Donald Woodward

Senior Software Engineer

Blend

Dec 2022 - Current (3 years 9 months)

Led end-to-end delivery of a unified SaaS application spanning frontend architecture and backend services, supporting 2 consumer lending products used by 10K+ monthly active customers.Built and maintained a shared UI platform of 150+ reusable components across 6+ product areas, accelerating development velocity by 30% through the use of AI coding assistants for refactoring, test creation, and faster iteration.Delivered high-performance consumer experiences using React and Next.js, improving SEO rankings from page 3 to page 1 and reducing time-to-interactive (TTI) by 40%.Designed and implemented transactional APIs handling 50K+ requests per minute, sustaining 95ms P99 latency under peak production traffic.Introduced a GraphQL aggregation lay

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Senior Software Engineer

Curative inc

Feb 2020 - Nov 2022 (2 years 10 months)

Collaborated closely with the CTO and clinical leadership to build and scale a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination platform, serving millions of users at peak demand.Shipped a nationwide healthcare SaaS application using React, Next.js, and Python services, supporting millions of users across 50+ states.Constructed appointment orchestration logic using transactional endpoints, Redis locking, and background workers, coordinating 100K+ bookings per week.Tuned frontend-backend interactions to maintain sub-200ms response times, increasing patient self-service completion rates by 15%.Enforced secure communication boundaries with TLS/mTLS and JWT, validating 100% of inbound payloads against healthcare compliance schemas.Coordinated 120+ production re

Senior Full Stack Developer

Valtech

Jul 2018 - Feb 2020 (1 year 8 months)

Enhanced customer-facing React applications, reducing technical debt by 30% on revenue-critical flows.Implemented real-time inventory visibility via WebSocket-driven APIs, delivering updates within 100ms for 10K+ concurrent users.Integrated predictive recommendation services achieving 95%+ accuracy, enhancing conversion across 3 major purchase journeys.Improved backend data throughput by optimizing PostgreSQL queries and introducing distributed read paths, boosting response speeds by 60%.Rolled out a feature-flag experimentation framework supporting 100+ simultaneous tests, allowing safe iteration across teams.Authored 10+ operational and API documents, decreasing ramp-up time for new hires by 20%.Technologies Used: JavaScript, TypeScript,

Software Engineer

Remind

Mar 2016 - Jun 2018 (2 years 4 months)

Refined 9 Python-based microservices handling billions of messages annually, maintaining 99.99% availability.Delivered interactive Angular features serving 1M+ simultaneous users, including polling and real-time classroom engagement tools.Designed asynchronous processing workflows for 3 core messaging capabilities, ensuring 100% anonymization of personal data.Powered live classroom feedback using WebSockets and PostgreSQL pub/sub, achieving sub-second delivery latency.Exposed service endpoints supporting 5+ mobile integrations, enabling seamless media exchange on iOS and Android.Reduced release overhead by 5+ minutes per deploy through Docker standardization and ECS rollout improvements.Technologies Used: JavaScript, Angular, Python (Flask)

Full Stack Developer

RealtyMogul

Jan 2015 - Mar 2016 (1 year 3 months)

Revamped the investor and borrower dashboards, launching 10+ high-impact features that increased investor engagement by 25%.Reworked 30+ database queries and introduced layered caching, reaching a 90% hit ratio on core endpoints.Completed Regulation A+ feature expansion within a 3-month window, enabling 100% regulatory compliance.Modeled transactional financial records supporting $20M+ in quarterly distributions, ensuring consistency and audit readiness.Validated financial calculations through automated testing, achieving 95% coverage and eliminating annual reporting discrepancies.Technologies Used: JavaScript, AngularJS, Node.js (Express), REST APIs, MySQL, AWS, Heroku, GitHub, Jira

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