# Joey Kimsey

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## Summary

Self-taught application engineer with over 8 years of professional experience building and debugging high traffic web applications and another decade
of hands-on experience implementing solutions for smaller private entities. As a member of the team I specialize in understanding complex systems and
implementations to deliver intelligent solutions that integrate with existing technology. Able to identify weak points in systems, optimize, or design
and implement new solutions. I've worked in application design and development, oversight and QA, even direct customer service. Whether building an
app from concept to deployment or maintaining extensive networks of load-balancers and servers; I'm able to adapt and deliver.

## Highlights

Confidential security clearance with the U.S. Federal Government (Expired/Renewable)
Experience working with high traffic systems and handling PII
Extensive operational experience with Heroku, AWS, and dedicated/shared hosting
Over 20 years of accumulated talent and professional experience in application development
Proven track record of learning new technologies as well as adapting to new workflows and systems

## Professional Experience

### Black Airplane

__Senior Developer__
*March 2021 – July 2024*

- Government Contractor for the CDC under Northrop Grumman/Peraton
  - Security clearance issued at the confidential level
  - Developed custom solutions for content across 18+ .gov sites.
  - Heavily centered around the WordPress platform
- Planned, developed and delivered several chat-GPT/Laravel based internal tools and applications for Black Airplane that integrated with other services such as Zoom, Git, Harvest, AWS and Mux Video.
- Developed several stand-alone customer projects to varying specifications utilizing Laravel 9-12

### eMeals

__Senior Developer__
*Feb 2020 – Jan 2021*

- Developed for several internal tools utilizing PHP, Rails 4, Lambda, and Python
- Responsible for integrating the entire infrastructure on AWS including Lambda, CloudFormation, RDS, EC2 with ELB/ALB, Route53, S3, ElastiCache, and CloudSearch
- Created integration services for linking internal and external API’s and enabling inter-application communication
- Implemented better coding standards and error detection with CloudWatch Logging, Alarms, and implementing GitFlow
- Worked with a small team to ensure quality and appearance are maintained from Responsive web to android and iOS apps

### SpringBot

__Operations Engineer__
*Dec 2017 – Feb 2020*

- Developed and refactored code for high volume web services that integrated with online shopping platforms including Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, and Magento
- Investigated and resolved bug reports and improved server latency and response times
- Developed, oversaw, and deployed multiple applications in several languages
- Responsible for providing fast and accurate information for any urgent issues or day to day operation of an extensive network of web applications across AWS, Heroku, and others
- Worked with multiple teams to define requirements and design custom solutions in a continuous Integration cycle
- Automated processes that saved over 45 hours of engineer time per week

### IgnitionOne

__PHP Developer__
*Oct 2016 – Dec 2017*

- Built and refactored code for high volume web services that integrated with existing client infrastructure including Nissan, Ford, Blizzard EU, and many other major brands
- Implemented and utilized API services for secure data transfer including PII
- Responsible for developing, implementing, and testing user interfaces from concept to deployment
- Peer reviewed revisions and tested code as part of quality assurance standards
- Wrote documentation for development procedures and audited existing code
- Worked with teams to refine requirements and implement custom solutions for large enterprise clients
- Implemented many popular 3rd party services including Facebook Audiences, Adobe analytics, Google Analytics, other industry standard services and marketing tags

## Skills

__Operations__: AWS, Heroku, Linode, Cpannel, many popular ops monitoring solutions
__Frameworks__: Laravel, Wordpress, Magento, WooCommerce
__Frontend__: TailWind, Bootstrap, Vue3, some react, some angular
__Languages__: PHP 5+, CSS/LESS/SASS, JavaScript/CoffeeScript, jQuery/AJAX, Python 2+, GO, Rails 4, some nodeJS 6, 12
__Databases__: REDIS, MSSQL, MySQL, Postgres, Mongo, PgVector
__Workflows and Tools__: Agile/SCRUM, Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence, HipChat), Zoho, Slack