austinthecoder/resume

My resume

Austin Schneider

808 Upington Ln
Evans, GA 30809
706-833-2138
[email protected]

Objective

To work for a company focusing on the Ruby language and related web technologies. Ideal company is passionate about software craftsmanship and the agile methodologies.

Summary of Qualifications

Technology

• Extensive knowledge of the Ruby language
• Vast knowledge of Rack, Rails, Sinatra, and related web frameworks and gems
• Experience building and working with high-availability web server architectures and Chef, the systems integration framework
• Good understanding of the HTTP request-response protocol and the REST resource based architecture
• Master of object-oriented programming and passionate about creating a readable, maintainable and velocity-stable codebase
• Excellent with Git (the DVCS) and popular branching and deployment strategies
• Experience with popular editors: VIM, RubyMine, TextMate and Sublime Text
• Worked with and deployed to popular hosting platforms like Heroku, Rackspace and Amazon EC2

Beliefs

• Pair and solo programming are tools best applied to the right kind of task or situation.
• Stakeholder feedback and involvement is important to a product's success.
• Developers perform best when they're happy, challenged, consistently learning, appreciated and held accountable.
• Agile software development is the ideal process, especially when tailored to a company's strengths.

Related Experience

Charter Schools USA – Senior Developer

• Took over as lead developer for an internal Ruby on Rails application, bootstrapped by Pivotal Labs
• Worked closely with Pivotal Labs to transfer product ownership and domain knowledge
• Drove the product forward while working closely with stakeholders to provide continuous value

UpTrending – Senior Developer

• Worked on numerous Ruby on Rails web application for clients
• Provided additional features to existing applications and built new applications based on client's scope and budget
• Improved software quality, visibility and development practices by introducing and implementing agile software development to the team

MobileCause – Programmer

• Built a high-availability server architecture and HTTP endpoints to support SMS messaging
• Worked on and built various Ruby-based and Facebook applications to help clients manage their services
• Integrated custom billing and payments via web and SMS interfaces

Education

Augusta State University
Bachelor of Science – Majored in Computer Science and Mathematics
Graduated in May of 2006

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