Donnie Ray Jones

Professional Summary

Senior Lead Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience in full-stack development, specializing in building scalable web applications and leading development teams. Proficient in C# and TypeScript. Focused on clean code and continuous improvement.

Skills

• Languages: C#, TypeScript, JavaScript
• Frameworks: .NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, React Native, Expo
• Technologies: SQL Server, AWS (API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB)
• Tools: Git, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, Selenium, NUnit
• Methodologies: SOLID principles, Clean Code, Agile, Continuous Integration/Delivery

Work Experience

Self-Employed

 

Sep 2024 - Current

New Zealand

• Apps
  • Finding Color - a mobile app for iPhone and iPad that allows users to search for coloring pages (via Bing's Image Search API) then print or color within the app.
  • A women's health app with a release date in early 2025
• Languages, Technologies, and Tools
  • React Native, Expo, TypeScript, Node.js
  • Amazon Web Services (API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB), Terraform

Sabbatical / Travel / Family

 

Jan 2020 - Sep 2024

Texas → New Zealand

• Chose to spend time with my 4 kids while they were young
• Helped my partner run a social media business
• Explored Colorado, Utah, Hawaii and more
• Moved from Texas to New Zealand

Tyler Technologies

Senior Lead Software Engineer

Jun 2009 - Jan 2020

Texas / Remote

Tyler Technologies is a USA-based leading provider of software and technology solutions for the public sector, specializing in helping local governments, schools, and other public institutions streamline their operations.

• Position of Senior Lead Software Engineer
  • Worked alongside management to lead a team of 6 developers
  • Advocate of automated testing at unit, integration, and acceptance level
  • Advocate of SOLID design principles and Clean Code
  • Advocate of continuous delivery and trunk-based development: feature toggles, branch by abstraction, CI with TeamCity and CD with Octopus Deploy
• Languages, Technologies, and Tools
  • C#, JavaScript, PowerShell, HTML, CSS (Sass)
  • .NET Core, .NET Framework, ASP.NET MVC, EntityFramework
  • SQL Server, Web Services (REST and SOAP), Azure
  • Git, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, NUnit, Selenium
• Achievements
  • Earned over 100% salary increase throughout my tenure
  • 3-time winner of division-wide developer contest (24 hours to develop a proof of concept)
    • A customizable online payment form for cities to accept payments from residents more easily (this became a production product)
    • An IVR system that allows residents to pay their bill over the phone and store their credit card for future payments via text (this became a production product)
    • An iPhone app that allows residents to pay their bill using Apple Pay

Projects

• A PCI compliant digital wallet and payment processing platform for use by the entire company
• A payment portal for cities and energy companies that handles over 10 million payments with $1.3 billion processed (as of January 2020)
• A web API that enables cities to securely store credit cards off-site and process recurring payments, removing themselves from the scope of PCI
• A web API that enables cities to certify and presort USPS mail for bills
• A web application that enables content developers to create and manage videos and quizzes to be used in an online defensive driving course
• A mobile web application (and Google Chrome extension) that provides quick access to the health and stats of production servers, processes, and data
• An application that monitors automated telephone calls and calculates billing information
• An internal web application that enables the company's 1,800+ employees to sign up for text message and voice alerts
• A web application that enables users to search for court records by querying data over web services

Education

Awards & Scholarships

• Industrial Affiliates Program Scholarship Recipient at Texas A&M University (2 years)
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas A&M University