Kyle Roberts
I am currently a Developer and a graduate of Oregon State University with BS in Computer Science. I enjoy solving problems and learning new things whenever I can.
Experience
Full Stack Developer
General Motors
- Developed and maintained Angular front-end pages for multiple applications, enhancing user experience and improving functionality. This lead to modernizing the applications for a better and faster user experience.
- Developed Java Spring backend API code that facilitated seamless communication between the front-end web pages and the Oracle Database.
- Created pipelines for CI/CD development work using Azure tools that lead to more efficient and timely deployments for our application.
- Worked on an Agile organized team and help lead various meetings, such as retrospective meetings. These meeting lead to better efficiencies an improvements on the team each sprint cycle.
- One application I worked on, Retail Inventory Management (RIM), generated nearly $3.6 billion in orders for all regions globally in 2021 and $4.3 billion in 2022. Our support and enhancement to this app lead to nearly a 20% increase in sales and 46 million parts were sold through the application.
March 2021 - October 2023
Full Stack Developer
Vanguard Mutual Fund Group
- Helped build a full stack app from start to production that served multiple financial representatives in helping with retirement planning.
- Used Angular for the front end, Java Spring for the Backend, and DynamoDB and Redtail for data.
- Followed Agile software principles and helped lead scrum meetings.
- Helped lead push for documentation of processes through confluence pages.
2018 - 2020
Financial Representative
Vanguard Mutual Fund Group
- Assisted clients with trading both stocks and mutual funds.
- Provided enhanced guidance to clients regarding their investments.
- Obtained a Series 7 and Series 63 license while in this role.
2013 - 2018
Education
Oregon State University
Bachelor of Science
Computer Science
GPA: 3.6
University of Utah
Bachelor of Science
Psychology, Business minor
Skills
Programming Languages & Tools I have Used or Worked With
- Javascript
- Python
- C/C++
- Java
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Node.js/Express
- Java Spring Boot
- React
- Angular
- Linux
- DynamoDB
- Git
- HTML
- Atlassian Products (JIRA/Bamboo)
Workflow
- Agile Development & Scrum
- Testing & Debugging
Certifications & Licenses
Projects
This Website
This website was built with multiple AWS Technologies. AWS technology used includes S3, API Gateway, Lambda, CloudFront, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, Route53, SAM, and Certificate Manager. To learn more, click the link below
Twitter Bot (Discontinued due to change in website policy)
- The Twitter bot tweets out how the DJIA, S&P500, and NASDAQ performed when the stock market is open. It is run on AWS Lambda.
- AWS Lambda is a service that lets you execute your code only when it is needed. This helps cut the costs of running code/commands/functions on AWS significantly.
Stock Tracker Website
A stock trading website that helped you track stocks/ETFs and news about selected holdings. Project I worked on as a final project in college.