Colby R Meier
1460 Little Raven Street, #2-207
Denver, CO 80202
-- Summary
Senior Functional and Object Oriented Full Stack developer with extensive experience in multiple languages and frameworks for both Front-End and Back-end work. Experienced microservice developer with extensive experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and the AWS Stack.
Technical Skills
Languages(Ordered By Preference): Scala,, Python, Java, Node, Lua,, GoLang,
Systems: Mac (All Versions), Linux (Most Distributions), Windows (All Versions)
Tools: Vim, Emacs, IntelliJ, VSCode
Portfolios: https://www.github.com/DeveloperMeier, https://www.linkedin.com/in/developermeier
Projects
- Crowd sourced reverse WiFi location program and algorithm (patented)
- Creator and Founder of LifePoint Mobile LLC, a customizable, shareable, playlist of GPS locations.
- Set-top box replacement for mobile devices
- Android and iOS application previously available in both stores (See Cognovant work history)
-Game-automation scripts (game bots) in Lua, Perl, Java , and Python
-Mobile and other based game applications
-Home automation using AllJoyn and custom built/designed 'nodes' to transmit and receive
readings.
Work History
Mindflash/ATSI, Senior Software Engineer
January 2019-present
Location: Denver, CO
Duties:
- Broke massive monolithic “snowflake” application into individually testable, deploy-able micro services on AWS.
- Utilized docker and docker-compose to, for the first time in the company’s history, run the application locally
- Designed and Implemented universal Git strategy and moved our stack to full CI/CD
- Reduced 500 range errors (502s, 504s, etc) by a factor of 2000.
- Completely rewrote search functionality and UI behavior
Athlinks, Tech Lead/Senior Software Engineer
February 2016-January 2019
Location: Louisville, CO
Duties:
- Designed and created a greenfield testing suite capable of testing all the disparate organizational projects with a full suite of UI, Unit, and Integration Tests
- Utilized functional programming to score and stream athlete data.
- Greenfield projects include: Checkin Suite for endurance athletes, real-time reading and processing of streamed data from RFID chips, hardware suite to read RFID data
- Utilized Docker, Docker-Compose, and Kubernetes for deployment of Microservices
- Extensive AWS work
LifePoint Mobile, LLC, CTO/Founder
November 2015-Present
Location: Denver, CO
Duties:
- Designed, created, and funded the a platform for sharing of “Playlists” of GPS coordinates, aimed at providing customizable, and curated playlists, heat-map data, and various other metrics to fully facilitate the user’s desired experience.
Tacit Progression, Inc., Software Engineer
October 2014-January 2015
Location: Arvada, CO
Duties:
- Designed, created, and maintained node stack websites for various clients.
- Penetration testing and security analysis
- Designed and created Docker cluster to auto-deploy WordPress, Jenkins, and BitBucket servers for all-in-one Continuous Integration environments.
- Created WordPress plugin system to get a static copy of your WordPress instance, and host it on Amazon S3.
- Created various AWS DevOps environments using EC2, S3, Route53, and custom AMI’s.
Multi Service, Software Engineer II
October 2013-October 2014
Location: Overland Park, KS
Duties:
-Maintained application in use by Defense Logistics Agency to handle and
manage all aspects related to the payment and purchasing of fuel for the Armed
forces
-Waterfall and Agile style release pattern.
-Deal with and respond to AdHoc requests for bug fix in existing production
system as well as with the development and beta systems.
-Utilize Shell scripting, Oracle SQL, Perl, Java, and Javascript in conjunction with XML and HTML for layout and rendering on both Windows and Unix/Linux
environments
Sprint, Software Engineer II
March 2013-September 2013
Location: Leawood, KS
Duties:
-Maintained and did day-to-day upgrades of external facing portal through which vendors submitted ideas
-Designed and created an Android-based application to emulate set-top box behavior in a cellular device
-Designed and created algorithm for crowd-sourced wifi location services
-Designed a genetic algorithm to determine health of total throughput on cellular networks, with auto-compensation
Cognovant, Inc., Creator/Sole-Developer
March 2012-December 2012
Location: Kansas City, MO
Duties:
-All stages of iOS and Android development inside and outside of a Phonegap wrapper.
-HTML5/CSS3/Javascript/Jquery/Obj-C/Java programming
-All stages of Software Lifecycle
-Wrote custom Java and Obj-C plugins to interact with more native phone functionality.
-Utilized OOP practices in Obj-C, Java, and Javascript.
Work History Truncated for brevity. Available on Request (all available on LinkedIn)