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Tyler Standley, AWS Developer in Seattle, WA, United States
Tyler Standley

AWS Developer in Seattle, WA, United States

Member since July 24, 2018
Along with strong communication skills and an exemplary work ethic, Tyler brings his hands-on experience with a wide range of programming languages. Recently, though, his focus has been directed towards JavaScript libraries. Throughout his career, he’s worked on multiple agile teams as a core developer and is now interested in working on anything JavaScript-related.
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Experience

Location

Seattle, WA, United States

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, VS Code, MacOS

The most amazing...

...thing I've built is a custom tool that uses AWS Lambda, API Gateway and SQS to optimize S3 storage class transitions for maximum cost efficiency.

Employment

  • Software Engineer

    2019 - PRESENT
    Variant Bio
    • Designed and implemented AWS network architecture supporting multiple workloads (web app, analytics pipeline, database) and environments.
    • Built an internal use admin web application from scratch using React and AWS serverless backend (API Gateway, Lambda, and SQS).
    • Implemented automated and event-driven cloud security controls in AWS using Cloudtrail, Cloudwatch, SNS, and Lambda.
    • Integrated custom tools into web application for batch data import, AWS S3 custom storage management and analytics process launching.
    • Discovered and implemented general AWS best practice cost savings actions.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), MySQL, AWS, Node.js, React

  • Software Engineer

    2018 - PRESENT
    Ad Exchange Group
    • Maintained and upgraded applications on a microservice infrastructure.
    • Implemented client dashboards/reporting for the internal sales team (React/Redux).
    Technologies: PHP, Angular, Redux, React, Node.js

  • Senior Sales Engineer

    2015 - 2018
    Ad Exchange Group
    • Managed an internal operations team of two.
    • Launched and maintained 500+ pieces of internal marketing.
    • Troubleshot and triaged client traffic issues via internal logging (MySQL).
    • Built, managed, and reported on A/B split testing.
    • Developed custom pixel-tracking solutions which directed the traffic from the network to the advertiser (JavaScript, jQuery).
    • Increased operational efficiencies by up to 50%.
    Technologies: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL

  • Technical Manager

    2016 - 2017
    SCS Funding
    • Provided technical oversight for an eCommerce venture.
    • Managed the hosting for 100+ templated sites on Rackspace cloud sites.
    • Maintained and implemented all site customizations and updates (PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS).
    • Interacted daily with the client via Skype to ensure that all sites were functioning properly and domains/SSLs were all up-to-date.
    • Managed a remote web design team.
    • Maintained and implemented site customizations and updates (PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS).
    Technologies: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Rackspace

Experience

  • Great White Buffalo
    https://github.com/prop-papi/great-white-buffalo

    A social web app where users can create prop bets for sporting events with virtual tokens.

    Technologies: React, Redux, Express, Socket.IO, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis

  • Cryptocurrency Asset Manager

    An accounting/trading platform for managing personal crypto-currency assets.

    Technologies: React, Node.js, Express, MongoDB

  • Codesling

    A multiplayer game where coders race each other to complete toy problems.

    Technologies: React, Node.js, Express, Socket.IO, PostgreSQL

  • Facebook Clone

    A Facebook clone incorporating basic site functionality.

    Technologies: React, Redux, Node.js, Express, MySQL

Skills

  • Languages

    JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, Python

  • Frameworks

    Serverless Framework, Redux, Express.js, Angular, Express.io, JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

  • Libraries/APIs

    Node.js, REST APIs, React, Socket.IO, Chai

  • Tools

    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon SQS, CircleCI, NGINX, Webpack, Babel, VS Code, Git, Mocha

  • Platforms

    Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2 (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud), MacOS, Rackspace

  • Storage

    Amazon Aurora, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL, Redshift, MongoDB

  • Other

    Serverless, Amazon API Gateway, AWS, Cost Management

  • Paradigms

    Serverless Architecture, Functional Programming, Agile Software Development, REST

  • Industry Expertise

    Security

Education

  • Certificate of Completion in Software Engineering
    2018 - 2018
    Hack Reactor - Playa Vista, CA, USA
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems
    2011 - 2015
    Chapman University - Orange, CA, USA

Certifications

  • AWS SysOps Administrator — Associate
    APRIL 2020 - APRIL 2023
    Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • AWS Security — Specialty
    DECEMBER 2019 - DECEMBER 2022
    Amazon Web Services, Inc.
  • AWS Developer — Associate
    MAY 2019 - MAY 2022
    Amazon Web Services, Inc.
  • AWS Solutions Architect — Associate
    MAY 2019 - MAY 2022
    Amazon Web Services, Inc.
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
    AUGUST 2018 - AUGUST 2019
    Amazon Web Services, Inc.

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