Email: dev@rjb.tech
Location: Tennessee, United States
Work Experience
Software Engineer —> Team Lead Senior Software Engineer
Future Capital (March 2023 - Present)
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Built scalable browser automation platform for retirement account access across distributors lacking API support, using privacy-preserving architecture where clients control authentication/MFA while operations agents manage account tasks in auditable sessions (Node.js, Playwright, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes).
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Increased weekly trade execution by 50% by implementing WebSocket-based real-time communication (SignalR/C#) and auditable event tracking system that eliminated operational friction, enabling operations team of 10 to complete revenue-generating trades more efficiently.
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Developed a SAML Assertion Consumer in C#/.NET to support IdP-initiated authentication flows from multiple identity providers, driving increased platform adoption and enabling seamless advisor-portal access for a strategic broker-dealer partnership serving 2,700+ wealth management firms.
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Increased AUM growth and streamlined onboardings by converting our single-account signup flow to allow multi-account signups using React and C#/.NET, increasing average AUM per signup by 10-20%.
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Identified and eliminated a critical security liability by migrating from single-key TripleDES encryption to per-user AES-256-GCM for at-rest and ephemeral x25519/xChaCha20-Poly1305 for in-transit encryption, reducing breach impact from all encrypted data to individual users and achieving modern security compliance.
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Led emergency full-stack (.NET, React) migration from Yodlee FastLink 3→4 across account management and signup flows, completing vendor-recommended month-long rearchitecture in one week to restore signups for Open Banking distributors (Fidelity, TIAA, Voya).
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Built unit testing infrastructure for previously untested .NET Core backend, implementing 150+ automated tests with Moq/XUnit and creating documentation to aid other engineers in test writing
Fullstack Engineer I —> Fullstack Engineer II
Balto (December 2021 - December 2022)
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Led development of audio-related product from design to production using React and HTML5 Audio, reaching 30,000 minutes of usage within 2 weeks of launch.
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Contributed core components to shared library (React, Redux, Semantic UI, Storybook), improving development velocity across product teams.
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Built reporting platform features for manager call analytics and organizational insights, including paginated backend APIs (FastAPI/Flask) and React dashboards for data discovery.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Audio Production, Computer Science minor
Middle Tennessee State University (2019)