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Brandon Ward

Senior Software Engineer @ StackHawk · Denver, CO

Builder of reliable platforms, integrations, and teams that ship with confidence.

I lead delivery for security and platform teams—shipping integrations, modernizing state, and tightening CI/CD so releases move from months to days.

Highlights

Lightkeeper Award (Q1 2021)

Schwab: Key Contributor, Tech Services Champion, Mad Skillz

Releases accelerated: 3 months → 1 week

Integrations shipped: GitHub, Snyk, Azure DevOps

Custom Gradle plugins and CI/CD guardrails

11+

Years shipping production

3

K8s migrations led

4

CI/CD revamps

10+

Platform integrations

Case Studies

Impact highlights

Integrations, delivery acceleration, and platform starters—shipped with guardrails.

Experience

Timeline & awards

A decade delivering Kotlin/Java services, cloud migrations, CI/CD upgrades, and mentorship.

Senior Software Engineer · StackHawk

Denver, CO

Jan 2022 – Present

  • • Shipped Kotlin/Spring Boot services exposing REST + gRPC for security scanning workflows.
  • • Delivered GitHub, Snyk, and Azure DevOps integrations via Argo Workflows/Jobs with hardened rollout paths.
  • • Modernized React SPA state (redux → nanostores) and performance tuning to cut bundle weight.
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Senior Software Engineer · Promontory MortgagePath

Remote

Feb 2021 – Dec 2021

  • • Lightkeeper Award (Q1 2021) for delivery and mentoring.
  • • Ran architecture reviews to align services with platform standards and reliability targets.
  • • Uplifted Kubernetes development clusters; CI/CD + release cadence accelerated from 3 months to 1 week.
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Software Engineer · Promontory MortgagePath

Remote

May 2019 – Feb 2021

  • • Built event-sourced Spring Boot services (Axon) in Kotlin/Java.
  • • Evolved REST + GraphQL APIs with backward compatibility and consumer safety.
  • • Delivered Angular/TypeScript web app enhancements with UX partners.
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Software Engineer · Zen Planner

Highlands Ranch, CO

Nov 2018 – May 2019

  • • Migrated applications to AWS-hosted Kubernetes with observability in place.
  • • Improved CI/CD with custom git hooks and Jenkins pipelines for faster feedback.
  • • Mentored teams on Spring Boot and Java patterns.
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Contact

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