- $500,000 annual savings achieved by developing a workaround for self-signed certificate issues at Konami Gaming that eliminated the need to establish a certificate authority.
- On-time release of frontend changes achieved by teaching Konami Gaming’s frontend team React and proper state management.
- 40% system performance improvement achieved by migrating the Python backend to Go at Smart Security Solutions.
- 30% faster go-to-market time achieved through efficient deployment of mobile apps to Google and Apple stores.
Aaron Rine
Software Engineer, Smart Security Solutions
Feb 2023 - Present
- ILOK Mobile
- Reduced go-to-market time by 30% with the deployment of the mobile app to Google and Apple stores.
- Fixed and maintained permissions issues with Android and Ios.
- Ensured app synced correctly with ILOK Core in real time.
- Augmented app performance and fixed mobile bugs in React Native and leveraging native Kotlin and Swift for low-level phone APIs.
- ILOK Core
- Boosted system performance and cut latency by 40% by migrating the Python backend to Go.
- Ensured consistent and scalable deployment environments by building and fixing Docker containers, integrating them with Kubernetes.
- Improved system reliability and inter-service communication by developing microservices and using Redis Streams.
- Enhanced testing accuracy by constructing a local segmented network that mirrors production scenarios.
- Elevated user experience and interface stability by fixing UI bugs and synchronizing React state with Redis Cache and DB state.
Software Engineer, AmeriSave Mortgage Corporation
May 2022 - Feb 2023
- Mortgage Document Management System
- Modernized the codebase by migrating legacy ColdFusion code to TypeScript, reducing technical debt by 40%.
- Restored data integrity and improved database performance by fixing broken SQL queries, increasing query efficiency by 25%.
- Enhanced system scalability by developing new microservices, increasing system capacity by 50%.
- Improved test coverage and code reliability by using dependency injection, boosting test coverage from 60% to 90%.
Software Engineer, Konami Gaming, Inc.
Oct 2021 - May 2022
- Casino Customer Loyalty Rewards App
- Saved the company $500,000 annually by finding a workaround to avoid becoming a certificate authority, solving self-signed cert issues on mobile.
- Enabled the company to deploy the app by fixing permissions bugs on both Android and Ios.
- Improved the performance of the Android app by 100%, taking it from unusably slow to fluid and responsive.
- Recovered the app from being completely inoperable in dev when JCenter was sunset.
- Synkros Casino Management Web App
- Migrated outdated Java application frontend into a more performant and intuitive React based web app.
- Informed and helped the backend team fix api and security bugs when possible.
- Helped the frontend team troubleshoot React and state bugs.
- Taught the frontend team best practices and how to avoid state bugs in React speeding up the entire team’s productivity by 15%.
Software Engineer, Smart Security Solutions
Jan 2021 - Sep 2021
- ILOK Mobile
- Advised mobile team on state optimizations and better code structures.
- Advised and implemented better UI/UX flow for the app.
- Developed app routes and auth flow of the prototype app, speeding up initial testing against ILOK Core by 10%
- ILOK Payment Portal
- Connected payment processor to the e-commerce site allowing the business to make its first sales.
Software Engineer, D & P Designs
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
- Main E-commerce Site
- Chose and modified an existing template for the needs of the company.
- Connected payment processor api to their site.
- Deployed the site enabling the company to make its first sales.
- Kept the project 40% under initial budget expectations.
React
React Native
React Testing Library
Jest
FastAPI
Docker
Kubernetes
Nginx
Wordpress
Postgres
Redis Streams