Paul Jimenez
pj@place.org

Objective:

Strengths:

• Familiar with Python, Javascript, Java, Perl, C, bash scripting, zig, nim, etc, to varying degrees
• Much backend web programming experience - CGIs, servlets, flask, quart, websockets
• Linux kernel and device driver experience on embedded systems
• Unix system administration experience (Linux (Debian and Ubuntu), some other Unix)
• Network management experience from LAN to international WAN
• Internet enthusiast since 1993. I have maintained my own Debian linux-based machine (place.org) on the Internet for personal experimentation, research, and network interaction since 1995.
• Quick learner able to adapt to new technologies with a minimal learning curve.

Tools:

SCM/Version Control

git, subversion, perforce, hg, bzr, cvs

Bug Tracking

Github, JIRA, Bugzilla, Fogbugz, RoundUp, Trac

Build Systems

make, pip, npm, ant, Docker

Wiki

Github, MoinMoin, Trac

CI

Github, CircleCI, Pipelines, TravisCI, CruiseControl, Hudson/Jeeves

DevOps

Ansible, direnv, nix

Editors

Eclipse, vim, Idea

Experience:

October 2021 - now

Senior Software Engineer, Sustaining Team at Zimperium, P1 and P2 bug fixes and backend development. Stack/tools: python, django, django-rest-framework, AWS Glue, Terraform. Java, javascript, PHP, Datadog, ELK stack, nodecf, teamcity, postgres among others.

August 2018 - October 2021

Cofounder, Owner, Architect, Developer at NextPrime, a financial technology company. Developed and implemented a prime brokerage API for venues and banks to update shared balances in real-time with python and etcd. Pivoted to build a cryptocurrency trading platform including data gathering, back testing, and active trading across six different venues.

January 2017 - October 2017

Devops and Development for Aquanta. Implememented Continuous Integration using Atlassian Bitbucket and Pipelines. Automated cloud deployment with Ansible, with local deployment via Vagrant for development and testing. Coordinated and managed AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, Lambda, Cloudwatch, etc). Wrote backend integrations with Nest and IFTTT.

February 2014 - September 2016

Co-founder, Sysadmin, developer for GrupoARC, a cryptocurrency trading fund. Configured and maintained multiple cloud VPS platforms for trading and internal coordination purposes. Wrote multiple trading platforms in Python, using actor frameworks thespian and candygram. Integrated with multiple bitcoin exchanges. Integrated with pyalgotrade. Implemented multiple automated trading strategies.

July 2008 - 2013

Owner, AnyPlaceGames - Wrote two Android apps: PolyFall and PhitLog (unpublished)

Apr 2007 - January 2014

Senior QA Manager for SmartBear Software. Automated testing of core product using Ant, Java, jUnit, and XMLUnit. Continuous Integration using CruiseControl and Hudson first internally and then in the cloud. Custom internal cloud tools development for load testing and bug replication. Core product developer.

Jan 2005 - Feb 2007

Senior Sysadmin for RGM Advisors, LLC. Designed and implemented datacenter network architecture for locations around the world. Deployed Asterisk PBX with Polycom VOIP phones. Used FAI and custom Debian packages to deploy, maintain, and grow a Debian linux cluster of Dell and Supermicro Xeons and Opterons from 30 to 90+ machines. Deployed Apple XServe RAID, Coraid, and Agami storage solutions.

Jun 2002 - Jun 2004

Product development for Deepfile (now StoredIQ), of a Linux-based appliance with custom (mostly Python) software. Took the lead in automating integration-level test cases. Used FAI to automate beta and production build systems to allow build-to-order in under 10 minutes. Architected and implemented core product infrastructure using Python and C interfaces to MySQL, Postgres, SMB, AFS, NFS with a Webware (python servlet) front end. Eventually ended up with Patent #7610329 and Patent #8898101

Oct 2001 - Apr 2002

Contract programming for Musenki helping to port ppcboot (a powerpc bootloader) and linux to the Motorola MPC8245 (603e core) on custom hardware, using C and some PowerPC assembly.

Mar 2001 - Sept 2001

Programmer for Agenda Computing. Cross-platform development of linux device drivers for the NEC VR4181 (MIPS-based) CPU embedded in the Agenda VR3 PDA using C. Also some application development for said platform using C++. Laid off when company closed.

Education:

• Junior level hours at Texas A&M University toward a Computer Science degree. Completed courses include: Data Structures, C, Analysis of Algorithms, Calculus through Differential Equations, and Discrete Math (including set theory and combinatorial math)
• Klein Oak High School Graduate with Honors.

Me other places:

References available upon request.