Shawn Petros
Verified Expert in Engineering
DevOps and Software Developer
Brookfield, WI, United States
Toptal member since April 21, 2022
Shawn is an avid technologist who has spent nearly a decade in everything from networking and systems administration to software engineering and DevOps. He has implemented CI/CD pipelines for Docker and Kubernetes, improved infrastructure security, mentored junior engineers, and built processes for automated UI testing. Shawn has worked in organizations both large and small, most recently at a leading digital marketplace and solutions provider for the automotive industry.
Portfolio
Experience
- JavaScript - 7 years
- Node.js - 6 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 5 years
- React - 5 years
- Redux - 5 years
- Packer - 3 years
- Terraform - 3 years
- TypeScript - 2 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Amazon Web Services (AWS), JavaScript, React, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, Node.js, Packer, Redux, Terraform, Linux
The most amazing...
...tool I've worked on was a homegrown document composition engine that takes calculated data and turns it into React components and then into downloadable PDFs.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer II
Cars.com
- Tracked and fixed bugs using Jira as a reporting tool.
- Oversaw development of key functionality around conditional rebates supporting automotive dealer websites.
- Developed processes for automated UI testing for sections of frequently changing components.
Senior Software Engineer
American Family Insurance
- Served primary as a front-end engineer on a utility application to allow underwriters to define custom one-off letters to a policyholder and submit them for PDF generation and delivery.
- Led front-end development for multiple teams and mentored other engineers in front-end practices.
- Provided guidance for test engineers on an automated regression suite for primary applications.
Solutions Architect
TESCHGlobal
- Improved infrastructure security patterns for a startup in the genetics space.
- Led and mentored junior engineers on modern cloud native development practices.
- Instituted DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines with the team.
Senior Engineer
Northwestern Mutual
- Supported teams with enterprise DevOps patterns and modern practices for developing and deploying cloud native applications.
- Built API and front-end software using React, Redux, and Node.js.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines for Docker and Kubernetes cloud deployments across many teams.
Experience
Pupscrape
https://github.com/shawnpetros/pupscrapeEducation
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js
Tools
Terraform, Shell, Packer, Jenkins, AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
Languages
JavaScript, TypeScript
Frameworks
Redux, Serverless Framework, React Native
Paradigms
DevOps, Serverless Architecture, ETL
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Linux, Kubernetes, AWS Lambda
Storage
Databases
Other
Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Serverless, Data, Modernization, HTML Parsing (Cheerio)
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