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Thomas Reed

@thomasreed

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Senior Java Full Stack Developer delivering secure, cloud-native microservices and responsive user experiences.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build secure, cloud-native microservices end-to-end—driving Agile delivery, CI/CD automation, and observability—while shipping reliable, WCAG-compliant user experiences with strong backend and frontend collaboration.

I’m a Senior Java Full Stack Developer with 7+ years of experience designing scalable, cloud-native applications using Java 8 to 22 and Spring-based backends, from API design to deployment.

I build secure and resilient systems across banking, insurance, and healthcare—engineering REST/SOAP/GraphQL services, event-driven workflows with Kafka/RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ, and microservices deployments on AWS and Azure.

I focus on end-to-end delivery: Agile execution with Scrum/Kanban, CI/CD automation (Jenkins/GitLab CI/CD), container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes/Terraform), and observability with OpenTelemetry and New Relic to improve reliability.

On the UI side, I create accessible, responsive experiences using JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular, and React, and I back it up with strong testing practices using JUnit/Mockito/Selenium.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Java Full Stack Developer

Current

CIBC

Jul 2023 - Present (2 years 9 months)

Led Kanban-based Agile delivery of SOX-compliant banking features, building secure Java 17/21 microservices with Spring Boot and REST APIs and developing responsive, WCAG-compliant front ends with Angular. Deployed containerized services on Kubernetes and AWS and implemented event-driven workflows using Kafka and messaging, strengthening CI/CD with Jenkins and automated release pipelines.

Spring Boot REST APIs Spring Security Angular AWS Lambda Kubernetes Apache Kafka Jenkins

Java Full Stack Developer

OpenText

Jul 2021 - Jun 2023 (1 year 11 months)

Delivered onboarding and identity-validation capabilities across GCP using Java 14 services (Spring Cloud) and responsive UIs built with Angular and React/Next.js. Built serverless and event-driven workflows with Cloud Functions/Workflows, containerized deployments on Kubernetes, and improved observability with OpenTelemetry via Jaeger/Zipkin while maintaining CI/CD with GitHub Actions.

Spring Cloud Angular Next.js Cloud Functions GCP Workflows Kubernetes PostgreSQL OpenTelemetry

Senior Java Full Stack Developer

Accenture

Aug 2019 - Jun 2021 (1 year 10 months)

Accelerated clinical and claims management delivery by building high-throughput Java batch jobs and secure REST APIs backed by Oracle data models and Spring JMS. Containerized and deployed services using Docker/Kubernetes and Azure Functions, automated CI/CD with GitLab, and improved monitoring with DataDog while supporting HL7 and claims status messaging via ActiveMQ.

JMS REST APIs Oracle 12C Azure Functions Docker Kubernetes ActiveMQ CI CD