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Jarid Goodwin

@jaridgoodwin

I am a Senior Full Stack Engineer building scalable Java cloud-native platforms with strong frontend and backend expertise.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a hands-on senior engineering role building scalable, cloud-native systems with strong cross-functional teams, mentorship opportunities, and challenging technical problems.

I am a Senior Full Stack Engineer with over 10 years of experience building scalable, user-centric platforms using Java, Spring, React, Angular, and cloud technologies. I specialize in end-to-end solutions across logistics, travel, culinary, and telecommunications, with a focus on performance, accessibility, and clean architecture.

I have driven improvements including enhanced warehouse management, optimized cruise booking systems, AI-powered search and recommendations, and reliable telecom provisioning. I embrace Agile practices, test-driven development, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver robust systems and mentor teams toward continual improvement.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Java Full Stack Engineer

Primecodo

Aug 2019 - May 2025 (5 years 9 months)

Led full-stack development for e-commerce, travel, and media platforms using Java Spring Boot and React/Angular, integrating RabbitMQ and Elasticsearch to improve search relevance and system performance. Implemented AI-powered recommendations and optimized cloud deployments on AWS to enhance scalability and availability.

Java Spring Boot React RabbitMQ AWS Elasticsearch MySQL Docker

Senior Java Developer

Verizon

Jun 2016 - Jul 2019 (3 years 1 month)

Engineered backend services for customer provisioning and billing with Java and Spring Boot, introduced Kafka-based event streaming, and deployed microservices on AWS to improve reliability and automation. Integrated external identity and payment systems while enforcing data security and compliance.

Java Spring Boot Kafka AWS React Next.js PostgreSQL Jenkins

Java Developer

Upwork

Mar 2015 - May 2016 (1 year 2 months)

Delivered scalable Java backend systems and REST APIs as a Top Rated Plus freelancer, implementing Scrum with one-week iterations to increase development speed 20% and reduce project delivery times 15%. Optimized applications to improve performance by 32% and implemented CI/CD, containerization, and cloud services for high availability.

Java ReactJS AWS Lambda Docker Jenkins Kubernetes Apache Kafka

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

California State University, Fullerton

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2010 - 2016

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from 2010 to 2016, completing coursework in software development, data structures, and algorithms and delivering practical projects.