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Software Engineer — Backend Systems & Distributed Platforms
I build reliable, scalable backend systems. Currently a Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian, building backend services and distributed platforms. Co-founder of SmartTerm. 10+ years shipping production software across security, cloud, and distributed platforms.
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Atlassian
Senior Software Engineer — New York, NY
Designed and implemented a Vulnerability Disclosure Portal enabling customers to view public vulnerabilities affecting their products, accessible via web app and API. Introduced a layered caching strategy that reduced p99 API latency by 41%. Built a vulnerability reporting pipeline that automatically detects vulnerabilities and creates Jira issues for remediation tracking across all Atlassian products and services. Created scanner services for docker containers, APIs, and repositories. Established operational standards for monitoring and alerting across critical security services.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Software Development Engineer II — New York, NY
Launched Amazon AppIntegrations, a new AWS service enabling clients to configure connections to external applications. Designed and implemented the dataplane processing third-party events within Amazon Connect. Built synchronous on-demand data flow functionality for Amazon AppFlow and led operational work including deployments, observability, alarms, and dashboards.
Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
Software Engineer — New York, NY
Improved identity resolution rates by 34% using probabilistic and deterministic device identifiers. Developed a pixel-based alternative to JavaScript tag tracking for anonymous traffic identification. Built backend services powering a statistics dashboard for marketing campaign performance, and implemented API routes for email campaign creation and management.
Infotech Soft
Software Engineer — Miami, FL
Built RESTful services for the ASMOV ontology alignment tool, including property normalization on import and alignment APIs. Implemented a graphical function expression builder for ETL data transformations and designed a UI for exploring and editing large ontologies.
University of Miami
B.S. Computer Engineering & Computer Science — Coral Gables, FL
Double major in Computer Engineering and Computer Science.
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SmartTerm LMS smartterm.io ↗
Co-Founder
A cohesive web and mobile learning management system connecting administration, teachers, students, and parents. Built real-time messaging and notifications using WebSockets. Stack: Node.js, Angular, React Native.
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I’m open to interesting engineering opportunities. Feel free to reach out — whether it’s about a role, a project, or just to chat.
swilkinson09@gmail.com