Harold Smith

Software Engineer

Allied Payment Network•  June 2019 - Present•  Fort Wayne, IN

Led the design, development, and deployment of a full-stack application, using DDD, to allow the Implementations department to perform onboardings with no involvement from Engineering, freeing up 2 full-time software engineers and immediately scaling up available employees from 2 to 5 to handle onboardings Developed the full stack application utilizing Blazor WebAssembly for the front end, .NET FastEndpoints for the API, and a combination of SQL Server and PostgreSQL for data persistence. Deployment was automated with CakeBuild, GitHub Actions, and AWS Pipeline to deploy to a EKS cluster Within the last year brought in several tech stacks to increase testability of code through repeatable random input, increase number of team members able to contribute to code from 2 to 6 engineers, and introduced security best practices using 4 different methods Guided and mentored junior developers in adopting industry best practices, significantly improving code quality through conducting hands-on sessions via Help Desk tickets to enhance their debugging skills helping foster a collaborative learning environment

Software Developer

QuEST Global•  July 2018 - June 2019•  Lafayette, IN

Worked closely with and provided on-site support to US-based and International end-users to effectively resolve problems in existing projects Added and updated Agile documentation to existing projects Supervised and developed custom software for Quality Clinics to improve data accuracy and increase features available to users

IT Consultant

The Charmaran Company•  September 2016 - May 2018•  Kendallville, IN

Analyzed infrastructure and made network and software recommendations Implemented hardware and software infrastructure within set budget restrictions Developed custom software for weekly resource management

Shift Manager

Dell•  March 2015 - January 2018•  West Lafayette, IN

Organized and delegated work to address security related issues involving phishing websites and other malware effecting customers Proposed and developed custom software to improve efficiency of daily tasks by more than 40% Employee of the Year 2016