Richard Hoffman
richard.j.hoffman@gmail.com
Experience
Senior Software Engineer - Retailnext
2018 - 2021
Accomplishments:
- Maintain cloud microservice architecture using AWS, GCP, and Terraform
- Work within the cloud team to handle uptime of services
- Development of new features for backend using Go and Cassandra
- Handling of positional analytic data for real-time reporting
- Handling point-of-sale data with regards to in-store positional tracking
- Integrating point-of-sale data with third-party services
- Maintaining services streaming input from thousands of sensors
- Handle transitioning entire platform from AWS to GCP
Technologies:
Go, Ruby on Rails, Terraform, Puppet, Docker, Cassandra, AWS, GCP
Lead Software Engineer - Synctree
2015 - 2018
Accomplishments:
- Lead a multi-organizational team in launching an educational multimedia platform for desktop, mobile, and native environments. - https://www.storybots.com
- Lead a small team in creating a social media-based e-commerce platform in under 6 months. - https://boo.st
- Develop internationalization and CMS backend features for Disney public websites. - https://disneyinternational.com
- Educating developers about new technologies, mentoring junior developers about best practices and unit testing.
Technologies:
Ruby on Rails, Node.js, AWS, Docker, React, React Native, ASP.NET, Java, Python, Firebase, Postgres, Redis, Mongodb
Sr. Software Engineer - Stayhealthy
2013 - 2014
Accomplishments:
- Communicate with product, design, and QA teams to upgrade internal legacy application with full test suite.
- Develop integrations with existing fleet of kiosks and take readings from consumer devices.
Technologies:
PHP, Symfony, ASP.NET, jQuery, Websockets, SQL Server, Postgres, Mongodb
Sr. Software Engineer - Spokeo
2012 - 2013
Accomplishments:
Technologies:
Ruby on Rails, jQuery, MySQL
Sr. Software Engineer - Chegg, Inc.
2011 - 2012
Accomplishments:
- Integrate acquired Homework Help product onto main site with full test suite. - https://www.chegg.com/study
- Convert 2,000,000 legacy Flash resources into compatible HTML5 resources with DRM.
Technologies:
PHP, ASP.NET, jQuery, MySQL
Software Engineer - Civic Resource Group
2010 - 2011
Accomplishments:
Technologies:
ASP.NET, Flash, SQL Server, jQuery
Programmer - Hydraulx
2009 - 2010
Accomplishments:
- Develop internal render farm status and maintenance app with live updates.
- Develop internal seating chart app, to identify users logged in at specific workstations.
- Develop interactive graphs for server status.
Technologies:
PHP, MySQL, jQuery, ExtJS, Flash
Education
ITT Technical Institute
B.S. Digital Entertainment - 2005 - 2007
A.S. Multimedia - 2003 - 2005