Hessam Emami
Dallas,TX
Summary
Software Manager and Principal Software Engineer with over 15 years of experience in the software engineering field. Adept at system architecture and system design, with hands-on expertise in implementing software solutions using Java, Spring Boot, .NET, Node.js, and modern SPA and micro-frontend frameworks. Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, and delivering large-scale projects under SAFe, Scrum, and Agile methodologies. Skilled in waste management strategies (e.g., Six Sigma) and risk management for complex programs. In addition, a passionate researcher and expert in Artificial Intelligence—particularly in Natural Language Processing (NLP)—with working knowledge of Python, PyTorch, and TensorFlow.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer Manager
Helmerich & Payne
01.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: H&P has been the industry’s most trusted partner in drilling productivity and reliability
- Lead and mentor a team of experienced developers in an Agile (Scrum) environment, ensuring timely project delivery
- Oversee project timelines, cost estimates, assumptions, and risk management, aligning technical solutions with business needs
- Collaborate with product management and executives to gather requirements and deliver new features
- Manage the development and deployment of multiple production applications, including PLC remote-control and collision avoidance services
- Offer hands-on support in code development, design reviews, and architectural decisions to maintain high coding standards
- Serve as the hiring lead, conducting interviews and negotiating contracts with third-party service providers
- Contribute to the cloud infrastructure design and deployment strategy for numerous applications
- H&P has been the industry’s most trusted partner in drilling productivity and reliability
- Successfully launched several mission-critical drilling and oilfield applications, enhancing operational safety and efficiency
- Promoted team members into senior roles through structured mentorship and career development programs
Principal Software Engineer
Improving
10.2021 - 01.2022
- Company Overview: Improving is an IT consulting & software development services company
- Led the back-end API design and development for the Shorelight Education system
- Developed and designed a front-end application for Shorelight Education, ensuring a seamless user experience
- Improved CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, optimizing build and deployment processes
- Assisted in establishing AWS cloud services for scalable and secure application hosting
Sr. Software Engineer
USAA
08.2017 - 10.2021
- Company Overview: USAA serves military members and their families with banking, insurance, and investment services
- Served as a systems engineer/architect on the JOIN program team, planning and executing deployments across the enterprise
- Ensured IT compliance for the Onboarding space and maintained the Onboarding application portfolio
- Designed and implemented the JOIN Welcome Page and Onboarding Marketing applications, improving user engagement
- Developed an automated SMS application using Apache Kafka for real-time notifications
- Created a personalized experience for new members using IBM Decision Server Insights (DSI)
- Collaborated with security teams to design a new security solution for registration applications
Sr. Software Developer
Verys (American Airlines)
08.2016 - 08.2017
- Company Overview: American Airlines, is a major American airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas
- Worked on A11Y projects to make aa.com accessible
- Developed projects with AngularJS as a POC for facilitating other teams to move towards SPA architecture
- Refactored the legacy codebase to spring MVC modules
- Designed a SPA application structure to use the React library in projects
- Developed widgets for the booking path in the mobile website to make the aa.com mobile version look and feel like a native app
- Developed a New global error message module for the website
Front-End Engineer
Prodea Systams
08.2013 - 07.2016
- Company Overview: Prodea Systems is the first company to provide seamless access to the broad range of services comprising the connected home and a unified connecting point to a truly connected digital life
- Lead engineer in Home Control, Home Monitoring, Voice, News Feed, Device Manager, Survey, and Widgets projects for TV render
- Developed and maintained Home Control, Home Monitoring, Personal Cloud, VOD (Video on Demand), and Voice applications for Web Render
- Involved in various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of the application Requirement such as gathering, design, analysis, and code development
Education
Master of Science - COMPUTER SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Southern Methodist University
01-2021
Bachelor of Science - COMPUTER HARDWARE ENGINEERING
Sadjad Univerity of Technology
01-2008
Skills
- Agile (Scrum, SAFe) & Waterfall
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Six Sigma
- Project Risk Assessment
- Stakeholder Management
- Microservices
- SPA & Micro-frontend
- Cloud Infrastructure (GCP, AWS)
- Java, Spring Boot
- NET
- JavaScript, Nodejs
- Reactjs, Vuejs
- Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, NLP
- Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes
- Testing and deployment
Timeline
Software Engineer Manager
Helmerich & Payne
01.2022 - Current
Principal Software Engineer
Improving
10.2021 - 01.2022
Sr. Software Engineer
USAA
08.2017 - 10.2021
Sr. Software Developer
Verys (American Airlines)
08.2016 - 08.2017
Front-End Engineer
Prodea Systams
08.2013 - 07.2016
Master of Science - COMPUTER SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Southern Methodist University
Bachelor of Science - COMPUTER HARDWARE ENGINEERING
Sadjad Univerity of Technology
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