My Resume#

ckilgore@kingthrillgore.name

ghostfreeman@gmail.com

Results Oriented, Quality First Software Engineer#

For over a decade, I have aimed to advance the arts and sciences of web development in a variety of platforms and web-oriented technologies. My focus on client and experience driven software development, emerging technologies, and providing outstanding ability to organize, lead, and execute projects of varying scope.

Experience#

Software Developer | Illumifin | December 2023 - October 2025#

  • Maintenance of insurance clearinghouse software for insurance providers Using PHP, Laravel, VueJS, and React Mobile.
  • New Feature development for Clearinghouse software oriented towards cross-business integration, Microsoft Entra ID Authentication, Mobile Application support, and Refinement of Record management.
  • Ongoing maintenance assured 99.97% Uptime of platform and reduced support calls by 1/3rd in FY 2025.
  • Management of infrastructure within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, and Azure DevOps.
  • Integration with Google Cloud, Timezone API, Twilio APIs, Additional First and Third Party REST and JSON APIs
  • Management of Job Queue and Messaging Queue Systems
  • Guided and informed technical decisions on document generation and management.
  • Testing and QA process enhancements.
  • Addressed and managed OWASP vulnerabilities in web and mobile applications.

Frontend Web Developer | WebDevStudios | May 2023 - June 2023#

  • Handled development of headless WordPress components in React and JavaScript.
  • Additional HTML, CSS, SCSS, PHP, and JavaScript development for WordPress site building

Software Developer | Crystal Knows | November 2021 - July 2022#

  • Development of application functionality in Ruby on Rails, React, and TypeScript.
  • Chrome Extension development using TypeScript, including user interface development.
  • Helped advise architecting of AI components for scalability and changing business needs.
  • Docker container development for AWS and changing CPU architecture.
  • Test driven development using RSpec

Software Engineer | CoreCommerce | May 2021 - November 2021#

  • Development of new invoicing microservices for their payment gateway application with Laravel, PHP, VueJS, and AWS Lambda
  • Vendor payment gateway API integration.
  • Database administration for MySQL via AWS.
  • Advised on, and aided in implementing a differing microservice-based architecture for the payment gateway to improve fault tolerance.
  • Project management on new features for invoicing and scheduled payments.

Senior Web Developer | Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Interactive) | Februrary 2018 - May 2021#

  • Ongoing development of custom CMS based on PHP and the Phalcon framework, with JavaScript components for over 2 Million Average Unique visitor-driven websites.
  • Integration with additional publication systems using RESTful components and RabbitMQ.
  • Database administration for MySQL via AWS RDS, DynamoDB, and Redis.
  • Development of email campaign systems through AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, vendor APIs, and a custom PHP-based daemon
  • Additional development with .NET and C# for ongoing maintenance of a custom CMS.
  • Additional Microsoft Azure support.
  • Addressed and managed OWASP vulnerabilities across projects.
  • Advised on EU GDPR and California CCPA, and developed compliance systems.
  • Project management on Email integration, AMP page generation, and performance enhancements

Web Developer | PopCulture Media | November 2017 - February 2018#

  • Development of custom CMS using PHP, Javascript and Phalcon Framework.
  • Additional services development with NodeJS.
  • Management of Amazon AWS components for platform, including EC2 and CodeDeploy.

Software Developer | Community Loans of America | May 2016 - September 2017#

  • Object-Oriented PHP Web Development within the SuiteCRM system.
  • New Application development and maintenance for clients using AngularJS, implementing custom-defined SuiteCRM REST services.
  • Integration with DocuSign and other document verification vendors via REST API services.
  • Project planning and management.
  • Coordinated unit testing automation for PHP and AngularJS applications.
  • Additional DevOps/IT Ops support, including assisting with a Subversion-to-Git migration and build automation.

Previous Experience | 2007-2016#

Nearly a decade of prior development experience with a variety of technologies, content management systems, and frameworks for companies big and small. Technologies used include PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, and HTML5. Full details available on my LinkedIn Profile.

Volunteering#

Secretary | Freeside Atlanta | 2013#

Handled responsibilities expected as Secretary for the Freeside Atlanta makerspace. Learned a lot about herding cats, and my own tolerances managing said cats.

Skills#

  • Agile software development
  • AWS
  • Business Development
  • C#
  • Command Query Responsibility Segregation
  • Continuous Integration
  • Data Oriented Development
  • Docker
  • Evaluative Assessment
  • Git
  • HTML/CSS
  • Javascript
  • JSON
  • Kanban
  • Kubernetes
  • Linux
  • Messaging Systems
  • Microservices
  • MySQL
  • NodeJS
  • Project Management
  • Python
  • React
  • Redis
  • REST
  • Scrum
  • Semiotics
  • Software Architecture
  • TypeScript
  • Unix
  • Virtualization
  • VueJS
  • XML

Languages#

  • English (Native Speaker)
  • French (Intermediate)
  • Korean (Basic)

Citizenship#

  • United States
  • United Kingdom

Education#

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga#

Bachelors Degree, Computer Science Business Systems

Georgia Northwestern Technical College#

Associates Degree, Information Technology/Web Design