Eric Sanders
Senior Software Engineer at Wellspring Worldwide
Skills & Expertise
APIs
- CityGrid CitySearch (Local Directory), 2 years
- Facebook, 2 years
- Namecheap (Domain Registration), 1.5 years
- Oodle (Classifieds), 2 years
- Payflow Pro (Ecommerce), 2 years
- Raven SEO Tools, 1 year
- Recurly (Ecommerce), 1.5 years
- Twitter, 1 year
Languages
- PHP, 8 years
- Java, 5 years
- HTML, 8 years
- CSS, 8 years
- Ruby, 1 year
- C, C++, C# - 2 years but it's been a while
Source Control
- Subversion (SVN), 8 years
- Git, 1 year
Web Servers
- Apache, 8 years
- Nginx, 2 years
Frameworks
- Zend, 2 years
- CakePHP, 1 year
- Rails, 1 year
- jQuery, 5 years
- Smarty Template Engine, 7 years
Databases
- MySQL, 8 years
- MongoDB, 1 year
- Oracle, 2 years
- Memcache, 3 years
- PostgreSQL, 1/2 year
I am a hands on leader who loves solving complex problems. I have worked on small personal projects all the way up to large corporate projects that get millions of hits per month. Regardless of the size I prefer to use the KISS methodology while getting things done.
Education from Purdue University, 2006
BS, Computer Science
Graduated with a BS in Computer Science from Purdue University in 2006. Core courses include compilers, operating systems, and networking.
BA, Psychology
Graduated with a BA in Psychology from Purdue University in 2006. I added Psychology as a second degree after taking a few courses and am very interested in finding ways to combine computer science and pyschology.
Certifications & Training
Leadership Training
I went through a 40 hour leadership training course once I became a Manager at HomeFinder.com. I received the training in 2009 and it was conducted by Bill Joy, Founder of The Joy Group. Honestly, I was reluctant about having to spend an entire week at a training session, but in the end I was 100% satisfied with what I learned. I highly recommend The Joy Group to anyone that is looking for great leadership/management training.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer, Wellspring Worldwide
May 2013 - Present
I'm a Senior Software Engineer at Wellspring Worldwide. I have not been there long enough to explain what I do. I plan on killing it though!
Engineering Team Lead, RECSOLU
May 2012 - May 2013
I lead a Ruby on Rails engineering team at RECSOLU. We built out RecPass which is a way for college students and employers to connect with each other.
Founder, Find a Car
January 2010 - Present
As Founder, and sole employee, of findacar.us, I am in charge of maintaining everything. I have come up with my own SEO strategy, while learning SEO from the ground up. I have also learned to use Amazon EC2 and have successfully deployed the site using their services.
Director, Software Engineering, HomeFinder.com
March 2012 - May 2012
- Served as primary owner of HomeFinder.com's software development practice
- Recruited, managed, motivated members of the software engineering organization
- Collaborated with the Product, Sales, Marketing, and Operation teams in conjunction with the rest of the Technology team to deliver products that impressed our customers while improving business results
- Ensured a high level of quality in our software and product requirements
- Continuously looked for ways to improve the overall success of the engineering team to increase throughput, quality, and reduce time to market
- Utilized Agile and lean product development principles and methodologies
- Lead application development team members in the detailed design, development, code reviews, and deployment of features and components
Manager, Software Engineering, HomeFinder.com
July 2010 - March 2012
- Responsible for leading a team of engineers to design, implement, test, and deploy a range of products, from traditional web applications to mobile applications.
- Conduct best practices such as pair programming, code reviews, peer reviews, and test driven development to improve the quality of applications.
- Concisely document architecture design, web services, and code libraries.
- Suggest and implement process improvements within the team.
- Work closely with the Product team to ensure desired functionality is implemented efficiently and accurately.
- Coach and mentor team members to improve knowledge of programming techniques, languages, and best practices.
- Provide estimates for feature implementation, within an agile development process (Scrum).
Application Developer, HomeFinder.com
November 2007 - June 2010
- Responsible for implementing and testing a range of products, from traditional web applications to mobile applications.
- Participate in best practices such as pair programming, code reviews, peer reviews, and test driven development to improve the quality of applications.
- Concisely document web services and code libraries.
- Work closely with the Product team to ensure desired functionality is implemented efficiently and accurately.
- Provide estimates for feature implementation, within an agile development process (Scrum).
- Resolve production issues in a timely manner.
- Other duties assigned by manager.
Softare Engineer, Infosys Technologies LTD
July 2006 - October 2007
I was recruited as one of the first Americans to complete a six month training and work program in Mysore and Bangalore, India. This training strengthened technical skills in various areas including Java, J2EE, C, unit testing, and SQL. During this period I also gained hands on experience with the Global Delivery Model as well as the Software Development Life Cycle.
Once I returned to the United States I was contracted to ABN-AMRO / LaSalle Bank in the LaSalle Business Credit division. While working there I provided application support for the Asset Based Lending Environment (ABLE) application. I also coordinated software updates and installations while using tools such as Peregrine and Test Director to manage tasks with the client and IBM.