Bryan Helms

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States20 yrs experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in C# and .NET stack with extensive leadership experience.
  • Proven track record in API development and engineering practices.
  • Strong background in building user-centric solutions with React.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with strong engineering and user experience capabilities.

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Skills

Core Skills

Api DevelopmentEngineering PracticesReactUser ExperienceSales Tools DevelopmentC#Web-based Applications

Other Skills

Orchestration FlowsToken ManagementSwagger/OpenAPIAsynchronous ProcessingCoding StandardsOnboarding Development EnvironmentTechnical InterviewingComponent LibraryAccessibilityCI/CD PipelineLocalizationInternalizationCustomer Success IntegrationPublic Site DevelopmentSingle Sign-On

About

Experienced engineering generalist and technical leader, with a strong desire to grow and enable teams to build solutions that developers, stakeholders, and customers love to use. Deep technical experience in the C# and .NET (including .NET Core) stack as well as with TypeScript, React, and Node. Experience with the startup world as well as with larger environments, and developing products from their beginning stages through to maturity.

Experience

20 yrs
Total Experience
4 yrs
Average Tenure
5 yrs
Current Experience

Github

Staff Software Engineer

Jun 2021Present · 5 yrs · San Francisco, California, United States

First republic bank

Director Of Engineering

Apr 2020May 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · San Francisco, California, United States

  • Drove architecture and design of Domain-level APIs for Deposits use cases across multiple lines of business
  • Led development of orchestration flows across multiple Systems of Records for Deposits operations as part of Core Transformation
  • Developed shared core components related to auth token generation and management, Swagger/OpenAPI spec generation from the codebase, and asynchronous processing for API endpoints
  • Reviewed the spec and served as subject matter expert for a newly developed complex vendor API that serves as the backbone of Onboarding customers for the Deposits line of business
  • Modernized team engineering practices, formalized Banking Platform Group coding standards, and automated related tooling support
  • Standardized onboarding development environment for new employees
  • Proposed an accepted intern project to develop a "single command" development environment setup, aimed at achieving first week contribution for new developers
  • Contributed to organization hiring practices, including refining and teaching how to administer technical interview questions, and calibrating expectations to developer experience level
API DevelopmentOrchestration FlowsToken ManagementSwagger/OpenAPIAsynchronous ProcessingEngineering Practices+3

Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2016Apr 2020 · 3 yrs 9 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

  • Senior engineer on the Core UX team for App Center
  • Worked closely with design to build and maintain a React-based component library based on design system
  • Led "surge" teams for revamping App Center Releases portal and first run experience
  • Worked as lead engineer with PM team to architect the App Center Auth product onboarding and setup flow during its beta
  • Mentored two interns to successful completion of their projects (improved onboarding flow and dark mode)
  • Served as interim team lead for a cumulative of 2.5 months while manager was on paternity leave
  • Worked extensively with accessibility (a11y) improvement efforts on the App Center portal
  • Built CI/CD pipeline and UI libraries for localization (l10n) and internalization (i18n) assets for the App Center Portal
  • Built the App Center account creation, management, invitation, and email notification flows as an early member of the Core Services team
ReactComponent LibraryAccessibilityCI/CD PipelineLocalizationInternalization+1

Xamarin

Systems Engineer

Jul 2013Jul 2016 · 3 yrs · San Francisco, California, United States

  • Developed critical information tools used daily by sales, finance, and leadership
  • Integrated customer success and retention tooling for the product and storefront
  • Led integration of sales tax calculation and charging (providing significant revenue savings)
  • Developed tools and systems to allow greater flexibility and self-service for sales teams
  • Worked on major portions of the customer-facing infrastructure and public sites (Xamarin Store, Website, Careers portal, Single Sign-On)
Sales Tools DevelopmentCustomer Success IntegrationPublic Site DevelopmentSingle Sign-On

Harris corporation

Software Engineer

May 2006Jul 2013 · 7 yrs 2 mos · Melbourne, Florida, United States

  • Worked on a GUI-based command and control (C&C) system for shipboard IP radio on Windows XP Embedded
  • Led the team developing a command and control (C&C) system for a field-deployable satellite communications platform
  • Developed a web-based monitor and control application for a next-gen VOIP-based system for air traffic control (enabled by using SignalR)
  • Served as a subject matter expert for C# and .NET within the company
  • Wrote and taught sections of the internal C# training course, focusing on lambdas, LINQ, and new features of .NET 4
C#GUI DevelopmentWeb-based ApplicationsSignalR

Education

University of Florida

Master of Science (M.S.) — Industrial and Systems Engineering (Engineering Management track)

Jan 2013Present

University of Central Florida

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) — Computer Engineering (Software Concentration)

Jan 2002Jan 2006

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