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Terrence Payton

@terrencepayton

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Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years experience.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking a role that emphasizes innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning in cloud technologies.

- A Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of professional experience, specializing in full-stack development.

- Possesses high adaptability, strong problem-solving, and architectural abilities.

- A proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions using agile methodologies in fast-paced environments.

- Excellent communicational, analytical, time management, interpersonal and team skills with an intension to work hard to attain project deadlines.

- Comfortable working independently and also a good team player. Highly motivated to take independent responsibility as well as has the ability to contribute and be a

productive team member.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

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Guideline

Oct 2023 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Led finance system migration to microservices with Django, Express, AWS Lambda & FastAPI. Optimized HubSpot CRM & built dynamic React/Next apps. Improved UX with SEO, lazy loading & PostgreSQL/Redis. Leveraged Kafka/RabbitMQ for real-time data & built CI/CD with GitHub Actions. Developed AI/ML models with PyTorch & GPT-3. Documented workflows & mentored devs in React & TDD/BDD best practices.

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Millennium Corporation

Aug 2022 - Oct 2023 (1 year 2 months)

Architected & built cloud-native cybersecurity apps using Python/Django, Node.js, and Ruby on Rails. Developed React 18 front-ends with PrimeReact. Designed serverless AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB). Secured OAuth 2.0/JWT auth. Optimized DB operations & scaling with NGINX, ACID, and FastAPI ML models. Led CI/CD with Docker, AWS CodePipeline & Jenkins. Enhanced UX, testing, and Agile SDLC.

AWS Kubernetes Terraform Jenkins CI CD JavaScript TypeScript Python DevOps PostgreSQL MongoDB Jira Sentry

Senior Software Engineer

State Affairs

Feb 2016 - Aug 2022 (6 years 6 months)

Founding Engineer, architected full-stack solutions with React, Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL, AWS (Lambda, SQS, SNS), TypeScript & PostgreSQL. Built admin interfaces & services like ‘Bill Tracking’ with third-party integrations. Optimized APIs, reducing requests by 370%. Developed ML pipelines with TensorFlow. Led CI/CD with GitHub Actions & AWS. Mentored devs & enhanced UI/UX for better engagement.

Node AWS Lambda AWS EC2 AWS Services ExpressJS GraphQL TypeScript PostgreSQL CI CD Pipelines GitHub Actions Agile

Junior Software Engineer

KNDCODE INC

Nov 2013 - Feb 2016 (2 years 3 months)

Developed custom web apps with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, and AJAX for dynamic UIs. Built interactive features like message posting & autocomplete. Created Shopify apps with React, Express.js & Polaris. Translated business needs into functional web solutions. Optimized performance with code minimization, image compression & lazy loading, enhancing user experience & site efficiency.

MySQL Linux Windows Virtualization Python Shell Scripting Network Security PostgreSQL Automation

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Eindhoven University of Technology

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

2009 - 2013

Completed a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, focusing on software development, algorithms, and system design. Gained practical experience through projects and collaboration with peers, enhancing problem-solving skills and technical knowledge.