Christian Sadi

Note: All work is JavaScript/TypeScript/NodeJS related, but involving multiple architecture paradigms and cloud environments.

- Shake Shack, Engineering Lead - 6 months, declined an extension, led engineering efforts for a department of 22 people

- Ludex, Senior Backend Engineer - 3 month project, financial market machine learning project

-Station Casinos, Senior Backend Engineer (Architecture) - multiple engagements, mostly architecture design and refactor work to launch a new sports betting application

• Built the integration platform that enabled over 6 million dollars of revenue while setting a company record for over 12 months with no incidents in production
• Manage and train the integration support and integration onboarding teams
• Leading an evolution from a legacy monolith PHP architecture to a more scalable and secure NodeJS Serverless architecture through a combination of architecture work and mentorship
• Consult as a sales engineer on calls with high-value clients
• Create educational videos and tutorials around new tech and processes for the team
• Tech: Serverless Framework, AWS Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, MongoDB Atlas, CloudWatch, NodeJS

• Lead project team of 4 developers under tight deadlines
• Architect 70%+ of new features in the backend, working across departments, eliciting requirements, writing stories, performing QA tasks, and advising on releases to production
• Run technical interviews and onboard new engineers who work in the backend team.
• Tech Used: NodeJS, TypeScript, Express, Jest, Mongoose
• Cloud Services: Azure App Insights, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Pipelines, Azure Blob Storage, Azure EventGrid, Azure App Services
• 3rd party platforms: Salesforce (Webhooks, Apex code, JSForce integrations, custom Sobjects), Shopify Plus (webhook integrations, Shopify Admin API), Delighted (NPS survey automation), MailChimp (Marketing and Transaction emails)

• Led backend mentoring sessions that teach engineers how to use streams, integration tests, factories, Sequelize models, Swagger, and performance tests in NodeJS
• Implemented a material design library of web components in Lit Element, a web component framework by Google, working with both product and design teams
• Assisted team lead in technical strategy, capacity planning, project management, and regularly took on complex tasks including work with AWS S3, AWS Aurora, and Nginx configuration
• Tech used: Lit-element, Redux, NodeJS, Express, Mocha, Chai, Sinon, Karma, integration and unit testing, Sequelize, Docker, mySQL, Swagger, REST API design, factory-girl, performance testing with Autocannon and Node-Clinic
• Cloud Services: AWS Aurora, AWS S3, AWS SQS

• Lead Enterprise integrations in production with multiple systems using SQL Server and Talend in a Google Cloud environment under tight deadlines
• Launched a new Employee Incentive product working as product owner, developer, instructional designer, and account manager
• Developed a new framework for integrations to speed development, increase developer readability, and enable quicker code changes
• Lead Technical Support team and assist in training new developers
• Rebuilt Billing software for charging customers working with the company President and the Head of the Billing Department
• Tech Used: Microsoft SQL Server (database design, extensive stored procedures, ETL pipelines), Talend, NodeJS
• Cloud Provider: Google Cloud

• Developed a hashtag analysis system for matching a client company's offerings to a potential Instagram target market using NodeJS
• Led technical design and implementations for marketing analytics strategy
• Used data analytics to predict target market fit for specific industries on Instagram
• Served as the lead Sales Engineer in client meetings
• Tech Used: NodeJS, Express
• 3rd party platforms: Instagram