Bradley Weller

About Bradley Weller

Accomplished Software Engineer utilizing creative, customer-focused technical solutions…

Experience

1. Lead Software Engineer

   Morningstar

   Jul 2021 — Present

   Key member of small, Agile team tasked with developing and maintaining complex and highly utilized, custom built content management system and all its components, used daily by over 200 analysts, audio and video content creators, and editors around the globe with its content and data being pushed through a workflow consisting of ratings committee approval, editorial review, and then disseminated out to products within, and clients outside, the firm. • Largest component of CMS is fully custom UI utilizing Asp.net MVC, AJAX, and various Javascript libraries, using nHibernate to SQL Server. • CMS data served via Restful API in XML and JSON formats to products, with over 30 million calls a day, written in C# and served on premise and via AWS API Gateway, authenticated through a Lambda, and trafficking/disaster recovery through Route 53. • CMS backend processes written in Python, Powershell.Net, and SSRS, pushing/retrieving XML and various other formatted files and data to/from products, translation companies, and external clients. • Code base committed to Stash, builds configured in Jenkins, and weekly deployments via UDeploy. • Agile development life cycle working closely with stakeholders to clearly define project epics/stories while participating extensively in Agile ceremonies including daily scrum meetings, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, sprint showcases, and regularly scheduled agile health checks. • Designated U.S. Data Collection’s Security Champion, evangelizing the importance of application security through training\'s of OWASP principles and practices. • Developed custom chart builder using Vue, D3.js, and Node.js, incorporating firm’s branded design, and designated project and developer lead, working closely with stakeholders to integrate all of firm’s chart building into the tool. • Received firm’s Star Performer Award in 2016 for making an exceptional contribution to firm’s business and promoted in 2017.

Education

• Illinois State University

  Bachelor of Science, Technology

  1998 — 2003

Skills

• Sql
• Microsoft Excel
• Xml
• Project Management
• Testing
• Databases
• Node.js
• C#
• Javascript
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Access
• Integration
• Visio
• Asp.net
• Software Documentation
• Javascriptmvc
• Visual Basic
• .net
• Oracle
• Javascript Libraries
• Npm
• Sharepoint
• Node
• Vb.net