Darius Bradley
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Software Engineer with 12 years of experience across fintech and healthcare. Expert in Java and Python with strong DevOps skills on AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes. Delivered scalable microservices, high-throughput payment systems, and secure, compliant platforms (PCI, HIPAA). Focused on reliability, automation, and cost efficiency.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
In-house counsel
DEF Real Estate
03.2021 - Current
- Modernized payment and ledger microservices (Java Spring Boot, Kafka) to handle peak events; improved throughput by 3.2x and reduced p95 latency by 40%+.
- Built PCI-compliant tokenization and idempotency services (Java + DynamoDB + AWS KMS), shrinking cardholder data scope and supporting annual PCI DSS audits.
- Led migration from ECS to EKS with Terraform and Helm; introduced blue/green and canary releases via GitHub Actions + Argo CD; deployment frequency increased from monthly to daily with
- Implemented end-to-end observability with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and SLOs; reduced incident volume by ~35% and improved on-call stability.
- Optimized AWS costs by ~20% through autoscaling, rightsizing, and Graviton adoption; established multi-account guardrails (AWS Organizations, SCPs, IAM least privilege).
- Mentored 5–6 engineers, drove design reviews, and authored runbooks/playbooks, cutting onboarding time by ~40%.
Associate Attorney
Patricia Crosby Law firm
02.2012 - 11.2014
- Built HIPAA-compliant patient data ingestion pipeline (Python, FastAPI, Celery, PostgreSQL) processing 50M+ records/month with PHI redaction and audit trails.
- Migrated services to Azure (AKS, Azure SQL, Key Vault) achieving 99.95% availability with zone redundancy and managed identity.
- Developed clinical rules engine (Java, Spring) and FHIR REST integrations; reduced claim adjudication time by 28%.
Junior Associate Attorney
Law Offices of Lawana McNeil
09.2010 - 01.2012
- Delivered RESTful APIs in Java and Python for billing and analytics; added Redis caching to cut API latency by ~50%.
- Containerized legacy apps with Docker, improving environment parity across dev/test/prod.
- Wrote unit/integration tests (JUnit, PyTest) and load tests (JMeter, Locust), raising coverage to 80%+.
Education
B.S. - Computer Science
06.2010
Skills
- Languages: Java (11/17), Python (3x), SQL, Bash
- Frameworks/Tools: Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, FastAPI/Django, Kafka, gRPC/REST, Terraform, Helm, Docker
- Cloud/Infra: AWS (EKS, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM), Azure (AKS, ACR, Functions, SQL), Kubernetes, Istio/Ingress, Prometheus/Grafana
- DevOps: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD, Terraform, Packer, Vault, SonarQube
- Data/Queues: PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, Kafka, SQS/SNS
- Practices: Microservices, Event-driven architecture, SRE/Observability, Security & Compliance (PCI DSS, HIPAA), TDD
Timeline
In-house counsel
DEF Real Estate
03.2021 - Current
Associate Attorney
Patricia Crosby Law firm
02.2012 - 11.2014
Junior Associate Attorney
Law Offices of Lawana McNeil
09.2010 - 01.2012
B.S. - Computer Science
Hobbies and Interests
Literature, Environmental conservation, Yoga, Skiing, Travel
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