical challenges across various domains, specializing in developing microservices, enhancing data pipelines, and managing critical ETL services. Emphasizing a holistic approach, I focus on unraveling underlying issues to craft lasting and impactful solutions. This methodology, combined with my adaptability and a drive for continuous learning, makes me an asset to any forward-thinking organization seeking creativity and technical excellence.

Skills

Languages: Go, Scala, C#, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Swift

Frameworks & Libraries: .NET, Play, Xamarin, React, Node.JS, React Native, Ionic, Swagger

Cloud & Web: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), REST, SOAP, WebRTC, WebSockets, JWT

Data: PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Redis, Firebase, MySQL, MongoDB, Apache Airflow, SQLite, ElasticSearch

Tools: Terraform, Git, Docker, Jenkins, AppCenter, Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Bash, Linux

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Consulting for Health and Nutrition Startup Lumenalta
New York City, New York (Remote)
Dec 2023 - Feb 2024

Built features with RESTful APIs in Go, adding integrations for Calendly & Zapier
Streamlined local development by emulating Firebase and ElasticSearch services using Docker containers
Refined, tested, & deployed large dataset calculations, applying nutritional scoring on food-based datasets

Senior Software Engineer

Consulting for Ad Tech Company Lumenalta
New York City, New York (Remote)
Nov 2020 - Dec 2023

Refactored & extended ETL pipelines with Go, Apache Airflow, & BigQuery, improving throughput by 80%
Created new and migrated prior infrastructure into Terraform configurations with Terragrunt tooling
Enhanced real-time application connectivity between microservices with gRPC and Protobuf
Implemented scalable microservices and service workers using Docker container orchestration
Leveraged CI/CD pipelines for testing and deployments to various environments using Github Actions
Introduced flexible and resilient event-driven architecture with Pub/Sub

Software Engineer

SmarterServices
Grand Rapids, MI (Hybrid)
Apr 2019 - Nov 2020

Built a video transcoding pipeline on ElasticBeanstalk using EC2 with FFmpeg, Node.JS, SQS, & Docker
Architected and developed a Google Chrome extension for automated proctoring leveraging Tensorflow
Developed and designed a check-in kiosk for regional DMVs with JavaScript, React, and HTML5
Built out entire CI/CD pipeline for automating testing and deploying microservices with Github Actions

Programmer

JohnsonRauhoff
Benton Harbor, MI (Hybrid)
Mar 2017 - Apr 2019

Developed iOS & Android mobile apps in Xamarin for field service technicians, offering diagnostics & docs
Used Scala & React for user management platform, offering subscription plans through Stripe integration
Leveraged AWS CloudFormation for defining infrastructure as code
Implemented push notifications with AWS SNS, mobile app authentication and sync with AWS Cognito
Maintained and expanded CI/CD using Bitbucket Pipelines for deploys and Jenkins for mobile app builds

Associate Software Engineer

Better World Books
Mishawaka, IN
Sept 2016 - Feb 2017

Developed a time-tracking web app & APIs with ASP.NET, streamlining warehouse workflow up to 25%
Migrated a monolithic Python web application to ASP.NET MVC for warehouse shipping management
Enhanced a eCommerce site using Algolia, improving search functionality & reducing load times up to 75%

Software Administrator

Better World Books
Mishawaka, IN
Feb 2014 - Sept 2016

Extracted data warehouse insights from MS SQL Server & MySQL databases.
Resolved technical issues using XML & CSV for inventory file-transfer & product fulfillment

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