Principal Software Engineer @ SpotXchange is the largest global marketplace of video ad inventory, reaching 80 million unique visitors each month in more than 15 countries. We offer brand advertisers a scalable, efficient and measurable way to attract new customers with high-quality online video ads on premium websites around the world. SpotXchange’s video ad marketplace is a one-stop shop for more than 1,000 major advertisers, publishers, ad networks, DSPs and trading desks each month, and we offer automated ad optimization, advanced audience targeting, real-time bidding, flexible pricing models and verifiable, safe brand protection for companies of all sizes. Currently, SpotXchange is the #3 online video ad network in the United States, and #1 in the UK and Canada according to comScore’s VideoMetrix service. From January 2013 to Present (3 years) Software Engineer @ Developing software-as-a-service to provide a central, social place for project management, file sharing and collaboration:
Key member of a five person team utilizing SCRUM software development cycle for end-to-end product development from user requirements to deployment.
Trusted as acting SCRUM Master overseeing the product development processes.
Worked mostly on front-end code with a little bit of back-end code when that team was busy
Created and integrated JavaScript widgets into the web application while using HTML and CSS extensively to make it match what the design team expected.
Utilized Sencha Touch and PhoneGap applications to create mobile web, native android and native iOS app versions of the software products and enabling cross-platform display.
Integrated attributes using Twilio’s API to improve conference-call quality features.
Primary experience using Object-Oriented PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, BackboneJS, UnderscoreJS, RequireJS, Sencha Touch, PhoneGap, Zend, PostgreSQL and Java
Results: Key team member ensuring successful launch of the company’s primary software product while helping establish standardized software development processes. From August 2011 to December 2012 (1 year 5 months) Software Developer @ Provided website hosting services for official and personal websites established on Linux (Debian) based servers with customized internal scripts and programs:
Respected member of a cohesive team of ten software developers.
Integral developer during life-cycle development on two entirely new products.
Worked equally on front-end and back-end code using Perl to initially load the page, and JavaScript, jQuery and AJAX to make the page interactive.
Used HTML and CSS to make projects aesthetically pleasing and closely match mockups
Established a reputation within the Direct Support Team as the “go-to-guy” for bug fixes.
Well versed in full development life cycle for software development using both Waterfall and SCRUM Methods.
Recognized expertise in iQuery and Object-Oriented Perl. Experienced with MySQL, JavaScript, and AJAX
Results: Core Team member ensuring successful launch of two software products during the evolution of the Software Development Team and maturing of the company’s Software Engineering capabilities. From December 2006 to July 2011 (4 years 8 months) Junior Software Developer @ Developed software tools and products supporting actuarial processes using Java J2EE as a core application with Apache, Tomcat, Oracle 10g, and Visual Basic, as utilities:
Developed a reputation as the recognized expert on Visual Studio Products, including Visual Basic 6, and Visual Basic.NET with experience in cross-language translation, and multi-threading.
Utilized Perl and Oracle 10 to develop custom status and system reports for senior management.
Supported the full life cycle development process from user requirements to tool deployment. From April 2005 to December 2006 (1 year 9 months)
BS, Computer Science @ California State University Joshua Hernandez is skilled in: JavaScript, Backbone.js, PHP, Perl, RequireJS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL, jQuery, Java, XML, CSS, HTML, Sencha, AJAX