Andre Ballard

AI/ML • Houston, USA • UTC-06:00 • Work permits: United States • Available in 2 weeks

Software Developer

9+ years exp

5+ years ML exp

Kotlin

Node JS

SQL

Java

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

Active 8 days ago

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Staff Software Engineer with 9 years of experience building frontend platforms, design systems, developer tooling, and scalable web applications. At Microsoft, led Fluent UI React v9 foundation work using TypeScript and React, strengthening module architecture, performance guardrails, and CI/CD quality gates, including AI-assisted engineering workflows with Copilot. Previously built a real-time industrial monitoring platform at The Marsden Group using React/TypeScript, REST APIs, WebSockets, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and Redis, and developed enterprise web applications at Infosys using modern frontend and backend stacks.

Technical skills

Kotlin

Node JS• Senior • 9y+

SQL• Junior • 9y+

Java• 9y+

JavaScript• Senior • 9y+

TypeScript• Senior • 9y+

Python• Middle • 7y+

Kotlin

Mockito• 9y+

Java

Maven• 9y+

Spring Boot• 9y+

Databases

Apache Kafka• 9y+

PostgreSQL• 7y+

Redis• 7y+

AI/ML

LLM

AI Agents• 5y+

Copilot• 5y+

Frontend

React.js• 9y+

ESLint• 5y+

Fluent UI• 5y+

Storybook• 5y+

Yarn• 5y+

Mobile

JUnit• 9y+

DevOps

CI/CD• 9y+

Docker• 9y+

Git• 9y+

Jenkins• 9y+

Rest API• 9y+

AWS• 7y+

GCP• 7y+

GitHub Actions• 7y+

WebSockets• 7y+

Azure• 5y+

Azure DevOps• 5y+

Jest• 5y+

Playwright• 5y+

Timeline

Staff Software Engineer • Lead

Microsoft • Full-Time

Apr 2021 to Present 5 Years 4 Months Houston In office

Owned the Fluent UI React v9 shared frontend foundation for scalable React components across Microsoft products. Led architecture and standards for TypeScript module boundaries, reusable component APIs, design tokens, and incremental adoption via stable package contracts. Built developer tooling and CI/CD validation with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jest, and Playwright, and improved performance using profiling, code splitting, tree shaking, and Griffel atomic CSS. Drove AI-assisted engineering workflows with GitHub Copilot to reduce manual bottlenecks and mentored senior engineers through architecture reviews and code reviews.

AI Agents

Copilot

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jest

Playwright

ESLint

Storybook

React.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

Yarn

Git

Azure

Docker

Backend Software Engineer • Middle

The Marsden Group • Full-Time

Jun 2019 to Apr 2021 1 Year 10 Months Houston In office

Built React and TypeScript monitoring interfaces for industrial telemetry including thermal, vibration, temperature, RPM, seismic, and tribology data. Implemented Python and Node.js REST APIs and normalized high-volume sensor streams using Kafka with PostgreSQL and Redis, feeding predictable UI contracts. Optimized dashboard performance with lazy loading, memoization, data windowing, request caching, and profiling. Delivered internal frontend tooling and CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions, Docker, and Jenkins, and prototyped predictive maintenance with AWS and GCP models surfaced in dashboards.

React.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Node JS

Apache Kafka

PostgreSQL

Redis

WebSockets

Rest API

AWS

GCP

GitHub Actionssince 2019

Docker

Jenkins

Git

Software Engineer • Middle

Infosys • Full-Time

Aug 2017 to Jun 2019 1 Year 10 Months Phoenix In office

Developed enterprise web applications using React, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, and Node.js with REST APIs and reusable frontend components. Built real-time analytics dashboards backed by Kafka and cloud services, improving rendering and API loading performance and strengthening frontend testing and reuse. Worked with distributed teams using Git, Jira, Jenkins, Docker, and CI/CD practices, contributing to iterative releases and cross-functional architecture discussions.

React.js

JavaScript

TypeScriptsince 2017

Java

Node JSsince 2017

Rest API

SQL

Apache Kafkasince 2017

Git

Jira

Jenkins

Dockersince 2017

CI/CDsince 2017

Software Engineer • Middle

Revature • Full-Time

May 2017 to Aug 2017 3 Months Reston In office

Built multi-tier web applications using Java, Spring Boot, SQL, REST APIs, and frontend React with reusable UI components and backend services. Implemented client-side state, form validation, API integration, and responsive layouts while focusing on maintainable component boundaries and performance. Wrote unit tests with JUnit and Mockito, participated in code reviews, and used Git, Jira, Maven, and Jenkins for builds, defects, and sprint delivery. Created setup guides, API documentation, and technical demonstrations to communicate implementation choices and tradeoffs.

Javasince 2017

Spring Boot

SQLsince 2017

Rest APIsince 2017

JavaScriptsince 2017

React.jssince 2017

JUnit

Mockito

Gitsince 2017

Jirasince 2017

Maven

Jenkinssince 2017