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Eric Hurt
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Architecture Developer
Houston, TX, United States
Toptal member since August 7, 2019
Bio
Eric is a technical professional with 10+ years of experience architecting and building real-world solutions for clients and 6+ years leading software teams to deliver products for clients and customers. He designed and developed multiple enterprise-level solutions for Fortune 100 companies and founded his own startup, connecting thousands of customers and stores. As a CTO, CEO, and engineer, Eric brings strong client-focused communication and project management skills to his work.
Portfolio
Crider, Inc.
Angular, Node.js, Authorization, Authentication, Microsoft SQL Server...
Heavily Played
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Angular, Software Architecture, C#...
MorningStar Software
Entity Framework, Microsoft SQL Server, Angular, .NET Core...
Experience
- C# - 7 years
- Software Architecture - 6 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 3 years
- Node.js - 3 years
- Ionic - 2 years
- .NET Core - 2 years
- Angular - 2 years
- Azure - 2 years
Preferred Environment
Windows, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Visual Studio, AWS IoT
The most amazing...
...solution I've developed is a marketplace from the ground up connecting hundreds of stores and thousands of customers to help them find the products they need.
Work Experience
Full-stack Developer
2024 - PRESENT
Crider, Inc.
- Improved Crider's Angular architecture and CI/CD processes to improve development speed and implement best practices.
- Coached team members through IIS, Angular, Node.js, and GitHub problems to increase overall team velocity.
- Completed Node.js and Angular feature sets and continually delivered new functionality.
Technologies: Angular, Node.js, Authorization, Authentication, Microsoft SQL Server, Single Sign-on (SSO), IIS, Microsoft Entra, Azure, Software Architecture, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, Express.js
Founder and CEO
2023 - PRESENT
Heavily Played
- Led the architecture design and implementation of Heavily Played's software platform and marketplace.
- Deployed software platform to AWS using scalable solutions optimized for cost.
- Managed the initial development team to achieve a minimum viable product connecting hundreds of stores to Heavily Played's platform with real-time synchronization of inventory and sales.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Angular, Software Architecture, C#, Entity Framework Core, PostgreSQL, Team Leadership, AWS Fargate, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon CloudFront CDN, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
CTO
2019 - PRESENT
MorningStar Software
- Redesigned and built an old software platform on today's technologies from the ground up.
- Led the scrum team and drove process improvements.
- Created an automated deployment pipeline for eight different websites and platforms.
- Engineered custom ASP.NET MVC tag helpers to template material design HTML, saving thousands of lines of code.
- Delivered a minimally viable product to the customer in two weeks to enable their eCommerce system on our platform.
- Designed custom bearer token authentication and authorization for .NET Core API.
- Developed and deployed a mobile app, enabling customer check-in, image delivery, and customer communications as an extension of our main product line.
- Built a new product line to enable customers to sell existing inventory online through our platform using Angular, .NET, NgRx, Azure, and Nx.
Technologies: Entity Framework, Microsoft SQL Server, Angular, .NET Core, Software Architecture, Team Leadership, Azure, Azure App Service, Azure SQL, TypeScript, C#, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
Full-stack Developer (via Toptal)
2019 - 2020
Fortune 100 North American Construction Equipment Manufacturer
- Built a full suite of automation tests for continuous integration.
- Developed a back-end API for uploading and manipulating customer data to deliver value for the customer.
- Implemented string matching algorithm to perform millions of computations quickly and efficiently. Improved previous algorithm performance time by over 700%.
- Built Azure continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
- Engineered global sales tool using NgRx and Angular 8 quickly and efficiently.
Technologies: Angular, C#, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
Full-stack Developer
2019 - 2019
ExxonMobil (via TopTal)
- Served as the technical lead of team in designing and building a global reporting system.
- Rebuilt Windows Form application into web application using Angular and ASP.NET Core.
- Engineered in-house Angular UI component library to support the web application.
- Implemented 100% test coverage from back-end to front-end.
- Employed declarative programming methods using RXJs to build high-performing OnPush Angular components.
Technologies: RxJS, Entity Framework Core, Angular, Microsoft SQL Server, Software Architecture
Senior Software Developer
2014 - 2019
MorningStar Software
- Implemented Web Forms in C# .NET to display custom SSRS reports to the web.
- Augmented and maintained a production eCommerce site serving over 30 customers.
- Converted legacy Web Forms platform to .NET MVC using dependency injection.
- Redesigned and built enterprise software from the ground up.
- Implemented company-wide best practices to reduce support burden and improve delivery time.
Technologies: Entity Framework, Microsoft SQL Server, Angular, .NET Core, Software Architecture, Team Leadership, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
Software Developer
2015 - 2017
Hudson Energy
- Produced maintainable, testable object-oriented designs for an ASP.NET MVC 5 web application.
- Led unit testing implementation across multiple teams to achieve high code coverage.
- Started weekly design pattern meetings to enhance the team’s object-oriented design capabilities.
- Created Web APIs to service other platforms and our own application.
- Built in-house socket-based chat application to solve business needs and expedite customer service.
Technologies: Microsoft SQL Server, Angular, ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript
RDD Engineer
2011 - 2015
Baker Hughes
- Engineered gateways to connect and import oil and gas data into situational awareness PSIM (Situator, NICE Systems) to add contextual information to process workflows.
- Developed administrative applications to assist in configuration the TOPS system quickly and efficiently using C#.
- Conceived solution to save customers thousands of dollars per month by reducing the required bandwidth of streaming a video camera over satellite networks.
- Created custom SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports to retrieve information in a more user-friendly format than vendor provided.
- Diagnosed network complications in vendor software while passing data through the Baker network and provided recommendations for upgrading from .Net Remoting to WCF to solve the issue.
Technologies: Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), C#
Experience
Workspace Geek
https://www.workspacegeek.comWorkspace Geek is cutting-edge software that I am building to replace an existing legacy system. I built It from the ground up using .NET Core and Angular 7. We are looking to increase our user base by over 500% and are building the platform to handle the massive increase in scale.
Workspace Geek handles thousands of customers every day and will reach tens of thousands within the next three years. Because of the large increase in users and the size of the database, building for scale is critical and baked into every design decision I make.
The website uses best practices in agile development (scrum) and the latest technologies. I am the head of product development for Workspace Geek and oversee the project entirely.
Workspace Geek handles thousands of customers every day and will reach tens of thousands within the next three years. Because of the large increase in users and the size of the database, building for scale is critical and baked into every design decision I make.
The website uses best practices in agile development (scrum) and the latest technologies. I am the head of product development for Workspace Geek and oversee the project entirely.
CardBoard Warriors
https://cardboardwarriors.netI single-handedly built CardBoard Warriors as a website dedicated to statistical analysis and aggregation of online Pokemon card tournaments. With over 200,000 views per month and thousands of weekly users, enthusiasts visit the website for its compelling articles and statistics about their favorite card game.
Users can research win rates, usage rates and other statistical information to help them determine the best card options for them. Initially built as a fun side project, this has turned into a serious endeavor with an active discord with 2,000 users.
Users can research win rates, usage rates and other statistical information to help them determine the best card options for them. Initially built as a fun side project, this has turned into a serious endeavor with an active discord with 2,000 users.
TwinLeaf Automated Simulator
https://twinleaf.ggI am the lead architect of a team of five developers who helped design and build an automated card simulator based on the Pokemon TCG. We have thousands of active users who play live games of their favorite card game with other players online.
Education
2006 - 2011
Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University - College Station, TX
Certifications
JANUARY 2023 - PRESENT
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Amazon Web Services
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Entity Framework, RxJS, NgRx, Node.js
Tools
Mongoose, AWS Fargate, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon CloudFront CDN, Azure App Service, Visual Studio
Languages
C#, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
Frameworks
.NET Core, Angular, Entity Framework Core, Ionic, Express.js, ASP.NET MVC
Paradigms
Web Architecture
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Visual Studio 2022, DigitalOcean, Windows, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), AWS IoT
Storage
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), SQL Server 2012, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Azure SQL
Other
Communication, Organization, Software Architecture, Team Leadership, Architecture, Authorization, Authentication, Single Sign-on (SSO), IIS, Microsoft Entra, Amazon RDS
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