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Kyle C. Ratliff

Skills

OSX

AWS

GIT

REST

Ruby

Linux

Redis

HTML5

jQuery

Heroku

Windows

CSS / SASS

Javascript

PostgreSQL

Communication

Ruby on Rails

Objective

To further my understanding of the intricacies of rails and modern web development. To gain experience with the many tools and methodologies used by companies at the cutting edge of modern technology. To always be learning and bettering myself with the help of the resources and people available to me. To apply what I have learned to help my organization flourish.

Education

Media and Information B.S.

Michigan State University

Sep 2010

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May 2015

Primary focus in studies directly related to modern web development and Ruby on Rails
Secondary focus in Environmental 3D modeling with real time rendering efficiency

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Techstreet

Feb 2019

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Present

Assist in re-designing the foundational architecture of all applications with a focus on scalability and expandability.
Assist multiple specialized, decentralized teams with debugging and solving issues with development, staging, and production environments when necessary.
Plan and estimate necessary work to fit into an agile development process.
Implement coding syntax and logic standards to increase readability and documentation of existing codebases.
Working to increase test coverage of all applications.

Technologies:
OSX
Linux
Redis
AWS
REST
GIT
Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL

Ruby on Rails Backend Developer

Techstreet (Contracted through Arrow Strategies)

Jul 2018

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Feb 2019

Maintain and upgrade two Ruby on Rails based front end applications to use a new Ruby on Rails based API back end to consolidate and DRY code base.
Maintain and upgrade a Ruby on Rails API back end application and regression test to ensure the API has full capabilities of previous separately implemented applications.
Maintain and manage Oracle and Postgres Databases including: Views, Procedures, Tables and other items necessary to the functionality of the software stack.
Maintain and upgrade ruby, bash, and Perl scripts that are critical to the file management of the systems.
Assist with migration from internal dedicated servers to AWS EC2 Instances.
Work with team members to solve issues and create plans to catch up with technical debt.

Technologies:
OSX
Linux
Redis
AWS
REST
GIT
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL

Development Team Leader

Ignite XDS

Feb 2016

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Jul 2018

Managing a team of 4 developers to maintain and improve web services and client websites built on Rails 4 and 5.
Solving abstract client-facing problems with web applications.
Help other members of the company understand Development possibilities, time-lines, and vocabulary.
Develop new processes to increase efficiency in all areas of the company.
Instituting and maintaining all IT infrastructure within the company, from Helping with Computer issues to choosing, purchasing and installing server hardware.