Zach Benton
Software Engineer
Summary
Seeking a Software Engineering position that broadens my experience as an Apple Platform developer. I possess a strong passion for software engineering and working with others to complete projects and solve problems through team driven solutions.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineering (4+ Years)
TCS (Tata Consultancy Service)
08.2019 - Current
- 4+ yrs develop SwiftUI/Swift based Point of Sale (POS) app. On average POS app processed $55 billion in sales.
- Integrated Swift Lint for Code standardization, I reduced code based warnings by 90%, from 4000 warnings down to 400 including 50 classes and 30 high complexity functions.
- In POS application I resolved over 900 tickets in support of over 25 releases, 4 of which were major version releases.
- Automated Localization process to allow POS app to expand to 21 different countries, and saved on average 496 working hours per day across our team.
- Developed Swift Scripts to automate the expansion of localization. the Swift scripts convert CSV's to proper SQL statements that could be uploaded to the localization DB. The Swift Scripts were instrumental in the expansion allowing our team to go from 900 entries to over 5200 entries per country, and 109,200 entries across all 21 countries.
- Researched and Tested Composable Architecture for large scale POS application.
Software Engineering Student
St. Edwards University
01.2016 - 05.2019
- Created 4 major projects during my time at St. Edwards. 3 of those projects were developed in Agile Scrum teams implementing best practices. (See project sections for further details)
City of Austin Veterans Liaison
St. Edwards University
01.2016 - 05.2017
- Recruited and scheduled training for 15 members of Veterans Emergency Relief Team to support Austin's Emergency Response Center
- Orchestrated the donation and assembly of 120 winter gear issue to Austin's homeless veteran community.
MV-22 Osprey Crew Chief
United States Marine Corp
10.2010 - 09.2015
- Managed flight line shop of over 40 Marines to maintain a 60% readiness status of MV-22 Osprey
- Directly trained and taught 10 junior marines within last year
Education
B.S. in Computer Science -
St. Edwards University
Austin, TX 01.2016 - 05.2019
Skills
Protocol Oriented Programming (SwiftUI/Swift)
BDD (Behavior Driven Development) using unit test and Black and Grey testing
Agile Scrum Best Practices
CI/CD (circle Ci and Jenkins)
Composable Architecture
Technical Languages
Swift, SwiftUI, XCUI Test framework,MySql/Sql,
Python, Java, DevOps, CI/CD (Jenkins)
Projects
- Cielo Wind IoT: In 7 sprints developed a working IoT platform to monitor windmill sensors data, which allowed for my team to analyze the data and optimize maintenance routines leading to a 30% decrease in maintenance cost
- Totally Autonomous Express Inc (T.A.X.I.): Developed a multi-server PoC which allowed an autonomous taxi to pick up and deliver a customer to a specific location using the Google Maps API to simulate this environment
- Omni Trainer: Developed the API and database for an iOS application to connect Personal Trainers to clients. The clientele can post workouts to a local board where any trainer in the area can offer to run them through the workout. Omni Trainer is designed to take personal trainers and brick and mortar gyms into the home fitness market
- Dnd Connect: Is an iOS application using a PHP designed API's and a MySQL database to associate users to events. Users can create events and designated which Profiles are associated with the events. Then Users can view profiles and email the profile directly from the application.
Timeline
Software Engineering (4+ Years)
TCS (Tata Consultancy Service)
08.2019 - Current
Software Engineering Student
St. Edwards University
01.2016 - 05.2019
City of Austin Veterans Liaison
St. Edwards University
01.2016 - 05.2017
B.S. in Computer Science -
St. Edwards University
01.2016 - 05.2019
MV-22 Osprey Crew Chief
United States Marine Corp
10.2010 - 09.2015