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Ben Mishkin, Software Development Developer in Austin, TX, United States
Ben Mishkin

Software Development Developer in Austin, TX, United States

Member since March 10, 2017
An experienced RoR engineer, DevOps/cloud architect, and AWS guru, Ben has 15 years of experience building and scaling cloud-based web apps. He's earned multiple AWS certifications (SysOps, DevOps Engineer-Professional) and is well-versed in managing multi-tenant SaaS applications in the cloud. Ben has a background in computer science, machine learning, and finance; he also has HIPAA, PCI, SOC2 compliance experience.
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Portfolio

  • MFT
    Amazon Web Services (AWS), HTML5, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby
  • Bigcommerce
    gRPC, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby
  • Dropcountr
    Amazon Web Services (AWS), React Native, Sidekiq, Backbone.js, Sinatra, Ruby

Experience

Location

Austin, TX, United States

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

RSpec, TextMate, Git, OS X

The most amazing...

...thing I've done was to lead the design and execution of the rebuild and migration of a PHP-based social networking web app to Ruby on Rails; I led a team of 6.

Employment

  • Principal Consultant

    2007 - PRESENT
    MFT
    • Built an in-house custom accounting and ERP platform.
    • Developed a streaming video application and marketplace.
    • Improved and managed an employee perks delivery application.
    • Refactored a social networking application.
    • Supported a nonprofit home equity insurance program.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), HTML5, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby

  • Engineering Manager

    2018 - 2020
    Bigcommerce
    • Managed third-party applications and themes team, migrated themes billing to an integrated platform.
    • Hired and trained additional manager and five engineers.
    • Extended a billing platform to support a third-party resale integration.
    • Coached five engineers with them being promoted.
    • Architected a billing platform with SOA decomposition.
    Technologies: gRPC, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby

  • VP of Engineering

    2017 - 2018
    Dropcountr
    • Worked with CEO to build scalability strategy and revamp client onboarding roadmap.
    • Converted data ingestion ETL to queue-based Sidekiq architecture.
    • Added test suite and continuous integration.
    • Rebuilt native mobile apps in React Native.
    • Recruited and hired lead front- and back-end developers.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), React Native, Sidekiq, Backbone.js, Sinatra, Ruby

  • Technology Operations

    2016 - 2017
    Scout RFP
    • Managed the AWS infrastructure, DevOps, security, and compliance for a 13-person US and Latvia team.
    • Partnered with the VP of engineering to refactor agile work, CI, and planning tools.
    • Migrated the legacy architecture to AWS RDS, Elastic Beanstalk, ElastiCache, Elasticsearch, and CloudFront.
    • Envisioned, communicated, and executed strategic security and scalability plans.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Auth0, AngularJS, React, Sidekiq, Redis, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Ruby, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2014 - 2016
    Diagnotes
    • Extended the API to support client-driven events.
    • Integrated with clients' electronic medical records systems.
    • Deployed and managed the VPN connectivity to our clients' systems.
    • Managed the development pipeline and overall product strategy.
    • Delivered HIPAA-compliant secure messaging, medical records, and on-call scheduling.
    • Recruited and hired developers, systems administrators, and mobile team.
    • Extended an application to multiple new revenue opportunities (mobile apps).
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), PostgreSQL, Android, iOS, AWS OpsWorks, Mirth Connect, Resque, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2011 - 2014
    TheRegistrationSystem.com
    • Architected and built live e-ticket sales application (Rails 3) in four weeks.
    • Built a bidirectional API to support a multi-platform mobile application.
    • Upgraded and extended the architecture to support high peak volume event sales.
    • Recruited and managed the overseas development team.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Resque, Redis, MySQL, jQuery, Ruby, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2011 - 2014
    WhatNext.com
    • Extended and maintained a healthcare-focused social networking application.
    • Optimized Sphinx searching, the Redis cache functionality, and a new feature pipeline.
    • Managed a remote team for incremental improvements.
    Technologies: Redis, MySQL, jQuery, Sphinx Search Engine, Ruby, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

  • Chief Technology Officer | Co-founder

    2004 - 2009
    Sagebit LLC
    • Designed the business plan and raised capital for a tech consultancy.
    • Hired and trained a team of six developers.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), MySQL, PostgreSQL, Java, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby

Experience

  • ASmallWorld.net
    https://www.asmallworld.com/

    Designed and executed the rebuild and migration of a PHP-based social networking web application to Ruby on Rails. Led a team of 6 developers in re-architecting the data model.

Skills

  • Languages

    Ruby, Java, Haml, JavaScript, HTML5, XML, SAML, YAML

  • Frameworks

    Ruby on Rails (RoR), AngularJS, Sinatra, React Native, Capybara, gRPC

  • Libraries/APIs

    REST APIs, Mirth Connect, Sidekiq, React, Backbone.js, jQuery, Auth0 API, Resque

  • Tools

    AWS OpsWorks, Git, TextMate, Auth0, Chef, Cucumber, Cluster, Amazon ElastiCache, RSpec, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudFormation, VPN, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

  • Paradigms

    Agile Software Development, HIPAA Compliance, Test-driven Development (TDD), Scrum, Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), DevOps, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI)

  • Platforms

    Amazon EC2, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon Web Services (AWS), iOS, Android, OS X, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Linux

  • Storage

    Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Sphinx Search Engine, Redis, JSON

  • Other

    Software Development, AWS DevOps, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Encryption, APNs, IPsec, PCI Compliance, Networks, SOAP

Education

  • Master of Science Degree in Computer Science
    2003 - 2005
    Brown University - Providence, RI, USA
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
    1996 - 2000
    Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH, USA

Certifications

  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer — Professional
    NOVEMBER 2017 - NOVEMBER 2020
    AWS Training and Certification
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator — Associate
    OCTOBER 2015 - NOVEMBER 2020
    AWS Training and Certification

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