Derek Willms's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Software Development Intern @ CDK Digital Marketing I operated as a full stack developer and practiced Test Driven Development to create Java Spring services that supported a user interface created in AngularJS. My duties included being directly responsible for breaking down high level stories into manageable pieces, and practiced other agile methodologies through communicating with both end users and project owners to accommodate their respective feedback. By completing this project, I helped CDK to phase out legacy systems, transition into better data storage designs, and provided improved interfaces for the company’s customer support team to better serve customers. From June 2014 to August 2014 (3 months) Greater Seattle AreaSoftware Development Engineer @ Amazon • Built a comprehensive toolset to deliver econometric insights about the demand, pricing, and downstream impact of Amazon devices• Delivered new features for multi-million customer e-book digital subscription business in 13 marketplaces• Led development for the US launch of Prime Reading, which allows existing Prime customers to read for free from a large selection of digital content• Design and implement A/B experiments for new functionality to improve customer acquisition and engagement• Implemented a comprehensive instrumentation schema to unify business metrics and provide analytical insight into customer actions From February 2016 to July 2019 (3 years 6 months) Greater Seattle AreaSoftware Engineer @ CDK Digital Marketing •Engineered a highly scalable distributed web application for indexing, searching, and suggesting that vends data for thousands of websites in real time using Elasticsearch•Engineered an internal tool that uses RESTful web services to connect Oracle database operations to a user interface powered by AngularJS•Practiced Test Driven Development (TDD) to ensure high test coverage of code•Communicated with stakeholders to adapt to changing business requirements and personalize best end user experience•Broke down high level user stories into manageable pieces using agile methodologies From February 2015 to February 2016 (1 year 1 month) Seattle, WAIntern @ Performance Software Corporation •Unraveled requirements for complex test scenarios to create optimized scripts that would ensure the safety of a flight management system•Utilized virtual machines to interface with embedded systems From December 2013 to April 2014 (5 months) Software Development Intern @ Porch •Prototyped Google Maps functionality to provide users with a visualization of projects and other data on the company website•Found high performance solutions such as Elasticsearch to deliver large amounts of data onto maps dynamically•Devised innovative ways to protect sensitive information when displaying real user data on maps•Practiced agile methodologies such as scrum to plan and complete work From June 2013 to August 2013 (3 months) Software Development Manager @ Amazon Build tools, data pipelines, and core datasets to scale the usage and availability of econometric models that help the business make critical decisions about Amazon devices and services. Greater Seattle Area