Chris Matthews
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Experienced lead developer with a proven track record in planning, developing, and successfully implementing programming solutions. Proactively forged relationships with business stakeholders to determine requirements in creating deliverables. Possesses knowledge of commercial and open source tools for best software and database design utilization. Holds practical communication skills to lead technical overviews and application walk-throughs. Mentors junior developers to assist in advancing their skill set and best practices.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Software Engineer
UKG
02.2022 - Current
- Lead developer for the ACA Benefits and Filing Portal in the company enterprise application UKG Pro
- Worked with team members located in Atlanta and Weston, FL, in a hybrid environment and traveled quarterly between cities to participate in Program Implementation Planning
- Spearheaded the initiative to upgrade the application's technology stack, providing a roadmap to convert legacy ASPX pages into Angular with a .NET API
- Responsible for the successful planning and implementation of Launch Darkly and AuthN security into the ACA Filing Portal application
- Provided technical support for the ACA filing season as customers used the application to file federal and state 1094c and 1095c forms
- Initiated the refactoring of legacy code and database functions in the ACA Filing Portal to boost performance and ease maintainability.
- Worked with business analysts to break down business requirements into stories for the development team as well as streamlining the testing and acceptance process
- Active in the Agile Process and occasionally ran daily stand-ups
Senior Software Engineer
UKG
12.2020 - 02.2022
- Senior developer for internal company applications ranging from HR and benefits to querying and importing sales data
- Remote position with team members and business partners located at the headquarters in Weston, FL, and worldwide
- Successful in completing and deploying an internal web-based application that allowed authenticated users to query sales data
- Implemented new features and bug fixes for a portfolio of HR web-based C# applications and APIs
- Created and maintained Jenkins scripts to deploy applications to change control environments
- Involved in peer code reviews, testing features, and bug fixes to ensure best practices
Senior Software Development Engineer
Whole Foods Market
06.2015 - 12.2020
- Lead developer in a team of 5 developers for various applications utilized by the company's regional and corporate offices
- Worked with team members and business partners located in the United States and the United Kingdom
- Completed and led the successful launch of an internal web MVC.NET application to track shrinkage in prepared foods
- Contributed to launching an application to track new vendors partnering with the company by creating an intake form
- Designed and implemented the database architecture for a promotional planning tool using Entity Framework Core, PostgreSQL database, and Docker containers
Senior Programmer Analyst
Austin Regional Clinic
11.2012 - 05.2015
- Lead developer for an in-house VB application that imports medical claims from providers
- Merged data from an enterprise tool that stores patient records to the imported claims within the application
- Proactively scheduled regular meetings with the analytics team to determine requirements and new application features
- Refactored unit testing functions to run independently, cutting the time to run tests in from 20 minutes to 5 minutes prior to deployment
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) -
Angelo State University
San Angelo, TXSkills
- Technical leadership
- Superior time management
- Coding standards
- Code review proficiency
- Testing and deployment
- Agile process management
- JIRA
- Design and development
- Fluent in C, C, C#
- API design
- NET development
- Microsoft ASPNET
- SQL
- Entity Framework Core
Timeline
Lead Software Engineer
UKG
02.2022 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
UKG
12.2020 - 02.2022
Senior Software Development Engineer
Whole Foods Market
06.2015 - 12.2020
Senior Programmer Analyst
Austin Regional Clinic
11.2012 - 05.2015
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) -
Angelo State University
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