Joseph Hentges

Skills

Back End Development:Express, NodeJS, Python, SQL, Go, Java, Spring Boot

Front End Development:Typescript, Javascript, React, NextJS, Redux, Storybook, TailwindCSS

Technology:Azure, Azure Functions, Jenkins, Docker, Redis, CosmosDB

Miscellaneous:Microservices, Distributed Systems, Front-end, Back-end, Full-Stack

Experience

• Optum | Azure, Redis, CosmosDB, Express, Typescript, NextJS, Storybook, Java

  Software Engineer | Jun 2020 - Present, Minneapolis, MN

  Technology Development Program | Jun 2020 - May 2021

  Deliver high-quality, robust production code to support a diverse array of clients and users. Provide leadership within engineering department through close collaboration, knowledge shares, and mentorship.

  • Expanded an accessibility-first NextJs application for OptumRx client's and their employees to compare healthcare plans across a wide array of services
  • Designed a system of multi-purpose enterprise services and microservices with CosmosDB, Redis, Spring Boot, Express, and Azure Functions to reduce existing legacy service downtime and cost
  • Led the development of shared components and micro-products with React, Storybook and Azure Functions; and migrated outdated legacy services to the new shared component library platform
  • Enriched system metrics by integrating applications with Dynatrace and Adobe Analytics for advanced telemetry to facilitate app use metrics and error tracking
  • Architectured solutions for the migration of on-premises services to Azure cloud
  • Solutioned and enacted a plan to reduced reliance on outside dependencies - simplified code structure and implemented automatic dependency upgrades

• WEX | Jenkins, C#, Java

  Software Engineer Intern | Feb 2019 - Jun 2020, Minneapolis, MN

  Led the design and development of QA automation for mobile apps. Implemented Jenkins workflows, .NET integration tests, and created Java based internal tools.

  • Developed a Java tool to automatically generate client specific Android and Apple app store images of the app for each production release

• Augsburg University | Python, Apache Kafka, Raspberry Pi

  Undergraduate Researcher | Sep 2019 - May 2020, Minneapolis, MN

  Led the architecture and development of an embedded smart device capable of tracking and coordinating real-time data over a multi-floor office building.