Josh Zimmerman
Southgate,MI
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Coin Operator
Brinks Security, Inc.
08.2024 - Current
- Packaged coin orders for external clients, ensured order accuracy (~60 coin orders/day)
- Inventoried coin, investigated balance discrepancies
Associate Software Engineer
Rocket Mortgage, LLC
02.2019 - 08.2023
- Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates, and fixes
- Provided production support and improvements for supported applications
- Worked with team members to create software application for inventorying promissory notes; automated manifest generation process (reduced generation time from ~30 minutes -> 10 seconds.) Provided quality-of-life improvements as requested by internal clients.
- Attended offsite vendor training for IBML SoftTrac software suite. Implemented software and process improvements, and organized knowledge share to present findings
- Enhanced application performance through optimization of algorithms and data structures (~55% reduction in VM processing time per document batch)
- Added integration with in-house workflow processing system to document batch processor, oversaw workflow migrations
Executive Vendor Analyst
Rocket Mortgage, LLC
07.2011 - 10.2018
- Ordered and verified copies of required insurance documents for mortgage application processing
- Verified information on title, appraisal, payoff and FHA / VA compliance documents in addition to insurance documents
- Designed, coded, tested, and supported two Excel VBA-based notes templates for use by Operations team members; standardized note content, fetched job aids for complex processes, and eliminated tedious manual data entry process
- (Rapid development project) Collaborated with senior UX designer to deliver virtual reality accessibility training experience, demonstrated for C-suite stakeholders
Education
Certificate - Full-stack Software Development
Grand Circus Development Bootcamp
Detroit, MI02.2019
Some College (No Degree) - Computer Engineering Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NYSkills
- Backend: C#, ASPNET Core, Python
- Frontend: HTML, CSS, Angular, React
- Database: SQL Server, MySQL, DynamoDb
- DevOps: CircleCI, Docker, Terraform, AWS, Google Cloud, Grafana
- API design and integration
- Agile development
- Advocacy for accessible design
Timeline
Coin Operator
Brinks Security, Inc.
08.2024 - Current
Associate Software Engineer
Rocket Mortgage, LLC
02.2019 - 08.2023
Executive Vendor Analyst
Rocket Mortgage, LLC
07.2011 - 10.2018
Certificate - Full-stack Software Development
Grand Circus Development Bootcamp
Some College (No Degree) - Computer Engineering Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology
Awards
- Virtual reality training simulations and application (Empathy Generator) featured in Fortune Magazine, spotlighted in annual company awards celebration
- ISM award for company values in action (two-time award winner)
- Team MVP
- C.A.R.E. Process Awards (five-time award winner)