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Justin Allen

@justinallen

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Senior Golang developer building scalable microservices and APIs.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking senior backend roles focused on Golang microservices, scalable APIs, strong CI/CD practices, collaborative Agile teams, mentorship opportunities, and growth into architecture or technical leadership.

I am a results-driven Senior Golang Developer with over 10 years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance applications across cloud and microservices architectures. I specialize in building scalable systems, RESTful APIs, and efficient back-end services using Golang, and I continually adopt best practices in CI/CD and testing.

Throughout my career I have contributed to architecture and migration efforts, implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Travis CI and Kubernetes/Docker, and optimized database interactions with PostgreSQL and MongoDB to improve performance. I have collaborated closely with front-end teams using React and Node.js and contributed to both code quality through reviews and mentoring junior engineers.

I thrive in Agile environments, participate actively in sprint ceremonies, and focus on delivering maintainable, well-tested code that enhances user experiences and system reliability. I am passionate about continuous learning and driving engineering best practices across teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Golang Developer

Current

Cybersoft Technologies, Inc.

Aug 2021 - Present (4 years 1 month)

Developed and maintained scalable microservices in Golang, designed RESTful and gRPC APIs, and implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Docker to improve deployment speed and service reliability.

Golang Microservices RESTful APIs gRPC Docker Jenkins PostgreSQL MongoDB AWS Git

Senior Software Engineer

Strategy Engineering & Consulting

Jul 2018 - Jul 2021 (3 years)

Designed and built high-performance Golang microservices and RESTful APIs, implemented CI/CD with Travis CI and Kubernetes, and optimized application performance and database schemas.

Golang Microservices RESTful APIs Kubernetes Travis CI PostgreSQL MongoDB React Performance Tuning Git

Junior Golang Developer

ACL Business & Tax Consulting

Jun 2015 - Jun 2018 (3 years)

Supported backend Golang development and RESTful API implementation, contributed to microservices and database tasks in PostgreSQL, and maintained code quality through unit testing and Git workflows.

Golang RESTful APIs Microservices PostgreSQL Unit Testing Git Debugging Agile)CI CD MongoDB

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Houston Clear Lake

Bachelor's Degree, Information Technology

2013 - 2015

Completed a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology at University of Houston Clear Lake from Aug 2013 to May 2015, focusing on practical IT and software development skills.