John Tran


Software Engineer @ Vanguard

Personal Profile

A highly motivated, hardworking, goal-oriented computer science professional with over three years of experience as an individual and team member at numerous companies. Graduating December 2020 with a Bachelor and Master of Science in Computer Science. Currently working a full-time software developer position to further develop my career and apply the valuable skills I have learned previous co-ops and academic studies.

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology

Computer Science, MS, GPA: 3.940

Distributed Systems Cluster
Capstone: Evaluating the Use of Distributed Hash Tables for Secure Multi-Party Computation

Rochester Institute of Technology

Computer Science, BS, GPA: 3.620, Dean's List

Minor: Mathematics


Work Experience

Software Engineer at Vanguard

March 2021 - Present in Malvern, PA (Remote)

- Design and develop solutions for the Cost Basis Accounting team and Tax team using AWS, Java, and Python:
-- New multi-batch and real-time processes sending accounts and trades reducing the amount of unused threads
-- E-Delivery process consuming accounts and filtering through business logic to send indicators to a vendor
- Stood in as backup Technical Lead to ensure the Tax E-Delivery project met strict regulatory deadlines
- Collaborate with Enterprise and Data Architects to ensure systems developed are well-thought-out
- Coordinate with business and leadership to provide visibility into developmental timelines and overview of possible risks
- Train new team members in Vanguard's technology stack and pass down newly acquired knowledge on a regular basis
- Mentor fellow developers in AWS, good programming practices, and standards to ensure the codebase is maintainable

Software Engineer Co-op at Retail Business Services

June 2020 - March 2021 in Salisbury, NC (Remote)

- Rapidly developed new application features to support new and specific business requirements
- Enhanced existing features for a .NET application to optimize business operations, security, and user experience
- Research and consulted team on transitioning to an effective Agile workflow with CI/CD using MS DevOps
- Participated in sprint grooming, planning, and retrospectives to ensure a successful software development cycle

Storefront Home Services Full Stack Co-op at Wayfair

January 2019 – June 2019 in Boston, MA

- Developed new features rapidly for an in-house operations tool using PHP, ReactJS, and GraphQL
- Interacted with business, product, development, and QA team to ensure requirements were met before MVP
- Owned end-to-end testing for developed features to evaluate product health
- Corrected database integrity issues, worked on critical tickets, and fixed bugs impacting user experience

ICT Financial Services Intern at CNH Industrial Capital

May 2018 – August 2018 in New Holland, PA

- Created four C# test suites to automate data validation of 300,000+ records in a financial system migration
- Created a GUI with ASP.NET to execute Visual Basic scripts for an asset liability application
- Trained team members migrating from a mainframe background on Subversion and C#
- Installed Subversion and designed repository structure

Navigation & Guidance Engineering Co-op at General Electric Aviation Systems

August 2017 – December 2017 in Grand Rapids, MI

- Created, ran, and debugged 20+ test procedures for verification of product requirements
- Coordinated 10 peer reviews for code requirements and checklists for test procedures
- Worked on change requests, priming problem reports, as well as linking deferral criteria

Tier 2 Onsite IT Support Intern at Pepperidge Farm

May – August 2016 & 2017 in Denver, PA

- Provided direct support to 800+ users
- Maintained, installed, configured, and diagnosed hardware and software for office users and plant equipment
- Administrated server and storage capacity as well as directory services

ITS Service Desk Representative at Rochester Institute of Technology

September 2015 – May 2017 in Rochester, NY

- Provided Tier 1 support to members of the RIT community (30,000+ members)
- Logged support tickets and directed issues to appropriate support teams

Programming Languages

  • Java
  • SQL
  • Python
  • ReactJS
  • GraphQL
  • VB.NET
  • C#
  • HTML/CSS
  • PHP
  • C++

Coursework

  • Distributed Systems
  • Data Management
  • Algorithms
  • Computer Networking
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Vision

Applications

  • Docker
  • IntelliJ
  • Visual Studio
  • Pycharm
  • PHPStorm
  • Microsoft DevOps
  • MobaXterm
  • Git
  • Postman
  • Vim