Jack Kenney

Full Stack Software Engineer @Paytronix

Newton, MA, US

As part of Paytronix joining The Access Group, my role has these attributes now:• Strong technical foundation, including maintainable code practices, software design, and operational considerations (e.g. security, observability, scalability, performance, reliability).• Works independently to deliver high-quality code and solutions while actively seeking feedback through code reviews and peer collaboration.• Writes clean, self-documenting code and actively participates in improving team coding standards. • Develops a passion for code quality and maintainability, reducing areas of technical debt and championing best practices.• Takes initiative in improving development processes, contributing to the team\'s ability to achieve Continuous Deployment (e.g. tooling improvement, reducing friction in releasing software through automation, good use of processes, and tools to increase the cadence of releases).• Understands business value, provides solutions and steps to deliver value incrementally ensuring high-impact outcomes.• Acts as a mentor, assisting junior developers and facilitating knowledge-sharing.• Documents features, shares knowledge, and ensures that critical information is not siloed.• Contributes to incident resolution, debugging issues efficiently, and improving system stability.• Understands automated testing principles, applies best practice automated approaches (TDD / BDD, integration, end-to-end and performance) where applicable.• Works to improve the reliability of tests and improve test coverage.• Actively engages in team discussions, retrospective meetings, and process improvements.

Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, UMass Amherst

B.Sc., Computer Science

Friends Academy

Middle School Diploma

Dartmouth High School

Graduated with Distinction, General Education

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Master of Science - MS, Computer Science