Alan J. Ponte

Employment

Software Engineer, Tech Lead, AndGo by Goodyear April 2022 - Current

  • Design, develop, and test Python-Flask backend services for a fleet management application.

  • Lead daily scrum, sprint retrospectives, and sprint planning meetings.

  • Mentor junior engineers on software engineering best practices, and hold regular 1-1 meetings.

  • Lead the architecture for a multi-channel notifications system.

  • Lead the architecture for an appointment booking system.

Technical Project Lead (contract), Vitalyze Inc., May 2021 - August 2021

  • Created Kanban workflows for existing Pharmacy Rebate business rules.

  • Created Scrum workflow for new feature development.

  • Be technical point of contact for sales inquiries.

  • Moved existing cleaning and aggregation Python scripts to package for deployment and distribution. Added a CLI interface to perform requisite business tasks.

Software Engineer, Location Labs by Avast, August 2015 - January 2021

  • Design, implement, and test backend features, REST APIs, and bug-fixes in a microservice/service-oriented environent, primarily using Python Flask and Java Spring
  • Contribute to code and design reviews.
  • Manage the release and deployment of features and services through the creation of release and testing instructions.
  • Coordinate with Customer Support, Network Operations, and relevant stakeholders to find RCAs for incidents and outages.

Contractor (part-time), Alkyme , December 2014 - March 2015

  • Support the full-stack development of a web portal between physicians and patients, using the M.E.A.N stack (MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, NodeJS).

Computer Systems Engineer, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, December 2013 - August 2015

  • Create and maintain tools and applications to facilitate the operational duties of laboratory staff.
  • Support system and server upgrades.
  • Manage account setup for new users.

Education

University of California, Berkeley

  • B.A. in Applied Mathematics

Technical Skills

Languages:

  • Python
  • Java
  • JavaScript/NodeJs/AngularJS
  • Bash Scripting
  • LISP
  • MATLAB

Frameworks & Tools

  • Flask
  • SpringBoot
  • Swagger/OpenAPI
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS: SQS, SNS, RDS
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Rabbit MQ
  • Loggly
  • Datadog
  • Redis
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB