Jennifer (J.T.) Grimes

Staff Software Engineer

EXPERIENCE

Amava, Remote Staff Engineer 2021 – 2022

Queen of all things database, including database design, query optimization, reporting, and ad hoc queries.
Unofficially led a team of 3 developers, implemented coding standards, and improved code quality.
Led troubleshooting and debugging efforts across the entire code base.
Successfully avoided doing most front-end and operations work.

Shelterluv, Remote Senior Engineer 2019 – 2021

Designed, coded, tested, released, and maintained API/backend for task management system for animal control officers as part of a small team. Was solely responsible for building a flexible reporting system and Excel importer.
Wrote semi-custom authentication package (based on Socialite, later Sanctum, please never ask me to do this again).
Built cross-system event archiving system.
Built A/B testing framework and data warehouse for experiment results.
Reviewed PRs, asked good questions, wrote good code.
Reluctantly updated front-end code when nobody else was available.

Deans & Homer, San Francisco Web Developer 2007 – 2018

10 years as sole fulltime developer for company site built on raw PHP then Laravel 3, 4, and 5.
Managed all internal and external web properties.
Built bridge to connect Laravel/Eloquent to DB2 database.
Designed (and refactored and refactored again) API to call interactive COBOL programs from PHP and return results. Learned a lot.
Worked closely with COBOL devs to bring existing processes to the web.
Hired, trained, and managed developer contractors as needed.

Deans & Homer, San Francisco Data Analyst 1996 – 2007

Wrote specifications for insurance rating website, including rating, security, and data transfer.
Designed and built insurance rating program in Delphi (Visual Pascal for Windows).
Designed, built, and maintained file maintenance application in Delphi.
Made Excel sing and dance.
Provided PC, network, and phone tech support for 90+ users.

California State Auto Assoc., San Francisco Actuarial Analyst 1992 – 1996

Wrote requirements, designed test plan, and performed testing of new insurance rating system.
Summarized and analyzed data for submission to executives, auditors, and regulatory authorities.

Strong: PHP, SQL, Database design

Enough: Javascript, CSS to get by

Mostly forgotten: C, Java, Delphi, Visual Basic, C#

Loathes but can do when necessary: AWS and Ops

Golden Gate University

UC Berkeley