Nathaniel Faries

Experiences

• CMI Financial Group2024-05 - 2026-08

  Senior software engineer

  PHP, jQuery, MySQL, BitBucket, AWS, Opencode

  • Maintained and developed features for Back Office System in a large legacy codebase built with CakePHP framework
  • Led initiatives to automate and bring scattered workflows under the Back Office System.
  • Performed critical data maintenance tasks, identifying incorrect flows and correcting errors introduced.
  • Improved pipeline performance by streamlining unit tests, both in run structure as well as increasing test efficiency.
  • Leveraged AI tools for software development through developing agent models for an Opencode harness using models provided through Copilot.
• Pinkbot (FKA TinyMile)2022-08 - 2024-05

  Senior software engineer

  Golang, Typescript, Bash, PostgreSQL, GCP, Kubernetes

  • Designed, built, and deployed an automatic over-the-air software updating system for fleet of delivery robots
  • Built and maintained web application enabling creation and fulfillment of peer-to-peer deliveries via our delivery robots
  • Took over responsibility for internal operational tooling, working with stakeholders to prioritize maintenance and features
  • Identified and implemented data caching opportunities, reducing cloud service costs by 89%
  • Led software team at Tiny Mile, tasked with augmenting operational capabilities with improved automations
  • Managed two direct reports, including providing coaching and mentorship.
• Bolt2019-07 - 2022-05

  Software engineer

  Golang, Typescript, PostgreSQL, PHP

  • Developed and maintained the Bolt plugin for the Magento platform
  • Led the initiative to improve testing of PHP plugin, bringing unit test coverage from 20% to 90%
  • Implemented support for revamped APIs
  • Worked with merchants to build specialized customizations, then ported those customizations over to the main build for reuse by future merchants
  • Reworked merchant admin tools to provide better support for self-onboarding.
  • Worked on merchant onboarding automation, taking merchants live on certain platforms in just three minutes, down from about fifty days.
• Laserfiche2016-08 - 2019-07

  Software engineer

  C#, .NET

  • Led a team of six to develop integration tools with third-party applications, allowing our users to manipulate data on those applications from within Laserfiche without needing to write any code.
  • Developed analytical tools for users to analyse the processes they've automated with our software.
  • Worked independently to research, design, and develop a business process simulation tool.
• Projects

  • Built CI/CD pipeline for Unity WebGL builds to be deployed onto a DigitalOcean CDN
  • Run and maintain home server with Proxmox serving web utilities for friends and family.