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Jay Kay

@jaykay

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I'm a senior software engineer from Zurich.

Switzerland

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for a challenging role where I can leverage my extensive experience and versatile skill set to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization.

Programming language polyglot, highly skilled and experienced software engineer with over 10 years of expertise in full-stack web development, desktop and mobile app development, and AI development. Committed to utilizing modern development practices to drive business growth and deliver innovative solutions. Seeking a challenging role where I can leverage my extensive experience and versatile skill set to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization.

Experience

Current

Software Engineer and Tech Lead

Current

PowerTech

Apr 2021 - Present (3 years 1 month)

• Managed big data tables, data warehouse, and microservices to create, read, update, and delete data, managed reports, and supported ad-hoc data requests.
• Worked directly with triage teams to uncover issues in the application as they related to data processing.
• Architected and implemented complex back-end systems, ensuring robustness, scalability, and security.

.NET Python Django Javascript (ES6)JavaScript NodeJS Javascript Typescript MongoDB MySQL AWS GitHub Gitlab Architecture Rust

Software Developer

Influenster

May 2014 - Nov 2019 (5 years 6 months)

• Architected and implemented the "follow" feature, with push notifications currently serving over five million users.
• Re-implemented the user selection tool for product sampling campaigns, and reduced query latency from minutes to seconds.
• Drove to completion a graph database model to power fine-grained recommendations across the site.

AWS Twitter Google Facebook Ads Python Django Angular

Full Stack Developer

Forward Air

Jan 2020 - Oct 2022 (2 years 9 months)

• Set up a GIS (Geographic Information System) that centralizes data integrations with US counties and municipalities.
• Assumed responsibility for the deployments and monitoring of the production environment.
• Implemented continuous integration, infrastructure health checks, as well as the initial automated test suite.

Java React JavaScript NodeJS MongoDB MySQL AWS GitHub Microservices Go Rust WASM Vue

Software Developer

Sophilabs

Jun 2012 - Apr 2014 (1 year 10 months)

• Built a C# to TypeScript data model class transpiler.
• Added currency conversion to the invoicing solution using the API of the Swedish central bank.
• Implemented integration with Toggl time tracking for the invoicing solution offered by the company.
• Developed an email delivery and tracking solution for invoices using the Mailgun API.