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Brian McKiernan

@brianmckiernan

Senior Software Engineer at Raymond James modernizing a trading platform and automating AWS operations.

At Raymond James, I contribute to modernizing a microservices-based trading platform and developing production applications with Python and AWS. I’ve helped improve operational visibility while reducing deployment troubleshooting time by approximately 20%.

I also automated recurring operational workflows, reducing manual engineering effort by approximately 25%, and helped improve incident response time by approximately 30%.

At Accenture, I developed Java and Spring Boot microservices and RESTful APIs for financial-services applications. I built Jenkins CI/CD pipelines that reduced repetitive manual deployment activities by approximately 40%.

At Systech International, I developed enterprise applications across backend and frontend layers using Java, Angular, and TypeScript. I also implemented AWS functionality that reduced environment provisioning and setup time by approximately 35%.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Current

Raymond James

Feb 2025 - Present (1 year 8 months)

Contributed to the development and modernization of a microservices-based trading platform, supporting mission-critical trading capabilities. Developed and enhanced production applications using Python and AWS, improving reliability and reducing incident response time by approximately 30%.

Python AWS Lambda EC2 S3 Cloudwatch Microservices REST APIs CI CD Automation Incident Response Observability

Software Engineering Senior Analyst

Accenture

Sep 2021 - Feb 2025 (3 years 5 months)

Designed and developed Java and Spring Boot microservices for enterprise financial-services applications in cloud environments. Built and maintained Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, reducing manual deployment activities by approximately 40% and improving release consistency.

Java Spring Boot Microservices REST APIs AWS Jenkins CI CD Python Linux SQL BASH Agile Cloud Native Architecture

Software Engineer

Systech International

May 2019 - Sep 2021 (2 years 4 months)

Developed enterprise applications across backend and frontend layers using Java, Spring Framework, Hibernate, Angular, and TypeScript. Implemented AWS functionality using Lambda, EC2, and S3, reducing environment provisioning time by approximately 35%.