Bryan James Bassett

Bryan James Bassett

Full-Stack Developer

Experience

Professional work history

Software Engineer II

Oddball

Dec 2022 - Present
Fully Remote
  • Built and maintained BIZINT, an Air Force wide world map driven logistics intelligence platform used by logisticians, operational planners, and senior contracting officials to locate commercial commodities and services across global regions.
  • Owned full stack development across web and mobile surfaces for a mission critical platform used by thousands of Air Force users worldwide.
  • Designed and implemented a spreadsheet driven data ingestion pipeline that validates and imports commercial marketplace data into PostgreSQL and exposes it through REST APIs and AWS S3 for global map visualization.
  • Repaired and modernized legacy UX flows and codebases to eliminate brittle workflows and improve usability for government operators.
  • Rebuilt the public BIZINT website from static HTML and Bootstrap into a Next.js and Material UI application with backward compatible routing for legacy .html government links.
  • Created a dynamic public change log system to provide transparent release visibility to external and government users.
  • Implemented and customized a Keycloak authentication theme to meet government branding, accessibility, and compliance requirements.
  • Led government compliance and security hardening work including access control, data handling, and auditing improvements.
  • Integrated AWS based image upload and storage pipelines to support commercial marketplace and map data.
  • Improved Docker based local development environments to dramatically reduce setup time and configuration errors for new engineers.
  • Built and maintained a comprehensive Jest test suite to stabilize a rapidly evolving mission critical application.
  • Performed code reviews, mentored new engineers, and provided technical leadership to improve overall team quality and delivery speed.

Software Engineer

Booster

Sep 2021 - Dec 2022
Fully Remote
  • Develop software to help students raise money for their schools using Laravel, React, and Vue.

Senior Software Engineer

Tradefull

Oct 2020 - Sep 2021
North Canton, Ohio
  • Develop client-serving portal using Laravel and Vue.js.

Web Application Developer

Howmet Aerospace

Feb 2020 - Oct 2020
Cleveland, OH
  • Develop internal C#/ASP.NET MVC web portal.
  • Laid off due to effect of COVID.

Application Developer

Kent State University

Jun 2016 - Jan 2020
Kent, OH
  • Develop public website using custom PHP and JavaScript within the Drupal framework.

Associate Application Engineer

Jo-Ann Stores, LLC

Jun 2015 - Jun 2016
Hudson, OH
  • Develop internal SAP/ABAP applications.

EDI Specialist

1 EDI Source, Inc.

May 2014 - Jun 2015
Solon, OH
  • Implement and support in-house EDI solution.

Education

Academic background

Kent State University

B.B.A. Computer Information Systems

Graduated May 2016

Bedford High School

High School Diploma

Graduated May 2009

Skills & Technologies

Technical expertise and tools

Languages & Technologies

Node.jsNext.jsTypeScriptTailwindPythonPHPSQLJavaScriptjQueryReactReact NativeC#ASP.NETCSSSCSS

Databases

MySQLPostgreSQL

Version Control

GitHubGitLab

APIs

SpotifyTwitterFacebookInstagramAWSChatGPT

Cloud & DevOps

Cloud server setupDeploymentCustom deployment scripts

Methodologies

AgileIssue trackingBug tracking

Real-time

WebSocketsWebRTC

Bots & Integrations

Slack botsDiscord botsWordPress Plugins

Projects

Notable side projects

Bible Typer

Laravel / VueJS

An app to type portions or all of the Bible while improving typing speed and accuracy. Built in one week in collaboration with a backend developer.

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BibleGuesser

React / Next.js

A daily Wordle-like game where users guess a Bible verse. Built with React and Next.js.

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