JACOB KLINGER

Skills

Java, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Spring, AngularJS, Node.js, AWS

accesso - Software Engineer

Lake Mary, FL

Tenant Onboarding Team

November 2019 - Present

Due to high performance, entrusted with the position of Technical Lead on a cross functional team tasked with reducing the time it takes to onboard a new client to AWS.

Quickly worked with the business to identify process improvement and develop automation, resulting in a 400% improvement in efficiency (12 weeks down to 3 weeks).

Initiated the development of a Spring Boot REST service to integrate with the AWS API and reduce onboarding to a one click deployment taking minutes.

Tech Stack: Java, MySQL, Spring Boot, CloudFormation, S3, Ansible, Linux

eCommerce Team

March 2019 - November 2019

Sole back end developer on a front end team responsible for the highest revenue generating application of the business.

Acted as the subject matter expert for the back end in design discussions, development, testing, and troubleshooting.

Collaborated closely with front end developers and business owners in an agile environment.

Shipped a project to allow for validation logic through lightweight calls made early in the checkout process rather than in cart validation call at purchase time, to reduce business logic in the front end and improve UX.

Tech Stack: Java, MySQL, JavaScript, AngularJS, Linux

System Maintenance Team

May 2018 - March 2019

Investigated production defects and shipped fixes for them on an agile team across all domains of the business.

Quickly worked to gain expertise of the business as well as the code base.

Tech Stack: Java, MySQL, Linux

Walt Disney Attractions Technology - Software Engineering Intern

Orlando, FL

PhotoPass Team

January 2018 - May 2018

Implemented production features for a suite of Spring Boot microservices running in AWS that replaced the legacy monolithic service for the product.

Automated a suite of UI smoke tests using Selenium and TestNG frameworks.

Tech Stack: Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Spring Boot, AngularJS, MariaDB, DyamoDB, S3, SQS

Performance Engineering Team

May 2017 - January 2018

Created a Spring Boot REST service to ingest and persist high volume performance test results to remove the team’s dependency on the pro version of SoapUI.

Created a Java command line program to convert XML performance tests from SoapUI Pro to SoapUI.

Wrote performance tests in Jmeter for lift and shift migrations of applications to AWS and diagnosed performance issues with the applications.

Tech Stack: Java, Spring Boot, SQL Server, XML, SoapUI, Jmeter

International Game Technology - Software Engineering Intern

West Greenwhich, RI

Content Development Team

May 2016 - August 2016

Implemented a UI redesign proof of concept for the flagship touch-screen lottery vending machine produced by the company, with the goal of improving accessibility UX.

Tech Stack: JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

B.S. Computer Science

September 2013 - December 2016

Cumulative GPA: 3.55

ParkHours

Alexa Skill for getting the park hours and showtimes at Walt Disney World.

Tech Stack: Node.js, JavaScript, HTML, AWS Lamda

GitHub

Amazon

NextTab

Google Chrome extension to replace the default new tab page of the browser.

Tech Stack: HTML, CSS, JavaScript

GitHub

Chrome Web Store

Academic Enhancement Center, University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

Supplemental Instruction Leader for CSC 211

September 2015 - December 2016

Lead weekly sessions for 10-20 students to review Java, object oriented programming concepts, and good program design.

Create practice quizzes and programming problems for students to solve, then facilitate students completion of them.

Information Technology Services, University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

Student Technology Assistant

September 2015 - December 2016

Employee for Instructional Technology and Media Services at URI.

Work on a variety of projects in software, film, and 3D visualization.

Computer Science Department, University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

Teaching Assistant for CSC 212

January 2015 - May 2015

Helped students complete programming assignments about data structures in labs and during office hours.

Held review sessions and proctored exams when professor was absent.

Graded student programming projects and assignments.

Rhodes Technologies - Intern

Coventry, RI

Information Technology Team

May 2014 - August 2015

Lowered volume of tickets for workstation setups, hardware repair, software installation, and general troubleshooting.

Required close collaboration with team memebers and clients.