brandon lyons
@brandonlyons
Full-Stack Engineer building scalable cloud-native web applications.
What I'm looking for
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
Developed and optimized React components for high-traffic internal tools, improving load times by 20% and integrated API Gateway WebSockets for real-time UI updates to improve responsiveness for global teams.
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.
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%.
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.
Frontend Developer
GE Aviation
May 2019 - Nov 2019 (6 months)
Delivered a greenfield Vue.js + Node/Express supply chain tracking application enabling real-time KPI monitoring and migrated hosting to AWS Fargate to improve scalability and uptime.
Web Developer
Mcity
May 2018 - May 2019 (1 year)
Designed a project-tracking dashboard with a Vue.js frontend and Django REST backend, built OAuth-based user management APIs for autonomous vehicle testing workflows, and deployed apps to AWS EC2 and S3.
Built a SPA with Vue.js frontend, C# .NET Framework API, and Oracle DB for academic systems and assisted migrating tools to Ruby on Rails to reduce feature development time.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
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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