Malcolm Dewitt Player
The Colony,USA
Summary
Engineering Lead with extensive experience in Spring Boot microservices and DevOps practices. Proven track record in developing ReactJS solutions that enhance user experiences and foster team collaboration. Expertise in optimizing system performance and executing cloud deployment strategies for significant outcomes. Strong leadership skills demonstrated through successful management of cross-functional teams and project oversight from inception to completion.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineering Lead
Wells Fargo
Plano, TX
04.2024 - 12.2025
- Collaborated with dev tools teams to enhance developer experience at Wells Fargo.
- Led engineering teams on complex projects to enhance system performance.
- Developed Spring Boot microservices for a custom IDE plugin marketplace on VSCode and JetBrains.
- Deployed microservices to OpenShift, ensuring scalable application performance.
- Created ReactJS frontend for IDE marketplace, enhancing user interface and experience.
- Produced custom IDE plugins for VSCode and JetBrains to streamline development workflows.
- Spearheaded implementation of GitHub Copilot, building management dashboard for usage metrics.
- Designed custom dashboard using React and Tan Stack for monitoring Copilot usage metrics.
- Implemented DevOps pipeline for deployment to OpenShift, utilizing Kubernetes for Spring Boot applications.
Engineering Lead
JP Morgan & Chase
Plano, TX
01.2017 - 03.2024
- Developed Chase Credit Journey, corporate challenge, and Chase Travel through micro-frontends in ReactJS and microservices using Spring Boot.
- Managed teams of eight, overseeing multiple teams within an organization of 30.
- Created microservices for Chase Travel and Credit Journey using Spring Boot.
- Implemented Kafka for event-driven architecture across various microservices.
- Established DevOps pipeline for deploying micro-frontends and microservices to Cloud Foundry and AWS.
- Hosted UI applications on AWS S3, utilizing ReactJS and custom JavaScript framework (BlueJS).
- Led SCRUM ceremonies to enhance team collaboration and project delivery.
- Introduced weekly meetings for Product Owners to address technical queries regarding ongoing development efforts.
Lead Front-End Developer
IBM
Irving, TX
12.2014 - 12.2016
- Contributed to the technical development of a custom MVC JavaScript framework.
- Developed HTML5 and CSS3 templates, including coding edits.
- Created custom utilities utilizing JavaScript with RESTful Spring Java APIs.
Consultant - Software Development
AIM Consulting
Irving, TX
07.2014 - 12.2014
- Originated technical development of SPA application using AngularJS 1.2 and 1.3.
- Pioneered front-end testing frameworks with Karma, Jasmine, and Protractor.
- Conceived front-end build scripts utilizing Grunt, Bower, and NodeJS.
- Controlled technical development of responsive website through Bootstrap 3.0.
- Orchestrated Restful web services with Spring MVC and Spring Data.
- Assembled custom Angular directives for enhanced reusability across web applications.
- Prioritized continuous improvement of user experience via NG-Grid, UI-Router, and UI-Bootstrap plugins.
- Exerted GIT for effective source code management.
Software Engineer
The Home Depot
Irving, TX
08.2013 - 07.2014
- Regulated website maintenance for homedepot.com.
- Launched website modifications using WebSphere Commerce.
- Introduced transactional email system through ExactTarget.
- Crafted REST APIs utilizing Spring MVC.
- Constructed layouts for HTML5 widgets with Bootstrap 3.
- Inaugurated internal data lookup tool via Spring MVC for DevOps data sourcing.
- Executed technical development on internal applications using Spring, featuring one-click software deployment.
- Organized tools and best practices in technical development within J2EE applications.
Software Engineer
Parago
Lewisville, TX
09.2010 - 08.2013
- Fabricated web application using Struts 2, deployed via JBoss 5/7.
- Contrived EJBs with MySQL and Oracle 11g to enhance data processing.
- Reinforced rich front end utilizing jQuery for improved user experience.
- Aggrandized restful web services through Rest-Easy for efficient API management.
- Derived mobile application with HTML, BackboneJS, Grails, Spring Roo, and Sencha Touch.
- Mobilized Android application using HTML5 and jQuery Mobile for cross-platform compatibility.
- Activated e-commerce portal for clients via Konakart API, integrating credit card and shipping modules with XML and JAXB.
- Commenced internal application of Grails for project management, leveraging MySQL for database solutions.
Education
Master of Science - Security Engineering
Southern Methodist University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Skills
- Spring Boot and microservices
- Cloud deployment strategies
- Agile methodologies and Scrum
- Full-stack development expertise
- Micro-frontend development
- Spring framework proficiency
- Java development skills
- Kubernetes orchestration
- System architecture design
- Technical leadership abilities
- Team building and collaboration
- Continuous integration practices
- DevOps methodologies
- ReactJS and JavaScript development
- RESTful API integration techniques
- Progressive web app development
- Nodejs expertise
Affiliations
Member, National Society of Black Engineers
Certification
Certified Associate Developer, Amazon Web Services, 10/01/20, 10/31/23
Timeline
Engineering Lead
Wells Fargo
04.2024 - 12.2025
Engineering Lead
JP Morgan & Chase
01.2017 - 03.2024
Lead Front-End Developer
IBM
12.2014 - 12.2016
Consultant - Software Development
AIM Consulting
07.2014 - 12.2014
Software Engineer
The Home Depot
08.2013 - 07.2014
Software Engineer
Parago
09.2010 - 08.2013
Master of Science - Security Engineering
Southern Methodist University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University