Robert Smieja
Polyglot Full-stack Software Engineer
Technologies
- Programming Languages
- In order of experience/proficiency:
- TypeScript/JavaScript
- Java
- Groovy
- Kotlin
- Python
- Golang
- SQL
- Powershell
- POSIX Shell/Bash
- C#
- Perl
- Ruby
- C/C++
- Scala
- Clouds
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- Databases
- Amazon DynamoDB
- DB2 (LUW)
- PostgreSQL
- Snowflake
- Frameworks/Libraries/Software
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- React
- NextJS
- Gatsby.js
- Kafka
- Ansible
- Puppet
- Gradle
- Grails
- JavaEE
- Spring MVC 5
- Spring Data 5
- Operating Systems
- Windows
- Mac OS X
- / Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu)
DevOps
- Ansible
- Docker
- Puppet
Experience
Quattr, Remote - Palo Alto, CA, August 2021 - Present
Principal Full-Stack Engineer
- Led Full-Stack Chapter to improve code quality by promoting best practices and cross-team cooperation.
- Contributed to rules engine design to enable customers to categorize search intents
- Achieved a 15% reduction in AWS Cloud costs by deleting and compressing objects in S3 buckets
- Created e-mail based secure password-less login system for Test Drive demos
Hitachi Vantara, Waltham, MA, July 2019 - August 2021
Senior Full Stack Engineer
- Drove design and implemented rewrite of internal product development platform, leveraging Kubernetes and open-source technologies to target both Software-as-a-Service and Software Appliances use cases.
- Implemented brand new UI written in React/TypeScript for an internal administrative UI for Hitachi Vantara products.
- Simplified management of development lab management by introducing Ansible.
- Improved accessibility and quality of internal product development platform documentation website by introducing Docusaurus for other Hitachi developers.
Vantiv/WorldPay, Lowell, MA, May 2015 - July 2019
Senior Software Engineer
- Upgraded internal Grails application for configuration management from Grails 1.X to 2.X
- Implemented changes in development and production infrastructure automation in Puppet as a Automation/DevOps engineer.
- Led teams in company-wide and office-wide hackathons as Team Captain with 1 victory
- Led a team of 4 junior engineers in an integration with AmazonPay as its first external client; drove the design and mentored the team in the implementation.
- Implemented Operations UI Dispute engine as part of Visa Claims Resolution overhaul
- Converted large Java codebase of 1 million+ lines from Ant to Gradle to reduce build times by ~15%
Litle & Co, Lowell, MA, May 2013 - August 2013, May 2014 - August 2014
Software Engineer Intern
- Implemented features in production in a large Java code base with a team of interns and co-ops using pair programming.
- Added batch transaction processing to C# XML SDK
- Implemented improvements and features in customer facing UI, using Spring MVC
- Implemented enhancements to internal configuration web application written in Grails
Profile
- Innovative problem solver. Life long learner, who is constantly on the lookout for new technology, to find new solutions to problems.
Education
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
- Bachelor of Science, Double Major in Computer Science & Interactive Media and Game Development, May 2015
- Received
- WPI Presidential Merit Scholarship, 2011 – 2015