Julian Gedeon

Job Description: Developed the innoWake tool suite, an integrated platform of Eclipse plugins and automated code generators that facilitated enterprise-scale migration of legacy COBOL systems to modern Java applications for Fortune 500 clients.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:

• Architected and deployed Spring Boot microservices with RabbitMQ messaging to client environments, streamlining application deployment, and reducing infrastructure dependencies during legacy system modernization.
• Engineered bash scripts to automate deployment workflows, orchestrating environment setup, secure file transfers, and remote server provisioning across multiple client production environments.
• Developed intelligent code generators within the innoWake Eclipse plugin suite to automatically transform COBOL business logic into Java J2EE components, accelerating migration timelines.
• Built an Angular front-end CICS replica with Hibernate ORM integration to replicate green-screen functionality while modernizing underlying technology stacks.
• Implemented job scheduling systems that emulated mainframe JCL functionality, enabling seamless batch processing in modernized Java environments.
• Served as the primary on-call escalation point for mission-critical government client deployments, leading rapid incident triage and resolution during go-live windows, and coordinating with infrastructure and development teams to ensure production stability for systems serving millions of citizens.

Job Description: Software Engineer at Episode Six, a fintech platform enabling financial institutions to build digital payment solutions, leveraging real-time payment processing and value transfer capabilities.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:
System Dashboard Modernization

• Led the redesign and launch of System Dashboard v2 within a 9-month timeline, migrating from Aurelia to React, while implementing a modern TypeScript-based architecture that improved performance and maintainability.
• Architected a multi-role interface, enabling Financial Operations, Customer Support, and Administrative teams to efficiently manage real-time payment transactions and customer interactions through a unified platform.
• Collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders to balance competing requirements during the re-platforming initiative, ensuring seamless migration while delivering enhanced functionality and improved user experience.

Client Integration & API Development

• Integrated Nomi Health with Episode Six's API-driven banking platform, implementing secure payment processing workflows, and enabling healthcare payment capabilities for enterprise clients.
• Developed and extended Spring Boot REST endpoints using Hibernate ORM to meet product specifications, ensuring compliance with financial services requirements, and maintaining system scalability for high-volume transaction processing.
• Implemented comprehensive JUnit test coverage for API endpoints, ensuring reliability and data integrity across payment processing workflows in production environments.

Job Description: Developed core feature development of the innoWake tool suite, focusing on COBOL migration engine capabilities, database transformation frameworks, and automated testing infrastructure to support enterprise-scale legacy system modernization.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:

• Implemented and enhanced core COBOL migration engine features with byte-level precision, enabling accurate transformation of complex legacy code structures, including conditional statements, data declarations, and procedural logic.
• Architected a database migration framework to transform hierarchical IMS databases to relational Postgres schemas, emulating IMS-specific traversal patterns, and maintaining data integrity during enterprise-scale migrations.
• Developed containerized testing infrastructure using Docker to automate cross-platform validation, successfully migrating and replatforming 2,000+ JUnit tests to .NET environments as part of multi-language migration initiatives.
• Authored Bash utilities for log parsing and system monitoring, leveraging Unix text processing tools to extract runtime metrics and proactively identify performance bottlenecks across distributed environments.
• Created shell scripting solutions to orchestrate CI/CD pipelines, integrating Ant, Maven, and SVN operations to automate build processes, minimize human error, and accelerate release cycles.