AUSTIN ANDREWS(7)                                                    AUSTIN ANDREWS(7)

NAME

Austin Andrews - Software Engineer

SYNOPSIS

Austin [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARG...]

DESCRIPTION

Austin is an advocate for user's success, system scale, and open-source. He's passionate about community, culture, and staying ahead of the curve. He wants to use his years of experience running large-scale systems to help others succeed.

HISTORY

* Cars Commerce

- Software Engineer II - FUEL Search and Display, 2020–present

* Manage internal Laravel and React web application.
* Responsible for creating dynamic Google, Facebook, and Bing ad campaigns.
* Create and manage reports sent to all vehicle OEM providers on ad impressions for car dealerships.
* Work with digital advertising team to track new feature requests and report and fix bug tickets through Jira.

* Dealer Inspire

- Inventory Support PHP Developer - Inventory, 2018–2020

* Diagnose and fix errors and bugs related to inventory for a large number of dealership websites using Salesforce.
* Manage multiple Wordpress plugins including our internal Inventory plugin, IMS, and Inventory Processor.
* Overhaul pricing stacks of major dealer groups to convert complex pricings from the basic tool to the advanced pricing stacks.
* Manage legacy PHP 5.6 codebase and many PHP 7+ codebases.

* Appleton Talent/Spur

- Full-Stack Developer, 2016–2018

Developed SAAS application for managing staffing for public schools including these features:

* Human Resources
* Payroll
* Teacher absentee tracking
* New hire onboarding

Added features and fix bugs submitted through an internal ticketing system. Assist in planning and development of a new cross-platform mobile app using Laravel REST API and an Ionic with TypeScript mobile app. Mange iOS and Android builds in Microsoft Appcenter and using Codepush for OTA updates.

* Smartbridge

- Web and Mobile Application Developing Consultant, 2016

* Created a proof-of-concept cross-platform mobile application for tracking rentable warehouse equipment.
* Assisted in meeting with clients and gathering requirements for business and tech related services.
* Manage client relationships during requirements phase of development.

* Photojojo

- Junior Software Engineer, 2015-2016

* Assisted in a complete rewrite of an 8-year-old legacy eCommerce system to allow business flexibility and growth.
* From initial Git commit to full product launch in 5 months.
* Construct general CRUD operations during initial project setup phase.
* Build custom session based shopping cart system.

OPTIONS

--engineer

Apply engineering and scientific methods:

* Development in bash, python, go, and javascript
* Building scalable systems on-prem and in the cloud
* Participating in OSS, Kubernetes, and cloud-native communities

--student

Always learning new things:

* Developing apps to remain empathetic to customer's experience
* Using data and customer feedback to guide product direction

--teacher

Teach when applicable and learn in all situations (see --student):

* Mentoring seasoned developers on system scale and design
* Helping people getting into a tech career
* Specializing in visual aids to explain technical concepts

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External content and additional reading available at:

Publications:

* LinkedIn	linkedin.com/in/aandrews
* Online Resume	a3mercury.github.io
* GitHub	github.com/a3mercury

FILES

* Formal education

- BA, Graphic Design from Harding University, 2008-2013
- BFA, Computer Science from Harding University, 2013-2015

AUTHOR

E-mail: austin@aandrews.com || Phone: +1 (713) 858-7901