resume.json

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    "name": "Ted Armstrong",
    "label": "Senior Software Engineer | Full-Stack TypeScript | Startup Veteran",
    "email": "theodorecarmstrong@gmail.com",
    "phone": "+1 (207) 701-9855",
    "summary": "Full-stack engineer who ships. 10+ years building production systems at high-growth startups (6 River/Shopify, Dandy, Lightforce). Strong in TypeScript, Node, React, and cloud infra. Tech lead experience; comfortable owning 0→1 and scaling. Scrappy, outcome-focused.",
    "location": {
      "countryCode": "USA",
      "city": "Portland",
      "region": "Maine"
    },
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        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "username": "ted-armstrong",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-armstrong/"
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        "network": "GitHub",
        "username": "Shockolate",
        "url": "https://github.com/Shockolate"
      }
    ]
  },
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "Insight Global",
      "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
      "summary": "Contractor for RVO Health",
      "startDate": "2025-10-20",
      "url": "https://www.rvohealth.com/",
      "location": "Remote",
      "highlights": [
        "Shipped RESTful API integrations and data models for Optum Perks, enabling pharmacy home delivery (NestJS, MongoDB, PostgreSQL on Azure)",
        "Built NestJS microservices and Terraform IaC for repeatable, scalable deploys"
      ],
      "keywords": [
        "Typescript",
        "Node.js",
        "NestJS",
        "Azure",
        "REST",
        "Terraform"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dandy",
      "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2025-02-24",
      "endDate": "2025-08-08",
      "summary": "Full service digital dental lab",
      "url": "https://www.meetdandy.com/",
      "location": "Remote",
      "highlights": [
        "Built full-stack MES (React + NestJS, GraphQL, PostgreSQL on GCP) for a digital dental lab; streamlined technician workflows to reduce fulfillment time and boost production efficiency",
        "Owned on-call for production; triaged and resolved incidents promptly"
      ],
      "keywords": [
        "Typescript",
        "Node.js",
        "NestJS",
        "React",
        "GraphQL",
        "PostgreSQL",
        "GCP",
        "MES"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lightforce Orthodontics",
      "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2023-08-28",
      "endDate": "2025-02-14",
      "highlights": [
        "Shipped MES features and workflows for manufacturing technicians (Wilmington factory), improving order visibility and throughput",
        "Led migration of legacy Express.js service to NestJS/TypeScript; reduced tech debt and enabled modern patterns",
        "Designed PostgreSQL schemas and optimized queries; deployed via Serverless + Terraform IaC on AWS",
        "On-call rotation; triaged and resolved production issues"
      ],
      "keywords": [
        "Typescript",
        "Node.js",
        "NestJS",
        "AWS",
        "Serverless",
        "PostgreSQL",
        "MES",
        "Infrastructure As Code"
      ],
      "summary": "The World's First, and Only, Fully-Personalized 3D Printed Orthodontics Bracket System",
      "url": "https://lf.co/",
      "location": "Wilmington, Massachusetts & Remote"
    },
    {
      "name": "6 River Systems (ex Shopify)",
      "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2018-05-07",
      "endDate": "2023-05-04",
      "highlights": [
        "Tech lead for squad of 7 engineers, 2 PMs, 3 QA, 1 UX; shipped TypeScript services (Node, Kubernetes, CQRS/event-driven) powering warehouse automation",
        "Built Behavior Tree workflows deployed to thousands of AMRs, stations, and handhelds across 109+ sites",
        "Designed and migrated dozens of PostgreSQL data models with performant views/indexes (GCP Cloud SQL)",
        "Drove API-first development (OpenAPI, generated types); established org-wide design review for large technical projects",
        "On-call (168hr shifts); mentored engineers on technical and career growth"
      ],
      "keywords": [
        "Typescript",
        "NodeJS",
        "OAS",
        "PostgreSQL",
        "Event Driven Architecture",
        "RESTful APIs",
        "Robot Behavior",
        "GCP",
        "Warehouse Fulfillment",
        "Loopback4"
      ],
      "summary": "Warehouse Fulfillment Automation startup with novel AMR solution. Acquired by Shopify October 2019.",
      "url": "https://6river.com/",
      "location": "Waltham, Massachusetts & Remote"
    },
    {
      "name": "VistaPrint",
      "position": "Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2015-07-06",
      "endDate": "2018-04-27",
      "highlights": [
        "Drove adoption of serverless (AWS) across Manufacturing Software; designed and implemented CI/CD for serverless deploys",
        "Built RESTful microservices in C# (.NET) and Node.js; wrote Ruby developer/build tooling (Rake, RubyGems)"
      ],
      "keywords": [
        "Serverless",
        "AWS",
        "C#",
        ".NET",
        "Javascript",
        "NodeJS",
        "RESTful APIs"
      ],
      "summary": "E-commerce company that produces physical and digital marketing products for small businesses.",
      "url": "https://www.vistaprint.com/",
      "location": "Waltham, Massachusetts"
    },
    {
      "name": "GE Transportation",
      "position": "Embedded Software Intern",
      "startDate": "2014-06-09",
      "endDate": "2014-08-22",
      "highlights": [],
      "keywords": ["C++", "Embedded Software"],
      "summary": "American railroad rolling stock manufacturer.",
      "url": "https://www.ge.com/research/sectors/transportation",
      "location": "Erie, Pennsylvania",
      "description": ""
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "Maine School of Science and Mathematics (MSSM)",
      "studyType": "High School Diploma",
      "startDate": "2008-08",
      "endDate": "2011-05",
      "url": "https://www.mssm.org/"
    },
    {
      "institution": "Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)",
      "url": "https://www.wpi.edu/",
      "area": "Computer Science",
      "studyType": "B.S.",
      "startDate": "2011-08",
      "endDate": "2015-05",
      "score": "3.50 / 4.00 GPA",
      "summary": "Graduated with High Distinction"
    }
  ],
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  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "Backend development",
      "keywords": [
        "Node.js", "NestJS", "PostgreSQL", "REST", "GraphQL", "OpenAPI", "CQRS", "Mocha", "Jest"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Frontend development",
      "keywords": [
        "React", "Angular", "Storybook", "Material UI"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "DevOps & Cloud",
      "keywords": ["GCP", "AWS", "Terraform", "Serverless", "CI/CD", "Infrastructure as Code"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Languages",
      "keywords": ["TypeScript", "JavaScript", "SQL", "C#"]
    }
  ],
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