I'm a full stack developer based in Hartford, CT specializing in building exceptional websites, applications, and everything in between. I enjoy strong coffee, open source, clean code, and continuous integrations. Focused on solving everyday problems with highly scalable solutions in the cloud. Please feel free to reach out to me directly with any inquires.
Anthony Brignano
Staff Software Engineer
Skills
Syntax
Advanced
- .js
- .jsx
- .ts
- .py
- .cs
- .java
- .html
- .css
- .scss
- .md
- .json
- .xml
- .sh
- .bat
- .sql
- .yml
Frontend
Advanced
- Angular
- React
- Vue.js
- Jekyll
- Bootstrap
- jQuery
- Material Design
Backend
Advanced
- django
- flask
- spring
- ruby
- Express.js
- Node.js
Database
Advanced
- mongodb
- mysql
- oracle
- microsoft sql server
- rds
- firebase
Servers
Advanced
- digital ocean
- aws
- google cloud
- openshift
- nginx
- apache
- iis
- vercel
- github pages
Systems
Advanced
- windows
- macos
- ubuntu
- debian
- raspberry pi
- ios
- android
DevOps
Advanced
- jenkins
- udeploy
- sonarqube
- azure devops
- rally
- aws
- github
- anthillpro
- dynatrace
- sumologic
- docker
Version control
Advanced
- git
- github
- github flow
- gitlab
- subversion
Work Experience (6)
Mar 2021
- Current
Staff Software Engineer
The Hartford
Focus on optimization of automated testing, data management, and service virtualization for a portfolio of multiple applicaitons.
Participate in Scaled Agile Framework (SaFE) with many teams (400+ people) throughout multiple program increments
Function as the technical lead for multiple development teams to support the creation of automated solutions for end-to-end regression testing
Setup and maintain contribution standards for GitHub
Design and implement a test data management tool using AWS enterprise solutions
Mar 2020
- Mar 2021
Sr. Software Engineer
The Hartford
Implement a new Policy Admin platform for Personal Lines Insurance.
Design and implement a solution to feed premium-related data to the company's general ledger
Act as the technical lead for a large team of agile developers participating in scaled agile framework (SaFE)
Support platform Performance testing and tuning using Dynatrace and LoadRunner
Setup DevOps CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins to build and uDeploy to deployment
Setup SumoLogic ingestion of JSON application logs for automated alerting and monitoring
Conduct code reviews, merges, deployments, versioning and tagging
Use automated GitHub Checks and Project boards to optimize pull requests
Use GitHub Issues to track bug reports, feature requests, and other technical discussions
Mentor developers on best practices to optimize development and avoid technical debt
Enforce consistency in code and unit tests with minimum 80% code coverage
Sep 2018
- Mar 2020
Software Engineer
The Hartford
Design and implement customer facing sales applications.
Developed an application with micro-service architecture (20+ services)
Acted as the technical lead for a team of agile developers
Participated in Agile story creation, refinment, and execution
Triaged and drove the resolution of critical defects
Provided mentorship to help developers understand new software and technology
Mar 2018
- Sep 2018
Multi-Stack Engineer
The Hartford
Responsible for the production stability of all existing applications.
Efficiently and effectively triage high impact production incidents
Restore service to application(s) in the event of failure
Provided expertise in the full stack including software components, databases, platforms, and infrastructure
Owned and drove the adoption of DevOps tools and best practices to the application portfolio
Reviewed and influenced major technical design changes and participate in the review of change management activities
Functioned as the go-to technical leader for the software applications supported, requiring depth and breadth of knowledge in technologies, applications, integration, interfaces, and business domain
Mar 2017
- Mar 2018
Developer
The Hartford
Implement a new internal sales application for Personal Lines IT.
Functioned as the technical lead on an agile scrum team
Developed a new application for internal sales users (customer sales representatives)
Jun 2016
- Mar 2017
Spec App Development
The Hartford
Provide production support for an existing internal application.
Triaged and resolved production issues reported by users
Led disaster recovery testing to ensure system availability
Led annual application audit to ensure enterprise compliance
Refactored technical debt to increase maintainability
Education (1)
B.S.
Computer Science (Honors)
Central Connecticut State University
2012
- 2016
Interests
Cloud Computing
- aws
- azure
- vercel
- digitalocean
- firebase
- google cloud
Machine Learning
- tensorflow
- nltk
- scikit-learn
Computer Security
- kali linux
- metasploit
- wireshark
Open Source
- software
- ideas
Rock Climbing
- boulder
- top rope
- lead
Snowboarding
- whistler
- mt snow
- okemo
- stowe
- killington