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Christopher Sarmiento

Christopher Sarmiento

Software Engineer

8609 3rd Ave, North Bergen, New Jersey, US, 07047
(201) 906-1105

Background


Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Software Engineer IICentene Corporation

    Jun, 2024 - Mar, 20259 months

    • Designed and developed a secure REST API for messaging between member and provider portals across various state healthcare systems, ensuring HIPAA compliance and data protection standards

    • Built an embeddable chat component used to connect users with live support agents, which led to a 75% increase in live support interactions

    • Remediated critical code vulnerabilities and provided support during deployments

  • Software EngineerUnitedHealth Group / Optum

    Sep, 2022 - Jan, 20241 year 4 months

    • Designed and developed a scalable, SSO authentication API for multiple internal applications, authenticating over 9,000 active daily users

    • Built a two-way Kafka data sync to support migration between the new and multiple legacy authentication APIs

    • Migrated a CI/CD pipeline from Jenkins to GitHub actions, which was implemented across the organization and resulted in an average of 30% decrease in build and deployment times

    • Led development and conversion of a rolling Kubernetes deployment strategy to a Blue/Green deployment strategy using Helm, which resulted in zero-downtime deployments and rollbacks

    • Built Angular components for an insurance claim processing portal and maintained their corresponding REST APIs

  • Software EngineerDMW&H

    Aug, 2021 - Sep, 20221 year 1 month

    • Rewrote legacy automated material handling software for liquor distribution by transitioning from Visual Basic to a MERN tech stack, improving performance and maintainability

    • Collaborated with clients on-site to install, test, and troubleshoot the new software, ensuring seamless integration with warehouse operations that manage up to 20,000 cases a day, resulting in improved system reliability and customer satisfaction

    • Developed an automated update feature which allowed for nightly builds to be installed remotely

  • Software Engineering InternPanasonic

    Jan, 2020 - May, 20211 year 4 months

    • Built a troubleshooting application for Toughbook laptops, enabling customers to capture system images of their devices and upload them to an AWS S3 bucket for remote diagnosis by Field Engineers

    • Reduced operational costs by eliminating the need for Field Engineers to travel to customer sites, streamlining the support process and improving response times for device issue resolution

    • Developed a desktop application that enabled users to configure BIOS settings and apply them across multiple devices simultaneously, improving efficiency and reducing configuration time by 60%

    • Hosted weekly meetings among Field Engineers and created status reports for upper management with Power BI

Skills

Skills

  • Programming Languages

    Python

    TypeScript

    C#

    Java

    SQL

  • Frameworks & Libraries

    Node.js

    React

    Angular

    Next.js

    .NET

  • Technologies

    AWS

    GCP

    Azure

    Docker

    Kubernetes

    Jenkins

    GitHub Actions

    Git

    Bash

    PowerShell

    Kafka

    MongoDB

Education

Education

  • Computer Science, B.S, New Jersey Institute of Technology

    Sep, 2017 - May, 2021