Andrew T. Weber
Professional Experience
Sonar Software
Senior Backend Engineer
Remote August 2019 - July 2023
PHP 8 PostgreSQL TimescaleDB Laravel 10 GraphQL Elasticsearch phpunit Python Docker Flutter/Dart
- PHP 7.4 → 8.1 upgrade, phpcs implementation, Datadog database monitoring
- Authentication with Auth0
- Avalara tax integration
- PacketLogic inline device integration (using Python SDK)
- Notification system
Red Frog Events
Prince of Ferrets / Senior Web Developer
Chicago, IL December 2014 - August 2019
PHP 7 MySQL Laravel 5 Vue.js Swift 3 Elasticsearch Codeception phpunit fastlane MongoDB npm Gulp CodeIgniter
- Led complete code rewrite for enterprise ticketing software from CodeIgniter to Laravel 5 and Vue.js
- Developed public API consumed by front-end built on Vue.js and Swift iPad app
- Built ticket reservation system using Redis with protection against race conditions
- Implemented Elasticsearch to index massive attendee database
- Managed junior developers, setup automated documentation, tests, and continuous integration
DOSE
Technical Director
Chicago, IL November 2010 - June 2012
management hiring PHP MySQL jQuery Amazon Web Services Zend Framework Apache DNS website optimization scalability
Initially the sole developer, I handled technical recruiting and built a strong development team, The League of Extraordinary Developers.
- Team – I led a team of seven developers, managing their projects, establishing coding standards, and encouraging them to grow into positions of leadership.
- Framework – I built a custom MVC Framework from the ground up that was optimized for high traffic websites using efficient database connections and caching.
- Development – I developed a single sign-on account system which allowed users to log in to multiple domains simultaneously, amongst many other things.
- Recruiting – I managed technical recruiting, conducted phone and in-person interviews with hundreds of candidates, and designed a training program for new hires.
- Servers – I monitored server health, costs, and statistics; set up a backup and recovery system; cut costs by over $23,000 per year; and nearly eliminated downtime. Optimizing the Spartz Media websites
Teaching / Non-profit
University of Notre Dame
Guest Lecturer – “Case Studies in Computing Entrepreneurship”
Notre Dame, IN Fall 2014, 2015
Personal Projects
This entire website was designed and coded by me.
My Ferrets page was built with Vue 3, Vuex 4, Vue Router 4, and CSS Grid, with a Laravel API backend
My other personal projects
Contract Work
All projects have an admin dashboard built in Laravel:
Education
University of Notre Dame
Bachelor of Science, Major: Computer Science
Notre Dame, IN Class of 2010
Dean's List – Fall 2008, Spring 2010
University of Notre Dame in London
Engineering Study Abroad Program
London, UK Summer 2009
Skills
Management
team management Agile project planning recruiting hiring
Infrastructure
Amazon Web Services EC2 RDS Elasticache Route53 SES S3 SQS CloudFront Microsoft Azure Apache nginx Datadog Docker SSL Linux IIS
Back-End
PHP 8 Laravel 10 MySQL PostgreSQL Elasticsearch phpunit TimescaleDB SOLID principles MSSQL MongoDB Symfony Codeception RESTful APIs
Front-End
Vue.js JavaScript ES6 ESLint jQuery Bootstrap CSS3 SASS/LESS HTML5 WebSockets media queries mobile
Programming
Git Python Swift 5 fastlane C C++ Java Shell
Design
Lightroom Illustrator photography
