Brian Jaress
Versatile professional with engineering and leadership experience seeking a remote position. Working now with Java in health insurance but open to change. https://bjaress.com
Education
- MS in Computer Science at University of Hawaii
- BS in Computer Science at University of Hawaii
History
Java Software Engineer
Moda Health (contract) – 06/2023 to current
Code ownership, design, and development for libraries, web applications, and web services.
- Automated testing, database design, and full-stack development for microservices, shared libraries, and web applications.
- Cross-team collaboration, requirements gathering, and subject-matter expertise for admin tools, external applications, and member portals.
- Debugging, documentation, and root-cause analysis for legacy applications, microservices, and vendor services.
Software Development Manager I
HealthSparq – 04/2020 to 10/2022
Architecture, product ownership, and team leadership for DevOps Engineers, Quality Engineers, and Software Engineers.
- Career development, process improvement, and work assignment for DevOps Engineers, Quality Engineers, and Software Engineers.
- Project management, roadmap planning, and service ownership for analytics collection, configuration management, and test automation systems.
- API design, database design, and system architecture for CI/CD pipelines, data pipelines, and microservices.
Software Engineer III
HealthSparq – 08/2018 to 04/2020
DevOps, software development, and team leadership for data pipelines, microservices, and web services.
- Back-end development, full-stack development, and infrastructure-as-code for authentication services, personalization services, and rules engines.
- Integration testing, performance testing, and unit testing for user interfaces, web applications, and web services.
- Incident response, root-cause analysis, and triage for API gateways, microservices, and web applications.
Software Engineer
Cigna (contract) – 03/2018 to 08/2018
Software engineering for data pipelines, event streams, and microservices.
- Automated testing, design, and implementation for microservices.
- Data modeling and database design for data pipelines and event streams.
- Dashboards, metrics, and observability for data pipelines, event streams, and microservices.
Senior Software Engineer
Nike – 01/2016 to 12/2017
Operational support, quality engineering, and software development for e-commerce and global customers.
- Back-end development, design, and implementation for checkout, pricing, and search.
- API design, performance testing, and unit testing for microservices and shared libraries.
- Incident response, operational support, and triage for global customers, holiday sales, and product launches.
Software Engineer
Trefis – 06/2012 to 01/2016
Data management, full-stack development, and software engineering for financial services, valuation, and visualization.
- Data modeling, data processing, and database design for data ingest, data pipelines, and ETL.
- Full-stack development and requirements gathering for financial services, forecasting, and web applications.
- Front-end development and user interface design for data import and data visualization.
