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Scot Renz

@scotrenz

I build end-to-end frontend, data, and cloud platforms for healthcare and finance.

I've built data and application platforms at Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, including a Kafka, MSK, and S3 data lake for pharmacy updates from CVS and Walgreens. I also delivered AWS workloads, file-ingestion validation, AppConfig feature flags, and an enterprise expense-tracking system.

At Glassdoor and Principal Financial Group, I led React initiatives, improved form load times by up to 60%, raised test coverage from 20% to 70%, and supported major platform transitions including Principal's 401k takeover from Wells Fargo. I bring end-to-end experience across React, Java, cloud infrastructure, data systems, testing, and CI/CD.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Full Stack Software Engineer

Current

Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

Mar 2024 - Present (2 years 5 months)

Built a Kafka and MSK data lake platform with streaming pharmacy patient updates from CVS and Walgreens for data observability. Delivered AWS workloads, a file ingest and validator, and an AppConfig feature flag system.

Kafka MSK S3 AWS Data Lake Streaming JavaScript TypeScript Redux Next.js Express GraphQL AppSync MongoDB PostgreSQL MySQL Docker Git Jenkins CI CD Agile

Senior Frontend Engineer

Glassdoor

Sep 2021 - Mar 2023 (1 year 6 months)

Rolled out React Hook Form across teams, cutting form load times up to 60%. Lead frontend on Profiles Globalization and the Employer Management dashboard redesign, raising test coverage to 70% and migrating repos to TypeScript.

React React Hook Form TypeScript Testing RTL Cypress Jest Mocha Junit JavaScript HTML CSS SASS Bootstrap Redux Next.js Git CI CD Agile

Frontend Engineer

Principal Financial Group

Aug 2019 - Nov 2021 (2 years 3 months)

Built new React systems and maintained legacy JSF, XSLT, and Backbone.js across teams. Lead frontend on Principal's 401k takeover from Wells Fargo and trained new hires on React.

React JavaScript TypeScript HTML CSS SASS Bootstrap Redux Next.js Backbone.Js JSF XSLT Git Agile

Full Stack Developer

Yash Technologies

Jun 2018 - Aug 2019 (1 year 2 months)

Team lead on the John Deere Global Marketshare Reporting application, using React/Redux frontend and Java Spring APIs deployed via Jenkins. Refactored legacy Java systems.

React Redux Java Spring Boot Hibernate Jenkins Git CI CD Agile JavaScript TypeScript HTML CSS SASS Bootstrap

Contract Developer

LiftEngine

Apr 2017 - May 2018 (1 year 1 month)

Built React components for information and newsfeed display. Worked on internal ETL tooling, MongoDB schema design, and PowerShell scripting.

React JavaScript TypeScript HTML CSS SASS Bootstrap MongoDB ETL PowerShell Git

Full Stack Web Developer

Bootcamp

Sep 2017 - Feb 2018 (5 months)

Completed a Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp at Rutgers University.

Contract Software Engineer

Production Software LLC

Worked on various projects including Harvard Resume Discrimination Research, Police Evidence Booking System, AI staffing platform, reservation booking platform, and Okta bio-auth for Medtronic.