Quinn Mortimer
Software engineer specializing in backend application development. I try to adhere to principles of Domain Driven Design in what I work on and verify my own work with service-level integration tests. Prefers working in a Kanban-like process where it fits with the nature of the work.
Work Experience
FanDuel 9/2020 - present
Currently a Staff Software Engineer for the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) product. Started out as an engineer in a full-stack team aligned to the DFS's fundamental customer user journeys, then shifted to a backend-oriented focus on the product's core mechanisms and domain definition. Now the lead backend engineer for the product as a whole.
Working on migrating the product's services from an internal platform built around AWS EC2 and puppet to one based on Helm and AWS EKS.
Bluewolf, An IBM Company 6/2017 - 08/2020
Worked as a software consultant specialized in customising and extending the Salesforce platform. Depending on client needs I was responsible for developing web applications, automating business processes, and integrations with external systems as well as advising on software architecture and DevOps and release management.
1st Playable Productions 9/2016 - 12/2016
Developed several small web-based children's games. These were mostly educational puzzle games, plus one entertainment title with multiple gameplay types.
RPI Computer Science Department 8/2015 - 12/2015
Assisted and graded Computer Science I students during lab exercises. Also participated in out-of-class help sessions for CS I and Data Structures students.
UPS 5/2015 - 8/2015
Maintained and enhanced an internal web application used in a command center for ground shipping operations. The application was used to monitor and visualise package delivery statuses in near-real time.
Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 08/2012 - 12/2015
Studied Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Graduated with a BS in Computer Science. Courses taken include Operating Systems, Advanced Computer Graphics, Database Systems, Programming Languages, Software Design and Documentation, and Cryptography and Network Security.
