Devin H.

Devin H.

Senior Software Engineer

Barcelona, Spain
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About Me

I am an expert Full Stack Software Developer with 4.5+ years of robust code writing experience that meets the diverse needs of business partners and clients; through the effective safeguarding of web applications against SQL injections and XSS, and the refactoring of legacy code with clean coding techniques and TDD. I’m an enthusiastic and reliable team player, a complex problem solver, and a creative thinker developing client-focused solutions for my clients.

JavaScript 7 years Java 7 years Ruby on Rails 6 years Eclipse 6 years HTML 5 years CSS 5 years J2EE 5 years JIRA 5 years Slack 5 years SQL 5 years MSSQL 5 years XML 5 years Struts 4 years JavaServer Faces (JSF) 4 years Rest API 4 years SOAP 4 years Microsoft Visual Studio 4 years Python 2 years C# 2 years Git 2 years Kanban 2 years Spring Hibernate MySQL PostgreSQL Tomcat Server Trello Scrum React.js Node.js jUnit JSON AWS Heroku

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Full Stack Software Developer
2018 - Present (6 years)
Remote

  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

JavaSQLjUnitJavaServer Pages (JSP)StrutsSVNWebSphereJIRAVisual BasicHTMLCSSJavaServer Faces (JSF)SOAPAgile software developmentGitTest-driven development (TDD)
OneBeacon Insurance Group
OneBeacon Insurance Group
Programming Analyst
2017 - Present (7 years)
Salem, VA, United States

  • Regularly analyze and resolve SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and other vulnerabilities flagged by Veracode successfully.

  • Increased Production Support team’s efficiency by 15% and workload visibility by migrating from Waterfall to an Agile Kanban process.

  • Regularly collaborate with Cybersecurity Committee, a company-wide group focused on improving the security of our business’ information infrastructure through implementation of standards, developer training, and code reviews.

jUnitSQLKanbanSOAPWeb ServicesJavaStrutsAgile software developmentWebSphereJIRA
OneBeacon Insurance Group
OneBeacon Insurance Group
Programmer
2014 - 2017 (3 years)
Salem, VA, United States

  • Regularly enhanced user interfaces by utilizing Java Server Faces, Apaches Struts, and .Net Frameworks writing in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

  • Provided technical expertise in the design of new SQL scripts, and stored the procedures to retrieve, insert, update, and delete data in the SQL Server.

  • Effectively collaborated throughout the Waterfall Software Development Cycle, with business analysts, developers, and testers to establish requirements, prototypes, development, and validation for the system.

JavaStrutsSQLJavaServer Faces (JSF)Visual BasicC#WaterfallWebSpherejUnitSOAPJIRA

Portfolio

Lead Developer - OneBeacon Insurance Group (User Role Consolidation)
Lead Developer - OneBeacon Insurance Group (User Role Consolidation)

Successfully collaborated with the business client to determine the permissions each user role would be granted on the system. Refactored and removed code for deprecated user roles to bring company into compliance.

Lead Developer - OneBeacon Insurance Group (Web Application Security)
Lead Developer - OneBeacon Insurance Group (Web Application Security)

Responsible for triaging and resolving flaws flagged by Veracode, distributing work to developers, and automating application submissions. Trained developers on secure coding techniques, and to be more proactive when writing code.

Lead Developer OneBeacon Insurance Group (Property Rating Rewrite)
Lead Developer OneBeacon Insurance Group (Property Rating Rewrite)

Implemented new coverage rating algorithms that called third party SOAP services for property-specific data. Successfully processed retrieved data to calculate premiums on a coverage by coverage basis.

Lead Developer - One Beacon Insurance Group (Electronic Policy Delivery)
Lead Developer - One Beacon Insurance Group (Electronic Policy Delivery)

Responsible for decrypting and encrypting policy print to be internally modified for manual typing before being sent electronically to clients.

Lead Developer - Personal Website
Lead Developer - Personal Website

Created a personal Ruby on Rails web application to serve as a portfolio website for future projects for clients.

Education

Education
BSc. Computer Science
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2008 - 2014 (6 years)