Andrew Carter
Seattle, WA USA
Senior software engineer and architect. Experience in developing web services, mobile applications, and relational databases.
Experience
Principal Developer, Hulu, Seattle, WA (2010-Present)
Lead engineer and architect for Hulu Seattle R&D office.
- Acting director for Seattle development office (10 engineers)
- Established Seattle development office
- Recruiting and hiring for software engineers, program managers, designers, and office staff
- Architect and lead developer for Automation platform
- Architect and developer for Hulu Plus on television devices
- Developer on mobile platforms including iOS and Android
- Linux, Mac OS X, Ruby on Rails, Python, Javascript, Objective-C, Java
Founder/Owner, Sparse Labs, LLC, Sammamish, WA (2010)
Web development firm specializing in Ruby on Rails and mobile development. Projects using Mac OS X, Linux, Ruby on Rails, Objective-C, iOS, and Android.
iPhone
- Yubit coupon application (Miajo, LLC)
- Moprise Sharepoint application (Moprise)
Ruby on Rails
- Artwork site prototype
- Social networking site
- Advisor for sports management iPhone application
Senior Software Engineer, Getty Images, Seattle, WA (2007-2010)
Lead Developer and architect for photo and video web services.
- Architect for content portal and Flickr projects
- Lead developer for multiple content portals
- Portals reduced time to market from 90 days to hours
- Designed and implemented VMWare based production environment
- Member of Getty Images architecture working group
- Linux, Mac OSX, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Apache, Passenger, Mongrel, MySQL, VMWare
Director, RogueSheep, Seattle, WA (2007)
Server and web technology director
- Content workflow management system utilizing Adobe InDesign Server
- Mac OS X, Cocoa, Carbon, C, C++, Objective-C, Ruby on Rails, Javascript
Software Developer/Architect, Jobster, Seattle, WA (2006-2007)
- Performance and scale lead
- Architect for Jobster Web Services using REST and XML/JSON formats
- Backend services for recruiting, bulk mail, and social network
- Database tuning and scaling modifications
- Linux, Java, Ruby on Rails, Oracle, MySQL
Web Services Development Manager, Pure Networks, Seattle, WA (2005-2006)
Development manager for Pure Networks online services
- Managed team of five software developers
- Managed cross-team dependencies with operations and client applications teams
- Data center and service topologies
- Released Network Magic 2.0 and 3.0
- Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Java, PHP, Tomcat, Hibernate, MySQL, Objective-C, C
Senior Software Engineer, SourceLabs, Seattle, WA (2005)
- Wrote SourceLabs CERT7 methodology statement
- Designed and implemented certification protocols
- Implemented certification frameworks including automation, database services, and web interfaces
- Analysis of open source projects and stacks
- Java, C, Python, PHP
Software Design Engineer, Microsoft, Redmond, WA (1995-2005)
Over ten years of service on several different products as software engineer.
- Xbox Live (2004- 2005) - Real time statistics including True Skill rating system
- SQL Server (2001-2004) - Senior developer on replication team including Oralce integration
- bCentral (2000-2001) - Small business web portal, real time messaging
- SQL Server (1998-2000) - Interfaces team for ODBC, OLEDB, BCP
- SQL Server (1995-1998) - Lead SDE/T for query processor testing team with 4 direct reports
- Windows, C, C++, C#, .NET, SQL
Staff Consultant, Andersen Consulting, Seattle, WA (1994-1995)
- Real-time billing application for McCaw Celluar/AT&T Wireless
- C, C++, SQL, NeXTSTEP, HP-UX
Intern, Microsoft, Redmond, WA (1992-1994)
- Macintosh Excel product support and test engineer
Education
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (1994)
- Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering
University of Washington Extension, Bellevue, WA (2004)
- Game Development Certification
Awards
Undergraduate Merit Scholar (1989)
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Dean's List for High Scholarship (1990, 1994)
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Microsoft Ten Year Service Award (2004)
- Microsoft, Redmond, WA
Organizations
Seattle Xcoders (2004-present)
- Designed and manage web site http://seattlexcoders.org
- Curator for Eastside chapter meetings, scheduling, and administration