ethanbackhus

· Developed and maintained full-stack .NET applications, building WPF (XAML) front-ends and C# backend business logic · Owned the WPF UI layer as the team's go-to developer, resolving bugs, delivering enhancements, and improving user experience · Managed build and deployment processes, tracking IPK versions and configurations across multiple environments · Integrated REST APIs/services to synchronize data between local applications and external systems · Mentored summer interns across two years, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and onboarding support · Provided hands-on leadership to interns, helping them ramp up quickly and contribute meaningful features to the application · Implemented unit and integration tests to improve code reliability and reduce production bugs · Collaborated in an Agile/Scrum environment, contributing to requirements gathering, sprint planning, and peer reviews

· Developed and maintained RESTful APIs in C#, built on the .NET Core framework on various cloud and hybrid cloud environments · Built web applications within a microservices architecture, resulting in scalable and reliable systems · Designed and maintained databases, both relational (MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB), ensuring data integrity, performance, and scalability · Successfully utilized Scrum and Agile methodologies to manage project timelines and deliver high-quality products on time · Leveraged Azure Cloud technologies, such as Event Hubs and Azure Insights, to capture and ingest telemetry data · Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including product owners, UI/UX designers, and business stakeholders, to gather and refine requirements for software projects · Wrote extensive unit tests to cover functionality of new and existing code bases, to ensure software reliability and reduce the number of production defects · Created and managed containerized applications using Docker, optimizing deployment processes and enabling seamless scaling