My Resume

ckilgore@kingthrillgore.name

ghostfreeman@gmail.com

Results Oriented, Quality First Software Engineer

For over a decade, I have aimed to advance the arts and sciences of web development in a variety of platforms and web-oriented technologies. My focus on client and experience driven software development, emerging technologies, and providing outstanding ability to organize, lead, and execute projects of varying scope.

Experience

Software Developer | Illumifin | December 2023 - Present

  • Maintenance and Greenfield Development of clearinghouse software for insurance providers
  • Development with PHP, Laravel, JavaScript, VueJS, and React Native.
  • Management of infrastructure within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
  • Guiding technical matters on training, outsourcing, systems documentation.
  • End to End Testing Integcumentationration
  • Blue teaming

Frontend Web Developer | WebDevStudios | May 2023 - June 2023

  • Development of headless WordPress components in React and JavaScript
  • Additional WordPress theming and sitebuilding.

Software Developer | Crystal Knows | November 2021 - July 2022

  • Development and maintenance of application functionality in Ruby on Rails, React, and TypeScript.
  • Additional Chrome Extension development using React
  • Advised adoption of Microservices and rearchitecting of AI components for scalability
  • Assisted with transition to Kubernetes on AWS

Software Engineer | CoreCommerce | May 2021 - November 2021

  • Development and maintenance of new functionality and microservices for a payment gateway and payments API using PHP, Laravel, and VueJS
  • High scalability design patterns (CQRS, Event Sourcing, MVC, Messaging Queues)
  • Integration with vendor payment gateway APIs
  • Leveraged used of AWS Lambda and other serverless components

Senior Web Developer | CBS Interactive/Paramount Streaming | Februrary 2018 - May 2021

  • Development and maintenance of custom CMS using PHP, Javascript and Phalcon Framework, additional minor C# development and translitertation of C# functionality to PHP
  • Integration with Web Publishing systems and SEO standards like Schema.org
  • Transactional and Campaign Email integration and support with MailChimp and SparkPost
  • Administered various AWS components used, including EC2, RDS, S3, and Elasticache
  • Integrated outside systems and APIs through AWS DynamoDB, API Gateway, and Lambda
  • Integration with vendor APIs, WAFs, and Edge CDN networks
  • Project Management and Coordination
  • Information Security, including OWASP auditing and refactoring, identifying components against NIST and general best practices
  • Advised on EU and California Privacy Compliance Measures

Web Developer | PopCulture Media | November 2017 - February 2018

  • Development of custom CMS using PHP, Javascript and Phalcon Framework
  • Additional services development with NodeJS
  • Management of Amazon AWS components for platform, including EC2 and CodeDeploy

Software Developer | Community Loans of America | May 2016 - September 2017

  • Object-Oriented PHP Web Development within the SuiteCRM system
  • New Application development and maintenance for clients using AngularJS, implementing custom-defined SuiteCRM REST services
  • Integration with DocuSign and other document verification vendors via REST API services
  • Project planning and management
  • Coordinated unit testing automation for PHP and AngularJS applications
  • Additional DevOps/IT Ops support, including assisting with a Subversion-to-Git migration and build automation

Previous Experience | 2007-2016

Nearly a decade of prior development experience with a variety of technologies, content management systems, and frameworks for companies big and small.

Volunteering

Secretary | Freeside Atlanta | 2013

Handled responsibilities expected as Secretary for the Freeside Atlanta makerspace. Learned a lot about herding cats, and my own tolerances managing said cats.

Education

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Bachelors Degree, Computer Science Business Systems

Georgia Northwestern Technical College

Associates Degree, Information Technology/Web Design