BROCK HANKUS
Software Engineer
Summary
Veteran software engineer specializing in quality 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.
Experience
Lead Software Engineer
October 2021 - Present | Visa
  • Triaged and resolved revenue-impacting production incidents reported by the client support team, effectively communicating updates to stakeholders.
  • Coordinated release schedules and integrated multiple features while managing cross-team dependencies.
  • Ensured security compliance by monitoring open source libraries, maintaining policy adherence, and preparing releases for security assessments and penetration testing.
  • Oversaw sprint progress and prioritized initiatives to guide the team's direction.
  • Mentored junior developers in API design, new language features, and best practices to foster skill development.
  • Key technologies - Java 17, Spring Boot 3.2, Docker, Kubernetes
Staff Software Engineer
January 2019 – September 2021 | Visa
  • Collaborated with four teams on a major redesign of a revenue-generating business pricing model under tight deadlines.
  • Led several cross-team development projects from requirements gathering through production support.
  • Integrated user accounts with several client banks on SSO implementations using Oauth, OIDC and Keycloak.
  • Directed the design and development of key projects, including a rules engine and a feature flag service.
  • Introduced innovative technologies to the organization, such as Liquibase and Spring Cloud Config.
  • Key technologies - Java 11, Spring Boot 2.3, Docker, Kubernetes
Sr. Software Engineer
July 2018 - December 2018 | Intuit
  • Provided LaunchDarkly feature flag tools and services for internal developers.
  • 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.
  • Key technologies - Java 8, Spring Boot 1.5, AWS, LaunchDarkly
Sr. Software Engineer
September 2016 - May 2018 | Awarepoint
  • 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.
  • Key technologies - Java 8, Spring 5.0, Spring Boot 2.0, Kafka 1.0, Angular, MySQL 5.7
Skills
Programming
Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Javascript, Junit, NodeJS, Angular, Ruby
Code Quality
Qualys, Checkmarx, SonarQube, GitHub Copilot
Data Store
MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Redis
Deployment
Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, Microservices, REST API
Education
DePaul University | Chicago, IL
Master of Science in Telecommunication Systems, Computer Science Concentration
St. Xavier University | Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude