Joel Carrizales
Burnsville
Summary
Accomplished Senior Software Engineer at Sovos Compliance, specializing in React and Next.js. Pioneered AI integration, enhancing team productivity. Authored critical documentation and led front-end development, achieving significant performance improvements. Adept at mentoring peers and optimizing SQL Server queries, driving efficiency and innovation in software solutions.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Sovos Compliance
Minneapolis
04.2022 - Current
- Led the front end development of a new product
- Design and implement new services and products
- Mentored engineers and documented knowledge through a database dictionary and how-to articles in Confluence, serving as subject matter expert for React and Next.js
- Pioneered AI integration within team by experimenting with tools like Cursor and Devin, influencing future projects
- Deploy products and troubleshoot any issues
- Developed process, scripts, and documentation for client migration, streamlining onboarding for new clients
- Added indexes to speed up key queries, preventing time-outs
- Updated SQL Server table schemas and stored procedures
- Taught best practices for front end development
Software Developer
Willis Towers Watson
Bloomington
05.2020 - 03.2022
- Analyzed and improved accessibility and performance for the product
- Updated SQL Server table schemas and stored procedures
- Automated BA tasks to enhance team productivity
- Maintained legacy software to ensure continuous service
- Facilitated communication between PMs and BAs
- Support and expand the Benefits Delivery and Administration product line
Technical Consultant
Robert Half Technology
Minneapolis
05.2017 - 02.2020
- Integrate with clients quickly to build quality solutions
- Assess technical expertise of candidates for SPS
- Diagnosed and plugged a memory issue that was costing thousands in revenue
- Spearheaded a website facelift with Sass/jQuery
- Developed and released upgraded versions of web apps
- Cut the load time of a critical report to 1/6 of original time
- Rewrote web apps from an old tech stack to a new one
- Deployed hotfixes on a large Agile team
- Communicated with offshore developers to keep a unified vision for the project
- Developed project independently, managing all aspects of design and implementation.
Software Developer
ImageTrend
Lakeville
07.2014 - 04.2017
- Created a new mapping component capable of displaying 20 times the data at 10 times the speed of the previous mapping component
- Authored the majority of the user interface for a new web product
- Developed and maintained software tools for ImageTrend and clients, enhancing user experience
- Supported clients by identifying and resolving defects promptly, ensuring high system reliability
- Assisted newer developers in understanding code base and best practices, fostering team growth
- Won People's Choice award in company-wide coding contest
Software Developer
Dreve America
Eden Prairie
09.2013 - 07.2014
- Replaced a piece of software that Dreve was paying for; the new software was 60 times faster, and was more useful
- Automated a task, saving an hour of work every day for affected employees
- Engineered new quality control process saving the company over a thousand dollars a month
- Improved efficiency in the Dreve America workflow
- Improved the Dreve database by working with a team to normalize it
- Cleaned up database structure and removed bad data
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science, Mathematics
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN05.2013
Skills
- NET Core
- NET Framework
- NET
- C#
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React
- Angular
- Vuejs
- Nextjs
- CSS
- Sass
- Bootstrap
- JQuery
- MUI
- Python
- Flask
- SignalR
- Entity Framework
- Dapper
- SQL Server
- MySQL
- Oracle
- Azure
- AWS
- PowerShell
- ColdFusion
- C
- Webforms
- Winforms
- XUnit
- DRY
- Agile
- REST
- MVC
- Microservices
- TDD
- AI
- Bing Maps
- Leaflet
- Razor
- Font Awesome
- Fusebox
- TDD
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Sovos Compliance
04.2022 - Current
Software Developer
Willis Towers Watson
05.2020 - 03.2022
Technical Consultant
Robert Half Technology
05.2017 - 02.2020
Software Developer
ImageTrend
07.2014 - 04.2017
Software Developer
Dreve America
09.2013 - 07.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science, Mathematics
St. Olaf College