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Amir Barylko, Software Developer in Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Amir Barylko

Software Developer in Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Member since September 22, 2015
Amir is a seasoned and highly skilled software developer with two decades of proven experience and a strong focus on quality, Agile coaching, and mentorship. He is able to work on teams and with companies of all sizes.
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Portfolio

Experience

Location

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

MacOS, Linux, Windows

The most amazing...

...app I've written was for lean project management (http://smartview.io).

Employment

  • Senior Software Quality Expert

    2008 - PRESENT
    MavenThought Inc
    • Develop an application to find and renew house alarms using F# and C#.
    • Build an "English as second language" app in Ruby on Rails.
    • Create childcare registration and management software using Ruby on Rails.
    • Write an HR application to find employees and manage payments and teams using Ruby on Rails.
    • Program a graphical room designer to evaluate air flow and temperature using C# and WPF.
    Technologies: CoffeeScript, JavaScript, Java, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, F#, C#, .NET

  • Application Architect

    2004 - 2008
    IdFusion Software
    • Developed a web application to monitor daily activities of aboriginal sites using Ruby on Rails.
    • Developed a desktop application to manage registration, sport events, matches, and scores for Manitoba Games using C#.
    • Trained new employees.
    • Implemented practices for test-driven development.
    • Implemented practices for behavior-driven development.
    Technologies: Java, .NET, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby

  • Technical Lead

    2002 - 2004
    4Data Link
    • Developed a project construction module for AutoCAD using C# and C++.
    • Developed a fiber optics design module for AutoCAD using C# and C++.
    • In charge of training developers.
    • Implemented practices for continuous integration.
    • Implemented practices for test-driven development.
    Technologies: AutoCAD, Oracle, Java, C++, C#

  • Application Architect/Technical Lead

    2000 - 2003
    Neqware
    • Developed an application for management of schools, teachers, parents, and students using Java.
    • Developed an internal framework for web development.
    • Trained new employees.
    • Implemented test-first development.
    • Implemented continuous integration.
    Technologies: C++, Java

  • Technical Lead

    1998 - 2000
    Eversystems Argentina
    • Developed a web application for home banking in C++.
    Technologies: HTML, JavaScript, Java, C++

  • Senior Software Developer

    1995 - 1998
    IBM Argentina
    • Developed an application to submit tax forms manually using C++.
    • Developed an application to audit cheques using OCR libraries in C++.
    • Developed an application to create and edit templates to OCR tax declarations in C++.
    • Did technical support for an application that compaginates tax declarations.
    Technologies: Motif, IBM Db2, AIX, C++

Experience

  • SmartView

    Smartview is a lean Agile project management web application that helps teams to increase productivity in a simple friendly way using User Story Mapping and Kanban.

  • Date and Time Utilities for .NET Library
    https://github.com/MavenThought/Epoch

    Library to help creating dates and time spans using extensions and fluent DSL.

  • ManvenThought Commons Library
    https://github.com/amirci/mt_commons

    Library with common utilities classes and extensions to collections.

Skills

  • Languages

    Java, Sass, Ruby, HTML5, C++, CoffeeScript, C#, JavaScript, C, T-SQL, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), CSS, F#, HTML, Scala

  • Frameworks

    Ruby on Rails (RoR), ASP.NET MVC, .NET

  • Tools

    Visual Studio 2013, Vim Text Editor, Eclipse IDE, TextMate, AutoCAD

  • Paradigms

    Agile Software Development, Kanban, Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Test Automation

  • Industry Expertise

    Project Management

  • Other

    User Stories, Agile Software Testing, Motif

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery UI, jQuery

  • Platforms

    MacOS, Windows, Linux, AIX, Oracle, iOS

  • Storage

    MySQL Daemon, PostgreSQL, MySQL, IBM Db2

Education

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science
    1994 - 1998
    University of Ciencias Exactas - Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
    1991 - 1994
    University of Ciencias Exactas - Buenos Aires, Argentina

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