Resume
My name is Brian and I’m a senior software engineer and team lead. I enjoy coding at all levels of the web stack, and I’m passionate about shipping products people love.
Skills
- Expert understanding of Javascript, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Knockout, HTML, CSS, CoffeeScript, and HAML.
- Experience with Java, node.js, Python, Bash, SVG, and Scala.
- Extensive backend knowledge including Postgres, Heroku, Apache, mod_rails, relational databases, non-relational databases, distributed systems, load balancing, and mischievous server troubleshooting.
- Deep understanding of the web and its design patterns. Has been making web pages since 5th grade. Disciple of “least surprise” mantra. Makes clean, intuitive interfaces.
- Computer science background from Berkeley. Self-starter. Likes teaching others and learning new ways of doing things.
- Team leadership. Collaborates with product managers to find easier approaches that still achieve goals.
Work Experience
- Software Engineer and Team Lead at Handle – January 2012 to present
Back-end, front-end, and team lead for a fully-featured, web-based email client. - Software Engineer at Meraki – August 2008 to January 2012
Tenth engineering hire at a successful startup which grew to hundreds of employees and sold to Cisco for $1.2B. Back-end, front-end, and user experience development for web-based monitoring and configuration tools. Lead developer on many of Meraki’s marque features, including traffic analysis to show the components of bandwidth use, a “demo mode” which mimicked the product without physical devices, and tools to synchronize collections of settings across thousands of devices. I contributed to backend efforts including shard-ification of the servers, quickly and efficiently synchronizing data between machines, and optimizing for performance. I also helped with management duties including recruiting, mentoring new engineers, and code reviews. - Freelance consulting – May 2006 to August 2008
Built online applications for several San Francisco companies. Projects included Facebook apps, a consumer preferences database, and a group-messaging platform built on SMS. I was the sole technical person, so I wore many hats. - Campus Representative at Apple – December 2004 to July 2005
Helped faculty use Apple products in their research, organized contests, and designed promotional websites.
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Cognitive Science, UC Berkeley
Goals
- Find a small company where I can be a key contributor.
- Wear many hats and build features from the ground up.
- Leverage my experience by leading projects and/or teams of engineers. I enjoy management, but at this time I’m only interested in roles where I code daily.
Contact
brian at tobinindustries.com. No recruiters, please.