Alan Baker

Backend Development:

• Developed and launched a high-availability cloud-based service in TypeScript (Node.js), standardizing music service content APIs into a single scalable RESTful API, handling millions of daily requests.
• Designed and implemented a universal ratings system, integrating it into templated API responses, ensuring consistency across music platforms.
• Maintained an OpenAPI specification for API governance, reducing bugs and improving cross-team velocity via auto-generated SDKs.
• Built and deployed containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, supporting scalability and efficient resource management.
• Collaborated with client and hardware teams, resolving bugs swiftly, implementing new features, and driving continuous performance and reliability improvements.
• Developed, maintained, and optimized Java Spring-based backend cloud services in AWS, supporting control of millions of connected devices.
• Contributed to the migration of the API Gateway from Layer7 to Apigee, transitioning API key generation to a new Apigee-backed API, enabling a seamless transition and improved functionality.

Full Stack Development:

• Developed and maintained a scalable Ruby on Rails-based developer portal, leveraging an internal CSS and JavaScript framework to enhance API integration management, resulting in hundreds of new integrations.
• Implemented authentication and authorization protocols, integrating OAuth 2.0, Single Sign-On (SSO), and API access controls to enhance security, streamline user access, and improve the overall developer experience.
• Promoted to Tech Lead, overseeing a contractor and collaborating with Product and Engineering teams to design, develop, and expand portal features.

Engineering Growth & Service Reliability:

• Promoted from IC3 to IC4 in October 2023, recognized for technical leadership and professional growth.
• Conducted technical interviews and mentored junior developers, fostering skill development and team growth.
• Participated in on-call rotations, ensuring high availability and reliability of backend services running in AWS and Kubernetes, rapidly resolving incidents, and minimizing downtime.
• Maintained and optimized CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, automating builds, tests, and deployments, improving development efficiency and release consistency.
• Implemented and enhanced monitoring and observability using Datadog and CloudWatch, enabling real-time performance tracking, root cause analysis, and proactive issue resolution, resulting in 99% uptime.

Full Stack Development:

• Enhanced MathElf, a Swift-based iOS tutoring app, by developing new features, improving performance, and transforming it from an iPad-only into a universal iOS app, increasing accessibility and usability.
• Developed a tutor earnings report page using React, providing real-time and historical earnings data for improved financial tracking.
• Extended and optimized backend APIs in C# (.Net), resolving issues, enhancing functionality, and improving overall performance.

Backend Development:

• Developed and optimized backend services for a Java Spring-based couponing platform, implementing personalized user targeting logic by leveraging historical data and user behavior, improving recommendation accuracy.
• Built an internal administrative tool to streamline site management, reducing manual work and improving operational efficiency.

Mobile Development:

• Led mobile development for both Android and iOS on Favado, a grocery couponing app, designing and building a scalable, high-performance UI, integrating third-party APIs, and enhancing app functionality.
• Modernized Android and iOS by migrating iOS from Objective-C to Swift and transitioning Android builds to Gradle, enhancing scalability and maintainability.