Adam (AJ) Heflin

OpenShift Advanced Cluster Security · Tampa, FL

• Developed new services in Go using gRPC and protocol buffers.
• Implemented a Custom Resource Definition and controller to reconcile Kubernetes objects with a Go gRPC API, keeping state consistent across platforms.
• Improved a Postgres-backed data model that uses protocol buffers to model the stored data.
• Created and supported GraphQL resolvers in the Go API to extend GraphQL support to new and modified storage models.
• Collaborated on new designs and iteratively improved design documents with other engineers.
• Worked with customers to resolve concerns and ship critical new features.
• Added metric tracking across the Go backend into Prometheus and Grafana.

Tampa, FL

• Built the marketing storefront from the ground up with Next.js.
• Extended an existing PHP billing system to automate repetitive processes.
• Developed distributed game-hosting panel software in Go: a daemon on each node and a panel on a control-plane node acting as a single point of entry for users.
• Grew a customer base of over 1,000 customers by consistently delivering new features and quality support.
• Automated tasks, infrastructure deployments, rollouts, and upgrades in JavaScript, Java with Spring Boot, and Go.
• Created a layered, automated backup system that ships to multiple object storage platforms for redundancy.

Disney Central · Tampa, FL

• Created a backend framework in Java with Spring Boot for current and future APIs.
• Created a React.js framework for frontend applications to be built on.
• Provisioned and deployed a full-scale Kubernetes cluster in the Disney Private Cloud.
• Deployed a fully customized GitLab Runner on the cluster for specialized pipelines.
• Mentored teammates on new technologies, debugging, and deepening existing skills.
• Developed and released 8+ full-scale applications.
• Worked with clients and stakeholders to gather requirements and iterate on feedback through every stage of the lifecycle.

Tallahassee, FL

• Built NLP pipelines in Python for analyzing résumés.
• Built full-stack applications from the ground up with Spring Boot and React.
• Assisted on cybersecurity work toward a CMMC certification.
• Completed the prerequisites for AWS Certified Solutions Architect, deploying to EC2, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, ECS, and S3.

Co-owner, Reizor Hosting LLC · Go, Next.js, PHP, Spring Boot

A distributed game-hosting platform in Go, from the node daemon to the storefront, serving over 1,000 customers.

Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat · Go, gRPC, Protobuf, Kubernetes, Postgres, GraphQL

Go services, a Kubernetes controller and data-model work on Red Hat's Kubernetes security platform.

Software Engineer, The Walt Disney Company · Spring Boot, React, Docker, Kubernetes

A disposition tracker that turns tens of thousands of daily call outcomes into trends Disney used to measure guest initiatives.

Software Engineer, The Walt Disney Company · Kubernetes, GitLab Runner

A daily-use internal tool that puts logs, user sessions and access fixes for every app in one place.

Open-source contributor · Java, GitHub Actions

Open-source Java contributions to the mods in a Minecraft modpack, across large codebases with many contributors.