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Jordan Avery
Senior Software Engineer
jordan.avery@email.com • (555) 123-4567 • linkedin.com/in/jordanavery • Seattle, WA
Summary
Backend-focused software engineer with 6 years building and scaling distributed systems. Specializes in Node.js and Go, with a track record of cutting infrastructure costs while improving reliability.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer — Northwind Cloud
Mar 2022 – Present
- Redesigned the payments service, reducing p99 latency from 800ms to 210ms
- Led migration of 40+ microservices from AWS ECS to Kubernetes, cutting compute costs by 28%
- Mentored 3 junior engineers, two of whom were promoted within a year
Software Engineer — Bluefield Systems
Jul 2019 – Feb 2022
- Built a real-time notification pipeline handling 2M+ events per day
- Reduced API error rate from 4.2% to 0.3% through improved retry logic and monitoring
Education
B.S. in Computer Science, University of Washington — 2019
Skills
Node.js, Go, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, AWS, Redis, gRPC, CI/CD
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