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Shane Freed

@shanefreed

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Senior software engineer and architect specializing in Java microservices, cloud, and mentoring.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead hands-on Java and cloud engineering—owning architecture, modernization, and event-driven microservices—while mentoring teams and delivering mission-critical outcomes with strong engineering standards.

I’m a seasoned software leader with 28+ years building enterprise-level, event-driven architectures and reactive microservices for mission-critical business solutions. I bring deep expertise in Java/JEE and the Spring ecosystem, and I lead architecture, application modernization, and cloud migrations—while translating complex engineering goals for non-technical stakeholders.

I excel at mentoring and coaching junior developers, driving adoption of cutting-edge technologies, and strengthening engineering practices through maintainability and performance tuning. Highlights include leading an 18-month migration on a 12-person Scrum team for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, refactoring legacy Java 8/WebLogic to Java 21 + Spring Boot, containerizing 340+ libraries for AWS EKS, and delivering large-scale backend systems such as Chick-fil-A’s real-time tax auditing and processing (1.5–2 million daily transactions).

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior & Lead Software Engineer

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SRFreed Consulting, LLC

Oct 2012 - Present (13 years 9 months)

Served in leadership and hands-on roles across enterprise modernization, cloud migrations, and microservices development, including architecture design and requirements analysis. Led refactoring from legacy Java/WebLogic to Java 21 + Spring Boot and supported containerized AWS EKS deployments while mentoring junior developers.

Java Spring Boot Microservices Event Driven Architecture API Design Cloud Migration AWS GCP Docker Kubernetes Containerization Mentoring Architecture

Project Lead & Solution Architect

Jacada, Inc.

Jun 2005 - Dec 2011 (6 years 6 months)

Managed custom Java-based solutions and led project planning through SOW creation, risk management, estimates, and architecture documentation. Mentored team leads on technologies and patterns.

Java Solution Architecture Requirements SOW Development Risk Management Technical Documentation Mentoring

Advisory Engineer

Rollins Corporation

May 2003 - May 2005 (2 years)

Delivered full lifecycle Java/Struts development and system integrations. Provided engineering support across implementation and integration efforts.

Java Systems Integrations

Senior Developer / Solution Architect

Ross Group / Epicentric / Delta Airlines

Jan 1997 - Jan 2003 (6 years)

Held progressive leadership roles across enterprise development, architecture, integrations, mentoring, and standards enforcement. Served as a senior developer, team lead, solution architect, and webmaster across multiple projects.

Platoon Sergeant

United States Marine Corps

Nov 1989 - Nov 1995 (6 years)

Led and mentored personnel in a high-responsibility leadership role within Headquarters Platoon, 8th Marines. Designed and administered a company training database and was recognized with two meritorious promotions.

Leadership Mentoring Database Administration