Jacob Archambault

Software Developer II

Venminder•  May 2022 - November 2023

Created DynamoDB tables via AWS CloudFormation, added generic batch update ability to our Dynamo data access library using AWS SDK for .NET, and instantiated CQRS architecture via test-driven development with xUnit .NET for control assessments containerized microservice running in ECS Fargate. Refactored multiple LINQ-to-SQL queries to prevent timeouts for our largest customers and realize major performance improvements after company-wide SQL Server-to-PostgreSQL migration. Replaced longer monthly retrospectives with shorter more frequent retrospectives aligned with our weekly release cycle, leading to more consistent follow-through and better cross-department collaboration.

Associate Software Developer

PetPartners•  April 2021 - May 2022

Created backend logic, C# web API endpoints, and normalized SQL tables via EF migrations for handling commission payments to subcontracted companies and internal call center agents for new flagship employer-based pet insurance product. Consolidated repeat API calls and removed Cartesian explosion for premium tracking feature causing slow coverage period loading, leading to a 26X performance improvement. Wrote wiki documentation for the company’s release process, git workflow, and numerous routine bugfixes, scripted automation of .NET web API publication for local development environments, created and monitored support team dashboards in Azure, and created Azure DevOps bug template subsequently adopted across entire company.

Software Developer Apprentice

Waystar•  August 2019 - April 2021

Pioneered work converting .NET Framework projects to containerized .NET Core projects running on Docker; co-led company-wide training on using YAML for Azure DevOps pipeline configuration; built, deployed, and configured team projects with Azure DevOps, and set up logging of automated alerts from A10 load balancers to Microsoft Teams and Splunk. Fixed bugs in Chrome and Firefox web crawlers, written as Java Maven projects using Selenium, obtaining patient payment information from insurance provider websites, and deployed those fixes to development and production environments with Jenkins.

Fordham University

Philosophy, PhD•  August 2011 - May 2017

Dissertation: The development of the medieval Parisian account of formal consequence. Areas of Specialization: Philosophical Logic, Medieval philosophy.