Scott
Vrooman

Sr. Software Developer / Full Stack Developer / DevOps

Xover Technologies Inc., Vancouver, BC

• Built a series of microservices and created a RESTful API using the Lumen (Laravel) PHP framework
• Set up and managed microservices infrastructure via AWS (EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, RDS, CloudFront) and also via Docker virtualization containers on DigitalOcean
• Set up and managed local development environment using Vagrant for our developers and later converted dev and staging environments to use Docker virtualization containers on DigitalOcean
• Created and published mobile apps using the Ionic Framework, Cordova, and AngularJs
• Worked in a remote team environment via Slack

Technologies used:   Lumen 5.*, PostgreSQL, Python, JavaScript, AngularJs, HTML5, CSS, Cordova (PhoneGap), Ionic, NodeJs / npm, Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, RDS, CloudFront), Docker, GIT, Slack

Senior Software Developer

Hootsuite Inc., Vancouver, BC

• Brightkit acquired by Hootsuite in July of 2014, rebranded to Hootsuite Campaigns
• Hit major deadline with release of improved UX/UI revamped version of Campaigns app in October 2014
• Existed in a "guru track" role
  • Mentored younger developers and co-op students
  • Practiced pair programming
• Practiced Agile development practices
• Completed Boldradius scala training July 2015
• Trained in Dev Ops automation using ansible and terraform

Technologies used:   MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, LAMP stack, Laravel 4, Python, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJs, HTML5, CSS, Less, Bower, Grunt, npm, Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, RDS, Cloud Front, Elastic Transcoder), GIT, JIRA, Linux, Ansible, Terraform

Senior Software Developer

Invoke Labs / Memelabs / Brightkit, Vancouver, BC

• Created and maintained a SaaS web application for social media marketing contesting / campaigning
• Created and maintained a RESTful API
• Refactored app from CakePHP to Laravel 4 in 3 months
• Created social media aggregator
• DevOps / Linux administration
  • Created and managed development environment
  • Provisioned and deployed EC2 instances
• Created front end templates
• Mentored younger developers
• Practiced pair programming
• Practiced Agile development practices

Technologies used:   MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, LAMP stack, CakePHP, Laravel 4, Python and Flask framework, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJs, HTML5, CSS, Less, Bower, Grunt, npm, Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, RDS, Cloud Front, Elastic Transcoder), Linux, Puppet and Vagrant

Coming sooon...

Independent Coursework

• MongoDB University: MongoDB for Node.js Developers (2016)
• Bold Radius: Lightbend Scala / Akka / Play Framework Training (2015)
• BCIT: Intro Software Development 1 – Java (2012)
• BCIT: Intro Software Development 2 – Java (2012)
• BCIT: C++ for Object Oriented Software Development (2012)
• BCIT: iOS App Dev iPhone/iPad (2012)
• VFS: Corporate Flash Course (1999)

Diploma in Business Information Systems

Fanshawe College, London Ontario