Kadin Van Valin
[linkedin.com] . [ [email protected]] . [ 517 574 9283 ]
I’m a Senior Software Engineer with over 6 years of experience
Experience
Software Engineer, CJ Affiliate
April 2020-current, Chicago, IL and remote
- Designed and maintained highly available, scalable AWS-based systems using Docker containers orchestrated with AWS ECS
- Improved cross-browser support for tracking with selenium tests for primary data capture
- Create a cloud based log of e-commerce transactions using AWS Opensearch, Lambda, Kinesis Stream, Kinesis Firehose and Kafka Connect.
- Strong focus on infrastructure as code with AWSs CDK and terraform
Technologies used: Mongo, Express, Angular, Typescript, Node.js, and Ionic.
Data Chapter Lead, CJ Affiliate
September 2021-May 2023, Chicago, IL and remote
- Lead cross-squad data initiatives and training.
Software Engineer, SnapMobile
April 2018-April 2020, Chicago, IL
- Built a fitness app with AWS CloudFront and MediaConvert for the video and music for each weekly adaptively streamed video
- Created a prototype to alert friends and family with the triggering of a Bluetooth enabled pepper spray device.
Technologies used: Mongo, Express, Angular, Typescript, Node.js, and Ionic.
Skills
Node.js/TypeScript
React
AWS: VPC, EC2, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, EventBridge, API Gateway, CloudWatch, OpenSearch
CloudFormation, Serverless Framework, AWS CDK
OOP & Design Patterns
Git, GitLab, GitHub
agile
Education
Course work in Economics, Lansing Community College
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Dev Bootcamp
- A 18 week immersive full stack web development course with 1100 + hours of solo and pair programming.
- Workplace dynamics training that emphasizes soft skills
- Lead IOS project that let people have location/interest based conversations.