Brock Hankus

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Veteran software engineer specializing in delivering quality back-end applications through test-driven development, automation, and security best practices. A collaborative team player with strong opinions, experienced in working with diverse global teams. Committed to leading with data-driven decisions to drive impactful results.

Technical Skills

Backend Development: Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST API, NodeJS

AI & Innovation: GitHub Copilot, Cline, Ollama, MCP Server Development

Platform & DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, CI/CD Pipelines, Linux

Security & Quality: Checkmarx, SonarQube, Qualys, OAuth, OIDC, SSO Integration

Data Systems: MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Redis

Additional: Javascript, Angular, Ruby, Junit

Professional Experience

Lead Software Engineer | Visa | San Diego, CA | October 2021 – October 2025

• Triaged and resolved revenue-impacting production incidents reported by the client support team, effectively communicating updates to stakeholders.
• Coordinated release schedules and managed dependencies across 4 teams.
• Ensured security compliance by monitoring open-source libraries, maintaining policy adherence, and preparing releases for security assessments and penetration testing.
• Created a MCP server connecting to artifact repository identifying open-source libraries with security findings to explore how my team could leverage AI.
• Oversaw 2-week sprint progress and prioritized initiatives for a scrum team of 9 developers, QA and product managers.
• Mentored junior developers in API design, new Java language features, and best practices to foster skill development.

Staff Software Engineer | Visa | San Diego, CA | January 2019 – September 2021

• Collaborated with 4 teams on a major redesign of a revenue-generating business pricing model under tight deadlines.
• Led cross-team Spring boot development projects from requirements gathering through production support.
• Integrated with client banks with SSO using Oauth, OIDC and Keycloak.
• Introduced new technologies like Liquibase and Spring Cloud Config to the team.

Sr. Software Engineer | Intuit | San Diego, CA | July 2018 – December 2018

• Provided LaunchDarkly feature flag tools and services for internal developers to monitor hundreds of flags.
• Deployed custom applications to AWS leveraging EC2, ELB, S3, Route 53, and Autoscale Groups.
• Reported time series metrics to Wavefront for visualization of feature flag event data.

Sr. Software Engineer | Awarepoint | San Diego, CA | September 2016 – May 2018

• Built custom Real Time Location System IoT software to manage over 100,000 concurrently communicating devices in a hospital setting.
• Created an API for location, environmental and diagnostic data leveraging Spring Boot.
• Identified and corrected production performance bottlenecks using YourKit Java profiling tool.

Education

Master of Science in Telecommunication Systems | DePaul University | Chicago, IL
Computer Science Concentration

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science | Saint Xavier University | Chicago, IL
Minor in Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude