Aaron Young

Software Engineer

Location: New York City, New York, United States
Email: hi@aaronyoung.dev
Phone: (917) 882-1044
Website: https://aaronyoung.dev

GitHub: Brainomite
LinkedIn: Aaron Young

Experience

Feb 2022 – Apr 2024

Senior Software Engineer Consultant at Thoughtworks Inc

A contracting firm that provides hybrid onsite and offsite teams - Publicly traded $TWKS. Deployed to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Worked closely with the client to build, using NodeJS/React/Ruby on Rails, an AI-based web chatbot with various unique capabilities allowing veterans to self-service
Helped evolve the team to become a platform team to allow other teams to onboard the chatbots they designed
Worked on the team's GitHub actions
Acted as Interim co-Tech Lead, the team's Security Champion, and presenter in multiple lunch-and-learns

Apr 2021 – Jan 2022

Software Engineer at auticon US

Consulting firm that embed Analysts and Engineers within companies. Deployed to HealthCatalyst ($HCAT), a healthcare analytics firm, as a client-facing Data Engineer

Analyzed previously created queries to improve performance for loading medical claims data using MS SQL and T-SQL, resulting in an average improved T-SQL query performance of 66%.
Led the creation of and taught an internal SQL course to train coworkers utilizing MySQL, T-SQL, and Excel, supporting 200% team growth in a 3 month period.
Developed internal tool to analyze 9,500+ SQL queries to determine construction of fields using JavaScript, Electron, and T-SQL, increasing efficiency for over 20 internal employees.
Created Excel macro automations for initial hospital onboarding report creation in VBA, T-SQL, and Excel, resulting in an increase in efficiency of 95%.
Collaborated with DOS Claims team to revamp their internal documentation using MS Suite (Word, Teams, OneNote, Excel), leading to ability for team members to easily locate correct information.

Oct 2020 – Jan 2023

Mentor at Thinkful Online Learning

Online software development and product management bootcamp; subsidiary of Chegg ($CHGG).

Mentored students 1:1 on JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, SQL, HTML5, and CSS3, as well as object oriented programming principles, assisting 20+ individuals to re-skill in jobs as software engineers.S

May 2002 – Oct 2017

Software Engineer at Stephen Einstein & Associates P.C. – New York, NY

Law firm specializing in creditor’s rights and debt collection

Oversaw all backend architecture and programming for financial and legal information database, including asset and document management and cloud storage and backup using AWS, Linux, VMWare, and MS Windows Servers, supporting 100X growth over 15 year period.
Spearheaded database migration and network infrastructure integration following acquisition of rival law firm, including physical server relocation and related IT infrastructure.
Launched proprietary automated dialer system, integrating with internal PBX phone system to accommodate 24 simultaneous calls, improving productivity 50%+ and saving over 80% in subscription fees.
Led development of automated document management system using VB6 and MySQL, allowing attorneys to quickly upload, tag, and retrieve legal documents, increasing law-firm productivity by 400%.
Implemented using Visual Basics 6 and MySQL-based proprietary document storage solution, reducing weekly backup times from 76 hours to 10 hours on average.

Oct 2017 – Apr 2021

Software Engineer (Contract) at Pinpoint Technologies Too - New York, NY

Debt buyer and collection agency

Developed tool to determine potential portfolio purchases using JavaScript, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, and Nunjucks, allowing partners to more efficiently determine portfolio values worth up to $35 million prior to purchase.
Constructed system to monitor portfolio performance metrics utilizing JavaScript, Node.js, Express, Nunjucks, and PostgreSQL, enabling portfolio managers to make a decision within 1 day to determine portfolio sell decisions.