Jesse Smith
@jessesmith
Sr. Software Engineer with 12 yrs in healthcare/IT. Skilled in full-stack, cloud, AI Agent.
What I'm looking for
Result-driven Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience in healthcare and E-commerce industries, specializing in full-stack development with strong expertise in backend, frontend and AI/ML Machine Learning. Demonstrated success in architecting, developing and optimizing scalable software solutions that enhance performance and user experience. Proficient in implementing secure, scalable and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure and GCP with strong DevOps expertise in optimizing microservices architecture and development workflows. Passionate about solving complex technical challenges while maintaining compliance in healthcare and e-commerce regulations and standards (HIPAA, HL7, FHIR, GDPR, PCI). Collaborative leader, foster collaboration among engineering, product and business teams to deliver innovative, high-impact solutions that meet strategic objectives.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Software Engineer
UnitedHealth Group
Jan 2020 - Jun 2025 (5 years 5 months)
Led full-stack development of UnitedHealth Group's Healthcare Platform using Spring Boot for health and financial systems. Built Go-based prescription system, AI agent with RAG for personalized care. Used React for UI, WebRTC for consultations, AWS EKS for deployment. Ensured GDPR/HIPAA compliance with OAuth 2.0 and Netdata monitoring.
Full-Stack Engineer
HCA Healthcare
Oct 2016 - Sep 2019 (2 years 11 months)
Developed the real-time bed management system using Spring Boot and Apache Kafka, enabling hospital staff to monitor bed availability and patient status in real-time with seamless data updates. Designed and implemented the staff scheduling and resource allocation module with .NET Core, optimizing staffing levels across facilities by integrating patient volume and demand forecasting logic.
Full-Stack Developer
Zulily
Jul 2013 - Sep 2016 (3 years 2 months)
Led end-to-end e-commerce feature development using Java and Angular for a dynamic retail platform. Built scalable Node.js and Kafka backend for real-time order processing.
Created Elasticsearch and MongoDB search and recommendation systems for personalized user experiences.
Optimized performance with AWS and Redis for high-traffic sales.
Managed PostgreSQL and BigQuery for efficient data
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Washington
Master of Science, Computer Science
Completed a Master of Science in Computer Science. Focused on advanced topics in the field.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Amazon API Gateway
IBM API Connect
Snowflake
Splunk
Apache Spark
D3.js
IBM Watson
AWS IAM
Amazon EC2
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon S3
GitHub
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
Cloudflare
Amazon CloudFront
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
Azure Pipelines
React Native
Pandas
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Cassandra
Oracle
IBM DB2
Gmail
Node.js
Spring Boot
.NET Core
Next.js
.NET
ASP.NET Core
Tailwind CSS
Bootstrap
Material-UI
Redis
Terraform
AWS CloudFormation
Azure DevOps
Gradle
Ant Design
React
JavaScript
Python
Java
CSS 3
PHP
C#
Kotlin
ASP.NET
C++
Blazor
scikit-learn
Kafka
RabbitMQ
Azure Service Bus
FastAPI
Grafana
Azure Monitor
Amazon DynamoDB
Hibernate
iOS
Datadog
Red Hat OpenShift
GraphQL
Firebase
gRPC
AWS Lambda
Serverless
Amazon RDS
Redux
TypeScript
Docker
WebRTC
Time Analytics
s3-lambda
Amazon Elastic Container Service
Apache ActiveMQ
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
SQL
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Salary expectations
Job categories
Skills
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