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brandon lyons

@brandonlyons

Full-Stack Engineer building scalable cloud-native web applications.

United States
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What I'm looking for

I seek a role building scalable cloud-native web applications where I can drive API design, modernize systems, mentor teams, and apply DevOps best practices.

I am a full-stack engineer with enterprise experience across Amazon, AWS, Microsoft, GE, and Hearst, focused on building scalable web applications and elegant user experiences.

I design and implement APIs, modernize legacy systems, and deploy cloud-native solutions on AWS using React, Vue.js, Node.js/Express, Python/Django, and Ruby on Rails.

My work has improved performance and reliability—examples include reducing load times by 20%, cutting operational costs by 25%, and accelerating release cycles by 30% through CI/CD and infrastructure automation.

I am passionate about mentoring teams in full-stack best practices and applying DevOps, testing, and cloud automation to deliver robust, production-ready systems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Amazon Web Services logoAS

Software Development Engineer

Amazon Web Services

Jul 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year 1 month)

Designed backend services in Python and Node.js deployed via AWS Fargate and RDS, built a Django-based entitlement management system for AWS Marketplace, and automated multi-account provisioning with CloudFormation and Terraform.

Microsoft logoMI

Software Development Engineer

Apr 2021 - Jul 2022 (1 year 3 months)

Migrated a legacy VB.NET system to React + Express + PostgreSQL reducing operational costs by 25%, prototyped Django REST internal tools, and increased test coverage to reduce production bugs by 15%.

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Software Engineer

Hearst Autos

Nov 2019 - Apr 2021 (1 year 5 months)

Streamlined lead delivery into a unified PostgreSQL source to increase advertising workflow reliability and built Next.js applications with Apollo GraphQL to improve SEO and rendering speed.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Michigan logoUM

University of Michigan

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2013 - 2017

Activities and societies: Web Development Intern; Mcity web developer projects involving Vue.js, Django, and cloud deployment.

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with coursework and projects focused on web development, backend APIs, and cloud deployments.

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