Aaron Crowder
Chief Engineer & Architect
Building scalable systems, leading exceptional teams, and maintaining zero downtime in production.
Professional Summary
Experienced in technology leadership, designing innovative solutions, managing tech debt, and mentoring engineers.
Skilled in numerous languages and frameworks with strong cross-functional team leadership and decision-making abilities.
Brings compassion and expertise in balancing development and product goals.
Technical Expertise
Programming Languages
GoJavaScriptNode.jsPythonTypeScriptC#RubyPHPSQL
Frameworks & Libraries
ReactVueEmberJSRemixDjangoRuby on Rails
Cloud & Infrastructure
DockerAWSRedisPostgresMySQLMSSQLTerraformDevOps
Leadership
Cross-functional Team LeadershipMentoringCode ReviewArchitecture DesignScalabilityProject Management
Experience
Govalo
Chief Engineer / Architect
July 2022 - Present3y 3mLead Software Engineer
December 2021 - July 20227mStaff Software Engineer
November 2021 - December 20211mReactTypeScriptRedisNodeJSPostgresTerraformAWS
- ▸Oversaw all technology aspects of Govalo. Provided guidance and support for junior engineers.
- ▸Identified areas of improvement in terms of scalability and maintainability within existing codebases.
- ▸Maintained exceptionally high code and deployment quality, resulting in zero outages or downtime for Govalo.
Teem by Eptura
Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead
December 2020 - November 202111mPythonDjangoEmberJS
- ▸Supported two mobile app development teams (iOS and Android) as a backend engineer.
- ▸Led full-stack initiatives for an EmberJS front-end and Python (Django) backend.
- ▸Managed work on teams in both Salt Lake City and Ukraine.
NICE
Senior Software Engineer
April 2020 - December 20208mC#.NETGo
- ▸Worked with the R&D team to design, architect, and build a proof of concept replacement for their monolithic call-center software.
- ▸Led architecture initiatives and presented to a panel of senior architects to gain consensus on plans across the organization.
Drip
Senior Software Developer
January 2019 - March 20201y 2mRuby on RailsGoNodeJSJavaScriptTerraform
- ▸Worked to improve performance in a Ruby on Rails monolith by optimizing database queries.
- ▸Built new microservices in Go and NodeJS.
- ▸Improved performance of the Rails monolith by more than double in the email rendering and sending pipeline.
InsideSales.com
Senior Software Engineer
February 2017 - January 20191y 11mGoNodeJSJavaScriptReactOAuthJWT
- ▸Built and maintained microservices that supported authentication and authorization across multiple applications.
- ▸Supported the auth front-end of a Chrome Extension.
- ▸Implemented both Google and Microsoft OAuth to integrate with the auth system.
Boostability
Senior Software Engineer
May 2013 - February 20173y 9mSilverlightJavaScript (Knockout.js)C#.NET
- ▸Rewrote a line-of-business application from Silverlight (XAML / C#) to a single-page app using JavaScript.
- ▸Built tools to streamline blog creation for Boostability's blog network, saving over $250k annually in hosting fees.
Clearlink
Front End Web Developer
May 2012 - May 20131yPHPHTMLCSSJavaScriptPhotoShop
- ▸Built and maintained hundreds of marketing websites in CLEARLINK's proprietary CMS.
The Digital Ranch, Inc.
Web Developer
June 2011 - May 201211mProprietary CMS (ASP.NET, C#)Visual BASICCSSJavaScriptT-SQLCrystal ReportsPhotoShop
- ▸Built custom sites for clients.
- ▸Created mobile apps (one top-ranked in the Google Play Store).
- ▸Created custom reports using stored procedures and Crystal Reports
- ▸Maintained a legacy LMS in Visual BASIC
Ivinex
Web Developer
November 2010 - June 20117mPHPMySQLLinux (RedHat)Apache
- ▸Built a custom CRM in PHP.
- ▸Worked with customers to implement the Ivinex CRM.