About me
A small introduction about myself
Flannan Brody
Software Engineer living in San Francisco
I believe that my qualifications and extensive work experience at Google Inc., Apple Inc., and SuccessFactors (from pre-IPO to Nasdaq Listed) make me an ideal candidate for any open positions that you may have. I have excellent time management skills, including the ability to define priorities and implement activities tailored to meet deadlines. I am capable of handling multiple tasks and making personalized commitments to any project that assures success through a sense of ownership. In addition, I utilize creative problem-solving skills to develop and apply innovative solutions to complex issues and problems, and I am experienced at identifying the cause of difficulties. I enforce strong object-oriented design principles (abstraction, encapsulation, modularity, hierarchy, typing, concurrency, and persistence).
I enjoy being challenged and working on projects that require me to work outside my comfort and knowledge set, as I value the opportunity to continue to learn new languages and development techniques.
I am certain that I can be a great asset to your company, and I would be most grateful for the opportunity of an interview, where we can discuss your company goals, the job requirements, and my ability to meet them.
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Technical Skills
I can say i’m quite good at
Design Patterns
Gang of Four
Algorithms
Graph, String, Tree etc.
System Architecture and Design
I've played a critical role design scalable solutions.
Java
Including multiple open source projects and fameworks.
Javascript/ HTML5 / CSS3
Including multiple Javascript frameworks.
Database and Big Data
MySQL, Oracle, Cassandra, Hadoop, Map-Reduce, Pig, Hive
Technologies That I've Worked With:
- Google Inc: Storage (Spanner, Megastore, BigTable, ColumnIO, RecordIO, Flask API), Borg, MPM, Stubby, Apiary, Google Guice, GWT, Java, Mockito, AngularJS, Python, Google CLoud Platform (Storage, Pub/Sub API and many others) Google Charts, D3.js, Javascript, Appscript, Parallex Scrolling, Sublime, Salesforce (Apex, Trigger Architecture, REST API, SOAP / Bulk API, Test Factory, Logging Framework) SecOps Reviews, Design Documents, Google Sites, HTML Email's and countless other internal platforms and tools.
- Apple Inc: Spring (Core, AOP, Batch, RESTFul Web Services, MVC), Hibernate, Unix, Oracle 11g, MySQL,Coherence, Ehcache, Cassandra, Solr, HMAC, Maven, Hudson, Apache CXF, SOAP, XML, JAXB, XSLT, Splunk, ActiveMQ, RestEasy, Ajax, JQuery, Javascript, JSON, Junit, Mockito, Jmeter, Yourkit, STS Insight, Clover, Findbugs, CheckStyle.
- SuccessFactors: Java JDK1.5, XML, Javascript, Servlets, JSP, JSF, CSS, AJAX, JBoss Seam, JBoss 4.3, GWT , XSLT, UML, Oracle 10g, TOAD, sqlDeveloper, PostgreSQL , SQL, PL/SQL, Ant, Putty, JMock, JUnit, TestNg.
Work Experience
My previous associations
Present
Google Inc (Contractor)
Senior Software Engineer
- Led an offshore team that transformed multiple ad hoc Google Sheets in a scalable and robust platform for collecting, aggregating, and visualizing workflows and processes using GWT, Guice, and various internal proprietary technologies.
- Built multiple data visualizations on top of an existing AngularJs platform for operational and vendor metrics.
- Wrote multiple design documents and passed multiple SecOps reviews.
- Built several small Javascript applications using an internal proprietary platform.
- Developed custom D3.js visualizations.
- Technically led the gTech partners Salesforce team doing key integration between several of Google's internal systems and Salesforce.com. Also developed a custom email threading system to merge emails from Gmail / Google groups and Salesforce's email-to-case functionality.
March 2013
Apple Inc (Contractor)
Lead Software Engineer
- Technically led a five-person team for the design and implementation of the SAMS Project.
- Discerned key business requirements and objectives by interfacing with stakeholders to build a centralized platform for all retail store attributes and provided a suite of RESTful API’s to retrieve store information with specifications of 1000 requests per second.
- Architected the critical backend infrastructure for this P0 app with latency requirements of 0.2ms.
- Developed and maintained protocols for all dev, QA, staging, and production code deployments.
- Extensively performance tested the application (Jmeter / Yourkit) before production GoLive.
- SAMS project became the most critical project in IS&T department before its GoLive date.
- Re-architected a performance dashboard for all internal IS&T applications, which provides visibility into real-time statistics of the health of each application.
- Coached and mentored fellow developers.
Nov 2008
SuccessFactors
Software Engineer
- Re-engineered Provisioning Engine, Workflow Engine, Rule-Based Engine, and Form Template Editor.
- Designed and implemented an HMTL email notification system.
- Developed custom compensation statements for customer using XSLT.
- Extensive code refactoring of major fragile areas of the code base.
- Added new features to every monthly release cycle.
- Innovation: GWT, Google Integration, PostgresSQL, and SimpleWire SMS SDK.
Sept, 2006
Cybernet
Software Engineer
- Designed and implemented an internal ERP system from the ground up.
- Redesigned and re-engineered the existing inventory management system.
- Implemented a proof-of-concept project that compared EJB 3 and Ruby on Rails.
- Extensive code refactoring of major fragile areas of the code base.
- Maintained and enhanced existing online websites.
Education
What I have done in my academic career
Bachelor of Science
Dublin Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science (Information Systems Development) from Dublin Institute of Technology with grade Upper Second Class Honors (Top 5% of year). Graduate Coursework: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Design Patterns and CCNA exam.
Irish Private Pilot Licence
WestAir Aviation
Irish Private Pilot Licence PP/254383P/A, Qualified PPL. Also an American Private Pilot Licence, Qualified PPL, and American Commercial Pilot License Written Exams (92% average grade).
Get In Touch
Please feel free if you would like to have a chat.
20 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 846-8743