Joseph Grodecki
Westerville,Ohio
Summary
Skilled software development professional bringing knowledge and experience in software design, development and integration. Passionate about problem solving, mentoring, and making ideas come to life.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Software Developer
JP Morgan Chase
05.2019 - Current
- Lead developer on project to replace legacy Tandem based debit card transaction authorization system with modernized cloud based system written in Java
- Developed Java microservice to consume 100 million weekly Kafka events for real time updating of customer debit card information
- Developed Java microservices to orchestrate and authorize all transactions performed at Chase ATMs, both for Chase debit cards and non Chase debit cards
- Developed Java microservices to orchestrate and authorize all Point of Sale transactions (roughly 1000 per second at peak) performed with Chase Debit cards incoming from external networks such as VISA and Mastercard
- Implemented component, contract, and integration tests for the above mentioned microservices
- Deployed microservices to and supported microservices running on Kubernetes
- Consumer Banking organization level subject matter expert on implementation of component testing using Hoverfly
- Consumer Banking organization level subject matter expert on implementation of resiliency/chaos testing in Kubernetes.
- Manager of 5 developers and handled mentoring/coaching, performance reviews, year end compensation talks, etc
Data Analyst
Nationwide Insurance
04.2018 - 05.2019
- Worked on project to migrate writing commercial insurance policies to modernized system
- Performed source to target data mapping to transform and load data from policy administration system to staging database used by multiple downstream reporting systems
- Wrote Python scripts to validate proper implementation of mappings, reducing validation effort from up to an hour to a matter of seconds
- Wrote Java program to parse an entire data dictionary into a single Excel file that allowed for easy searching for specific data elements to aid in the building of a new analytics system
- Built conceptual and logical data models for the new commercial insurance platform.
Software Developer
JP Morgan Chase
07.2012 - 04.2018
- Worked on several applications which combined to handle processing of all checks coming through Chase bank
- Lead developer on project to enhance duplicate detection system to catch 200% more duplicate checks
- Lead developer in building of new service to integrate check processing platform with new Chase mortgage payment system.
- Developed service to migrate calculation of bank and check float from legacy mainframe system to modernized Java microservice.
- Developed new application to modernize bank and check float reporting
Education
Master of Science - Biomedical Engineering
Ohio State University
06.2012
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Engineering
Wright State University
06.2010
Skills
- Software Development
- API Development
- Agile Methodologies
- Automated Testing
- Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Team Collaboration
Certification
AWS Developer Associate Certified
Timeline
Lead Software Developer
JP Morgan Chase
05.2019 - Current
Data Analyst
Nationwide Insurance
04.2018 - 05.2019
Software Developer
JP Morgan Chase
07.2012 - 04.2018
Master of Science - Biomedical Engineering
Ohio State University
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Engineering
Wright State University