CONTACT

Email: ajbareaa@gmail.com

Phone: (727) 262-7305

Location: Rochester, NY

Social: LinkedIn | GitHub | YouTube

Portfolio: AJ Barea

Resume: Download (PDF) | Download (DOC)

SKILLS

Programming Languages: C++, Python, Java, C, SQL, JavaScript (Angular/React)

Version Control: Git, Perforce

Development Tools: Atlassian Suite (Confluence, Bitbucket, Jira), PuTTY, SSH, Visual Studio Code

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux

Methodologies: Agile (Scrum)

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL | May 2022

HONORS & AWARDS

Certificate of Performance – Jeremy Ramos Phiquest (2022)

NSLS | The National Society of Leadership and Success (2019)

Florida Bright Futures and Doorways/Take Stock in Children Scholarships

EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer

Lowe's Home Improvement, Remote, US | Feb 2023 – May 2024

  • Built a full-stack React/Spring Boot application that streamlined support processes for querying multiple databases, improving efficiency.
  • Authored comprehensive documentation on development environment setup and internal tools, reducing new engineer onboarding time by 80% (from 10 days to 2 days).
  • Analyzed and resolved support tickets by investigating root causes in C code and manipulating databases with SQL queries.
  • Implemented code changes through Bitbucket feature branches to fix bugs and clean up error logs.
  • Collaborated effectively in agile development cycles, including stand-up meetings, sprints, retrospectives, and future planning.
  • Maintained project visibility by documenting source code analysis findings in Jira and tracking team progress on all work (support tasks, code changes, Jira tickets, documentation updates) through Confluence.
  • Reduced daily error messages by 150,000 (5,000 messages/RDC * 30 RDCs) across all Regional Distribution Centers by fixing bugs in a large codebase, streamlining log analysis and improving system efficiency.

UX Developer Intern

Phiquest, Tampa, FL | Mar 2022 – May 2022

  • Created wireframes for web applications, collaborating with a cross-functional development team to understand design implementation feasibility.
  • Developed a blockchain data structure using Node.js to integrate and implement a document authenticator Chrome extension.