Senior Python Developer

Senior Python Engineer — Vanguard Software Group

Seattle, WA | March 2022 – Present

• Architected and built a high-throughput transaction backend using FastAPI and Celery, processing 120,000 requests per minute and reducing API errors by 34%.
• Led a team of 5 engineers to migrate legacy databases to PostgreSQL, designing partition schemes and custom indexes that reduced average query execution times by 42%.
• Containerized application services using Docker and managed orchestrations via Kubernetes on AWS, cutting monthly infrastructure hosting fees by $18,000.
• Streamlined deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions for automated linting and security checking, accelerating software delivery speed to production by 25%.

Python Developer — Aether Analytics

Portland, OR | January 2018 – February 2022

• Developed asynchronous data retrieval tasks using Django and Redis, reducing page load times by 30% for over 50,000 daily active dashboard platform users.
• Implemented integration endpoints with 8 third-party payment gateways, automating transaction verification and saving the business $15,000 in monthly processing costs.
• Wrote unit testing suites using PyTest and mock libraries, raising overall test coverage from 60% to 94% and lowering regression bug occurrences by 40%.
• Optimized application data serialization logic in Python, reducing server CPU utilization during peak traffic periods by 28% and preventing runtime crashes.

Software Engineer (Python) — BrightSky Solutions

Boise, ID | August 2016 – December 2017

• Created background file parsing utilities using standard Python and Flask, improving transaction import processing speed by 35% for enterprise customer files.
• Constructed API interfaces using RESTful web conventions, allowing 14 integration partners to query catalog inventory details with under 200ms latency response.
• Configured local development environments using Docker Compose, reducing environment setup times for 6 new onboarding developers from two days to under 2 hours.
• Resolved database synchronization bottlenecks in SQLite databases, recovering 15 hours of engineering troubleshooting weekly through automated logging scripts.

Python, Django, FastAPI, Flask, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Redis, Celery, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS (EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS), Apache Kafka, Git, GitHub Actions, PyTest, RESTful APIs, Microservices, Agile, Scrum

Microservices Architecture Migration

Role: Lead Backend Engineer

Tools: Python, FastAPI, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Celery

Led the 10-month migration of a legacy database-centric backend monolith to FastAPI microservices, reducing cloud hosting costs by 30% and API endpoint response times by 45%.

Asynchronous Payment Event Pipeline

Role: Senior Python Developer

Tools: Python, Django, Redis, Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL

Architected an event-driven payment validation gateway utilizing Apache Kafka message streams, resolving 1.2 million webhook payloads daily with zero dropped notifications.

• PCPP1 – Certified Professional in Python Programming 1 (2021)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (2023)
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) (2022)

• Languages: English (Native), German (Conversational)
• Open Source: Contributor to Django core codebase and FastAPI ecosystem utilities (2020-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice