Devin H.

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.

AI, ML & LLM

Frontend

Backend

Database

DevOps

QA & Testing

Workflow

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Full Stack Software Developer
2018 - Present (7 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

OneBeacon Insurance Group
OneBeacon Insurance Group
Programming Analyst
2017 - Present (8 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.

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.

Showcase

Lead Developer - OneBeacon Insurance Group (User Role Consolidation)
Lead Developer - OneBeacon Insurance Group (User Role Consolidation)
  • Collaborated with a business client to define user role permissions.

  • Refactored and removed deprecated user roles to ensure compliance.

  • Successfully consolidated company permissions on the system.

Lead Developer - OneBeacon Insurance Group (Web Application Security)
Lead Developer - OneBeacon Insurance Group (Web Application Security)
  • Triaging and resolving flaws from Veracode.

  • Distributing work to developers and automating application submissions.

  • Providing training on secure coding techniques and proactive code writing.

Lead Developer OneBeacon Insurance Group (Property Rating Rewrite)
Lead Developer OneBeacon Insurance Group (Property Rating Rewrite)
  • Implemented new coverage rating algorithms using third-party SOAP services.

  • Successfully processed retrieved data to calculate premiums based on coverage-by-coverage analysis.

  • Improved data processing for property-specific data.

Lead Developer - One Beacon Insurance Group (Electronic Policy Delivery)
Lead Developer - One Beacon Insurance Group (Electronic Policy Delivery)
  • Decrypts and encrypts policy print for internal modification.

  • Manually modifies policy print before sending electronically.

  • Focuses on ensuring policy print is correctly updated for client delivery.

Lead Developer - Personal Website
Lead Developer - Personal Website
  • Developed a personal Ruby on Rails web application.

  • The application serves as a portfolio website for client projects.

  • The project is intended for future use.

Education

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