Christopher Dodge
Senior Software Engineer
Kingston,WA
Summary
Customer-focused software professional with project management and communication skills, and expertise in various technical platforms. Understands and meets both client and employer needs and develops highly functional, robust and easy-to-use applications. Excels as hands-on developer and oversees work of software teams.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
The Walt Disney Company
04.2022 - Current
- Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching technical skills including Java, Scala, and DevOps and assisting to improve overall team performance.
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Led initiatives resulting in roughly $2,000,000 of combined annual cost savings.
- Updated job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools and programming techniques and participating in educational opportunities.
Director, Software Engineering
MediaFolio Technologies, Inc.
07.2021 - 02.2022
- Focused teams on developing innovative and cutting-edge approaches with effective resource allocation and strategic planning
- Assisted company executives during decision-making process by compiling daily reports to suggest corrective action
- Assisted standard development testing for automated environments producing 0% error rate across APIs
- Leveraged marketplace trends to create solutions and refine business strategies
- Hired and directed teams to achieve daily and long-term operations and business goals
Senior Software Engineer
Summit Group Solutions for the Walt Disney Company
02.2020 - 07.2021
- Improved platform stability and efficiency via implementation of modern JWT user security patterns
- Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings around security flow and design
- Orchestrated efficient large-scale software deployments, including testing features and correcting code
- Created shell script to compare efficacy of 3 geolocation services
Systems Architect / Lead Senior Software Engineer
MediaFolio Technologies, Inc.
07.2017 - 02.2020
- Designed cross-platform, flexible UI SDK that works on JavaScript web and iOS/Android native platforms
- Improved PHP based RESTful APIs and micro-services
- Led dev teams to produce quality and on-time enterprise product delivery
- Coordinated with owners, sales team, and customers to evaluate and improve UX
- Versed in complete product life cycle from preliminary needs analysis to enterprise-wide deployment and support
- Engineered architecture and infrastructure for 215 users
Software Engineer
DataPrism LLC
09.2011 - 06.2017
- Improved front-end JavaScript and backend Perl based system performance by making proactive adjustments, resolving bugs, and migrating services to AWS as micro-services
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues
- Introduced documentation methodologies and coding standard best practices to software development division
Education
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Western Governors University
05.2001 -
Skills
Amazon Web Services
Microservices architecture
AI Assisted Development
Project Management
Full-stack Development
Java, Scala, JavaScript, Python
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
The Walt Disney Company
04.2022 - Current
Director, Software Engineering
MediaFolio Technologies, Inc.
07.2021 - 02.2022
Senior Software Engineer
Summit Group Solutions for the Walt Disney Company
02.2020 - 07.2021
Systems Architect / Lead Senior Software Engineer
MediaFolio Technologies, Inc.
07.2017 - 02.2020
Software Engineer
DataPrism LLC
09.2011 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Western Governors University
05.2001 -