STEVEN BROOKS
Senior Software Engineer

brooks.stevenjr@gmail.com
+17028615835
linkedin.com/in/brooksstevenjr/
Las Vegas, NV

Summary
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Senior Software Engineer with 9+ years building large-scale e-commerce and payment systems using AWS, microservices, and event-driven architectures. Led development of Guest Checkout at Zappos/Amazon, now driving 7-10% of company sales, and integrated Amazon Pay, contributing ~6% of sales. Experienced in Java, Python, SQL, REST APIs, CI/CD, and observability, leading cross-functional teams and mentoring engineers.


Experience
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Software Development Engineer 2
Amazon
11/2022 - Ongoing
 - Led system design and managed multiple tech teams to develop Guest Checkout, now driving 7-10% of company sales
 - Implemented Amazon Pay into Zappos checkout system, driving roughly 6% of company sales
 - Directed migration of microservice proxy layer to AWS resulting in a 30% across the board latency reduction in all proxied requests
 - Updated backend systems to use Amazon's secure recognition and allow for roughly 80% of all backend requests to be made safely without forcing customers to log in
 - Served as the formal mentor for multiple junior engineers and guided through monthly 1:1s, resulting in 1 mentee promotion and positive performance reviews

Software Engineer
Zappos
02/2019 - 11/2022
 - Expanded microservice proxy layer functionality leading to removal of thousands of lines of redundant code/configuration
 - Built critical security components leading to the blocking of millions of requests from bad actors daily
 - Added several core AWS features to cart system including implemented AWS CodeDeploy for blue/green deploys and AWS ECS/Fargate for firelens AWS CloudWatch logging

Software Engineer
Everi
09/2018 - 02/2019
 - Normalized MSSQL databases enabling safer data operations and new feature additions
 - Modernized Angular frontend, reducing load times by multiple seconds
 - Optimized backend saving several seconds on high-latency requests, addressing a major pain point

Jr. Software Engineer
Influential
04/2018 - 09/2018
 - Debugged legacy systems solving customer reported bugs and general application improvements
 - Created microservice to handle reactive automatic email communication that was previously manual

Software Development Intern
UNLV Network Engineering Department
08/2016 - 04/2018
 - Developed internal and campus wide applications saving hundreds of hours of network engineer time
 - Created wifi.unlv.edu to help assist getting students and faculty connected to eduroam network


Education
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B.S. Computer Science - Minor in Mathematics
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2013 - 05/2018
 - GPA: 3.88 (Magna Cum Laude)


Skills
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 - Java
 - Python
 - C#
 - Spring
 - Flask
 - SQL
 - AWS
 - DynamoDB
 - CI/CD
 - System Design
 - Docker
 - Leadership
 - Emotional Intelligence
 - Integrity
 - Customer Service
 - Adaptability
 - Creativity
 - Mentorship