Andrew Wilson
Jersey City
Summary
Experienced engineering leader with a strong foundation in full-stack development, product architecture, and systems design. Proven success directing cross-functional teams, founding startups, and building scalable, secure software solutions across public and private sectors. Combines deep technical fluency with business ownership experience.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Engineering
Umbrage Studios
03.2022 - Current
- Grew existing client relationships through consistent communication and effective contact.
- Delegated ownership of key learning modules for all developers through Brown Bags and courses.
- Implemented a new education department for the whole company with cross-craft applicability.
- Took ownership of assigned department-wide projects, presenting regular updates to senior leadership on progress and status.
- Oversaw assignment of engineering tasks by creating frameworks free of unnecessary dependencies.
Full Stack Software Developer
Ifit
10.2021 - 02.2022
- Reviewed code, debugged problems, and corrected issues.
- Developed unit test cases for testing and automation.
- Authored code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches.
Founder
Istos Consulting
03.2019 - 02.2022
- Designed and developing a full scale web and an iOS mobile application using Angular NativeScript, Moqups, NodeJS, AWS (CloudFront, S3, API Gateway, Cognito, Lambda, Secrets Manager, Firebase)
- Built and integrated an Ecommerce system with Ecwid, Webflow and Paypal
- Designed an eCommerce website to sell attire using SEO, eCommerce, and promotional techniques
Team Lead
Department of Health and Human Services
09.2018 - 01.2022
- Led team of five (two developers, one tester, one business analyst) through six significant requirement shifts, redefining strategy, and managing client expectations
- Built HIPAA compliant application in three months with Angular, NodeJS, and MySQL via custom API Gateway, API, and AWS Cognito
- Refactored several enterprise level webforms reducing files by 40% using Knockout JS, jQuery, Bootstrap, Node.js, Express.js, Nginx, Mongoose, and MongoDB
- Designed and developed full CI/CD system using Jira, AWS CodeDeploy, S3, Bitbucket Pipelines, and NodeJS
Senior Software Developer
Akron Inc.
09.2017 - 09.2018
- Redesigned Jobipedia.org using C# .Net, MVC 6, Bootstrap 4, Entity Framework 6, and ElasticSearch increasing viewers by 25%
- Trained team with Google Lighthouse to help cut CSS load by 30%, compress images by 90%, and implement AJAX to lazy load high bandwidth resources
- Implemented ElasticSearch 6.2 on AWS decreasing search time by 40 seconds
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Montana State University
Bozeman, MTSkills
- Engineering leadership
- Training and mentoring
- Performance optimization
- Proficiency in Javascript / Typescript
- System architecture
- Project management
- Technical consulting
- Employee development
- Application design
Timeline
Director of Engineering
Umbrage Studios
03.2022 - Current
Full Stack Software Developer
Ifit
10.2021 - 02.2022
Founder
Istos Consulting
03.2019 - 02.2022
Team Lead
Department of Health and Human Services
09.2018 - 01.2022
Senior Software Developer
Akron Inc.
09.2017 - 09.2018
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Montana State University