John Grover

📍 🖨

Seattle, WA

973.796.6824

johnrichardgrover@gmail.com

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I am a dedicated, passionate Software Developer looking for opportunities to utilize and expand my skills and knowledge. My specialties include attention to detail, commitment to problem solving, and having a critical eye. I value concrete, well designed solutions and using the right tools for the job.


Work Experience

Principal Member of Technical Staff - Oracle Corporation (WA) 2017-08 » Present

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Internal Configuration-As-Code - Technical Lead
  • Implemented, extended infrastructure integrations
  • Designed, improved, and launched new and existing UIs
  • Developed other engineers talents and abilities through to promotion
  • Reduced new region bootstrap process to a single-day, documented process
Internal Technical Training "Labs"
  • Improved automated processess and developed Services to replace automation

Software Developer Engineer - Microsoft Corporation (WA) 2014-07 » 2017-07

Intune - Engineering Team
  • Integrated testing framework to Microsoft-wide CI engineering system (git)
  • Collaborated on oboarding microservices to CI
Azure Remote App - Engineering improvements team
  • Improved Git workflow, testing, Jenkins automation
  • Developed daily report for automated testing
Astoria - Bridges for Android
  • Proof-of-concept OSX VirtualBox Windows Mobile emulator (XDE-like Cocoa app)
Experimental cloud services team - C# service
  • Designed, implemented aggregate web-based service overview
  • Service telemetry, on-call experience, scripts to automate daily service activities
  • Designed improved contract between service components

Software Engineer Intern - athenahealth (Boston, MA) Summer 2013

User Interface
  • Edited, expanded dynamic “Live Style Guide” for EHR software (Perl, HTML, Mason, Javascript, LESS, CSS, SQL)

Education

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (GPA: 3.60)
  • Dual BS - Computer Science && Electronic Media Arts & Communication
  • MS - Human Computer Interaction

Technical Skills

Languages
  • Java
  • C#
  • Python
Web
  • React
  • Typescript
  • Javascript
  • HTML
  • CSS
Design
  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop
  • InDesign
Editing
  • Premiere Pro
  • Final Cut
  • AfterEffects
OS
  • OSX
  • Windows
  • Linux
Etc
  • Bash
  • Powershell
  • Git

Interests and Independent work

Web Design
  • Personal Web Experiments
  • Data Visualizations (D3.js)
    • Running Data
    • Public Datasets (Boxoffice)
Sports / Fitness
  • Distance running
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Road biking
  • Bowling
  • Table Tennis
Arts & Music
  • Astrophotography
  • Stencil art
  • Advanced Origami
  • 6 string guitar
  • bass guitar
  • Uke