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Aubrey

Summary

Senior Software Engineer with over 5 years of experience in developing cloud-native retail platforms using Node.js and modern JavaScript. Proven track record in managing real-time promotions and POS systems, processing millions of transactions daily with high accuracy. Expertise in AWS serverless architectures, microservices, REST APIs, NoSQL data modeling, and Redis caching, achieving over 80% test coverage in system designs. Strong coding and project management skills, consistently delivering scalable solutions within Agile and Scrum environments.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Engineer II

7Eleven
Irving
05.2023 - Current
  • Developed event-driven workflows utilizing AWS Lambda and DocumentDB Change Streams for processing real-time promotion updates.
  • Constructed secure Kafka producer services with SSL/SASL, retries, and connection pooling for dependable promotion distribution.
  • Implemented rule-based validation and data transformation layers to enforce channel-specific business rules and standardize promotion data models.
  • Designed scalable batch and streaming pipelines using SQS-triggered Lambdas and Azure Blob Storage for efficient historical data exports.
  • Enhanced system reliability and performance through DLQs, retries, CloudWatch monitoring, and New Relic tracing, achieving approximately 30% faster propagation.
  • Utilized Apache Kafka to support event-driven microservices, improving real-time processing capabilities.
  • Deployed applications on server machines with AWS or Azure.
  • Optimized system performance by integrating Redis caching, resulting in a 30% reduction in database hits.

Software Engineer

7Eleven
Irving
08.2022 - 05.2023
  • Operated in Agile/SCRUM environment utilizing JIRA and Confluence for sprint planning and documentation.
  • Developed OAuth2 and JWT-secured RESTful microservices, reducing unauthorized access attempts by 60% using Node.js, Fastify, and Express.
  • Implemented request validation and error handling with Joi and AJV, ensuring data integrity across API endpoints.
  • Engineered full-stack solutions for financial services using Node.js, React.js, and MySQL, enhancing application load time by 40%.
  • Designed optimized MongoDB/DocumentDB schemas with indexing; utilized Redis caching for high-performance lookups.
  • Constructed serverless, event-driven workflows with AWS Lambda, SQS, SNS, achieving over 80% test coverage and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Architected microservices on AWS (Lambda, EC2, RDS) with CI/CD pipelines via Jenkins and Docker, shortening release cycles by 35%.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve user experience and system efficiency.

Software Engineer

7Eleven
Irving
05.2020 - 08.2022
  • Engineered AWS Lambda consumers for Kinesis streams to process real-time promotions and transform data into POS-specific formats.
  • Implemented DocumentDB Change Streams and SNS publishing with retries to synchronize promotion updates across distributed POS systems.
  • Developed bulk processing pipelines utilizing S3 and SQS, enabling Lambda-to-Lambda batch synchronization for large-scale data loads.
  • Designed Redis cache refresh handlers to ensure low-latency promotion updates while maintaining full audit history.
  • Ensured system reliability through idempotent processing, dead-letter queues, and secure secrets management.
  • Collaborated with UI/UX designers to improve software usability and user experience.

Education

Master of Science - Management Information Systems

University of Houston Clear Lake
Houston, TX
12.2019

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science Engineering

GNITS
Hyderabad, India
05.2017

Skills

  • JavaScript (ES6)
  • Nodejs
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Expressjs
  • Fastify
  • Serverless Framework
  • React JS
  • Angular
  • AWS
  • MongoDB
  • Amazon DocumentDB
  • DynamoDB
  • Redis
  • Kafka
  • OAuth2
  • JWT
  • IAM
  • KMS
  • Secrets Manager
  • SSM Parameter Store
  • Jest
  • New Relic APM
  • CloudWatch
  • Git
  • Docker
  • CI/CD (GitLab)
  • Swagger/OpenAPI
  • Apache Kafka
  • UI/UX
  • Technical requirements
  • Database management

Certification

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, 01/23
  • AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02), 01/24

Timeline

Software Engineer II

7Eleven
05.2023 - Current

Software Engineer

7Eleven
08.2022 - 05.2023

Software Engineer

7Eleven
05.2020 - 08.2022

Master of Science - Management Information Systems

University of Houston Clear Lake

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science Engineering

GNITS
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