Carter M.
Studied at Brigham Young University
Worked at AWS
Available tomorrow at 3:00 PM UTC
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About Carter
I am a professional software engineer with experience at AWS, Shopify, Grubhub, and Disney. I am also the host of the popular podcast Book Overflow, where each week my co-host and I read and discuss a new software engineering book. Through my podcast, I've interviewed many famous computer science authors such as Brian Kernighan, Stephen Wolfram, and Gergely Orosz! I have received offers from many other Big Tech companies as well. I excel in teaching software engineers how to create a better human connection with their job prospects, whether that's a more personalized resume, superior coding question performance, or honing answers to behavioral questions. Let me teach you my tricks!
Why do I coach?
Despite being a software engineer, I have always found people to be more interesting than computers. Too many software engineers ignore the soft skills necessary to land their dream positions. A someone who excels at soft skills, I view it as my mission to help excellent software engineers achieve their full potential.
Work Experience
Staff Software Engineer
Shopify
April 2024 - Present
- Working Lead full-stack engineering decisions for an internal marketing platform that processed petabytes of data monthly and facilitated tens of millions in advertising spend - Lead development of gRPC server written in Rust and deployed to Google Cloud via Terraform - Lead development of React TypeScript front-end with Ruby on Rails partner service - Conduct technical interviews for software engineering candidates, evaluating performance and sharing feedback with other members of the hiring committee
Creator
Book Overflow
April 2024 - Present
- Creator and host of podcast with over 10,000 subscribers where each we read and discuss a new software engineering book - Interview famous computer science authors such as Stephen Wolfram, Brian Kernighan, and Gergely Orosz
Software Development Engineer
AWS
June 2022 - April 2024
- Contributed to development of AWS PrivateLink, a private connectivity service primarily written in Java, deployed across >300 hosts and 35 regions which processes over 1300 PB of customer data each month - Developed tools to help services support IPv6 connectivity over AWS PrivateLink, writing Python scripts and leveraging AWS services such as DynamoDB, S3, Cloudwatch, EC2, Route 53, and VPCs to automate key elements of the transition - Developed critical feature to allow the specification of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses on the creation and modification of VPC Endpoints, coordinating with security, front-end, operational, and design teams to deliver in a timely manner - Developed Java and Scala integration tests and automatic canary alarming in all 35 regions to detect and resolve failure points quickly - Served as an on-call first responder to customer problems, resolving 100s of critical failures swiftly - Conducted technical interviews for software engineering candidates, evaluating performance and sharing feedback with other members of the hiring committee
Senior Software Engineer
Grubhub
November 2021 - June 2022
- Lead architectural decisions for Groovy and Java Spring services used by 30 million customers - Lead front-end React and Typescript development for purchasing systems that process millions of orders every day - Managed deployment of Docker containers via Spinnaker and Jenkins - Monitored service statistics via Splunk and Datadog - Interviewed, mentored, and determined project direction for junior engineering staff
Software Engineer
The Walt Disney Company
February 2020 - August 2021
• Completed initial and performed ongoing front-end Angular development for a digital products sweepstakes with over 100,000 unique entries and visitors each week • Created and managed over forty high quality, reusable web components using the Angular and Polymer frameworks which are used in projects which impact tens of thousands of guests • Managed deployment of cloud-based web services using AWS EC2, AWS API Gateway, and AWS Lambdas • Created front-end Angular application with Node.js backend that serves as a hub for managing and sharing secrets internally between thousands of employees • Interviewed, mentored, and determined project direction for junior software engineering staff
Software Engineer
The Walt Disney Company
August 2018 - February 2020
• Assisted in the development of enterprise Java products, working with Maven and the Spring Web framework • Served as the lead developer and researcher for emerging chat bot technologies, including Google Dialogflow and Amazon Lex, recommending best usage practices • Managed promotions of libraries and products using Jenkins, ensuring that all changes are documented and the appropriate stakeholders are notified • Created and managed sprint stories in an Agile environment using VersionOne and Jira, providing clear acceptance criteria and tasks to be completed • Acted as the official department liaison to different teams, instructing them on best architecture practice and standards • Interfaced with multiple teams and stakeholders to determine requirements for their software components
Software Engineering Intern
The Walt Disney Company
January 2018 - August 2018
• Collaborated in an Agile team to build software with an emphasis on Test Driven Development • Set up web services in AWS EC2 instances to interface with iOS and Android client-side applications • Managed accounts and permissions in Google Cloud Projects to facilitate communication between web services and Google Dialogflow chat bots • Participate in code reviews using GitHub to determine if new code meets team standards
Carter was also given offers to work at
Coinbase
Education
Brigham Young University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Management
Minor in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science
2025