Andrew Harris

Andrew Harris has a diverse and extensive work history in the software engineering field. Andrew is currently working at Checkr, Inc. as a Staff Software Engineer starting in 2022. Before that, they worked at AppDynamics as a Senior Software Engineer from July 2020 to September 2022. At AppDynamics, they were part of the Microservices Foundation team and achieved notable accomplishments such as launching AppDynamics Cloud and conducting engineering-org-wide surveys.

Prior to AppDynamics, Andrew worked at Braintree from January 2020 to July 2020. During their time at Braintree, they held two roles: Member of Technical Staff and Software Engineer in the Tech Leadership Rotation Program. Andrew was involved with teams such as Platform Database and Sites, Streams, and Search. Andrew achieved several accomplishments, including testing and verifying high-availability PostgreSQL, prototyping infrastructure-as-code pattern for PostgreSQL, modernizing deployment tooling for front-facing website properties, and launching a globally-distributed messaging system using Kafka.

Before their tenure at Braintree, Andrew was employed at PayPal as a Software Engineer from December 2013 to July 2015. Andrew was part of the User Platform team and contributed to the deployment and management of team-level continuous integration infrastructure. Andrew also built a high-concurrency Scala-based RESTful service and provided guidance on REST API adoption and best-practices.

Prior to PayPal, Andrew worked at StackMob as a Software Engineer from August 2012 to December 2013. Andrew'sachievements at StackMob include learning Scala, delivering a three-way integration to support SSL on hosted web content, and being acquired by PayPal.

Andrew's early work experience includes roles at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Andrew served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant from August 2010 to May 2012 and as a Graduate Research Assistant from August 2009 to July 2010.

Overall, Andrew has a strong background in software engineering, with experience in various teams and notable achievements in areas such as cloud infrastructure, database management, and RESTful services.

Andrew Harris has a diverse education history. In 2009, they started pursuing a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree at Virginia Commonwealth University, specializing in Computer Science and Sociology. Andrew successfully completed their undergraduate studies in 2009. Following that, from 2009 to 2012, Andrew pursued further education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where they obtained a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Computer Science.

In 2013, Andrew obtained a certification in "Principles of Reactive Programming" from Coursera. Andrew then went on to gain another certification in 2019, this time in the "Software Product Management Specialization," also from Coursera.

In the same year, Andrew participated in the altMBA program, although no specific degree or field of study was mentioned for this particular experience.

Overall, Andrew Harris's education history showcases their dedication to the field of Computer Science, with a bachelor's and master's degree, as well as certifications in specialized areas.