An outline of a lotus logo \\ Cassandra Carey

❯ Objective
To overcome challenges and solve problems through critical, creative, and ethical thinking, I am committed to creating impactful and meaningful solutions while continuously learning and sharing knowledge. I believe in empowering and enabling those around me through collaboration and teamwork to achieve successful results and, hopefully, make a beneficial impact on the world. 🌎
❯ Experience
Consultant  |  Freelance
March 2023 – Present
Technology & Engineering Consultant
Technology and engineering consultant with specialized expertise in artificial intelligence and impactful applications, cloud and hybrid infrastructure & systems architecture, video game design & production, media content pipelines & workflows, startup strategy & growth, team leadership, scalable software development, and process automation. Recognized for building empowered and successful engineering teams that drive innovation, deliver impactful solutions, and create diverse environments that foster inclusive collaboration and shared success.
Engineering Manager  |  NexHealth
August 2022 – March 2023
Engineering Manager of Backend Platform team
Engineering Manager for the Backend team, responsible for scaling the NexHealth platform for SaaS and API customers and their clients. Coordinating with leadership and key stakeholders across multi-domain projects. Managing the planning and prioritization of long-term scaling, performance goals, feature implementation, and regression management, while balancing costs and profitability. Responsible for hiring backend engineers and SDETs. Ensuring my team is always set up for success to deliver world-class engineering solutions.
Senior Engineer  |  Datafold
June 2021 – Feb 2022
Full Stack Cloud Engineer + DevOps
Contributed to Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and Packer for AWS and GCP, supporting SaaS and on-site customer deployments. Migrated application endpoints from Flask to FastAPI, added new endpoints, and extended existing ones. Designed and implemented the initial version of the unified Jobs endpoint for various models and data structures. Performed miscellaneous backend tasks and enhanced GitHub integrations and features.
Machine Learning Platform & Infrastructure Lead  |  Ultraleap
June 2019 – June 2021
Full Stack Cloud Architecture & Web Engineering + DevOps
Led the in-house machine learning platform. Served as the primary contributor and maintainer of the internal hybrid-cloud Machine/Deep Learning research platform (SaaS/PaaS: Rails/Python/JS). Managed overall infrastructure, DevOps development, maintenance, and support; handled the organization's cloud solutions, built and automated CI/CD pipelines, web properties, developer ecosystem, and services for internal, B2B, and B2C endpoints. Conducted R&D proof-of-concept and platform engineering, oversaw data center operations and hardware. Collaborated with multiple teams and departments across Tracking, Engineering, QA, IT, Product, Marketing, and Sales on both inter- and intra-departmental projects.
Senior Engineer & Project Manager  |  Leap Motion (Acquired by Ultraleap)
Oct 2012 – June 2019
Senior Engineer & Project Manager  |  Nov 2014 – June 2019
Co-primary manager, contributor, and maintainer of an internal hybrid-cloud ML/DL PaaS for tracking research, general computation, simulation, and analysis. Full-stack development. Build (CI/CD) pipelines. UX/UI design and implementation. DevOps. Cloud platforms, including AWS, GCP, and Heroku. Skills in Python, Ruby, JavaScript, HTML+CSS, AngularJS, Shell/*Nix, Unity 3D, and Photoshop.
Software Test Engineer / Senior QA Tech Lead  |  Jan 2014 – Nov 2014
Instrumental in establishing the Certification and Quality Assurance departments. Developed testing tools and methodologies. Managed and supervised testing of deliverables to meet deadlines. Extensive experience with Python, Jenkins, and AWS. Maintained consumer website.
Certification Technical Coordinator  |  Oct 2012 – Jan 2014
Performed QA, company IT, and customer support tasks, in addition to hardware/software purchasing and machine assembly. Developed multiple tools and testing frameworks. Built a local computing cluster. Managed WHCK/WHQL device certification. Handled graphic and AV work. Conducted advanced debugging and provided project support.
Certification Technical Coordinator  |  OnLive
March 2010 – August 17, 2012
Responsible for the daily and long-term strategic technical operations and goals of Certification. Coordinated general-purpose and testing tools. Conducted testing, data analytics, and visualization, and guided process improvements. Miscellaneous projects across different departments.
Localization and Quality Assurance Specialist  |  Namco Bandai
January 2010 – March 2010
CQC QA Analyst \ NCG Compliance Analyst  |  Electronic Arts
January 2008 – October 2009
Multimedia Format QA  |  Sony Computer Entertainment America
October 2006 – November 2007
❯ Patents
System, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Controlling an Application Executing on a Server
A system, method, and graphical user interface for playing games and/or executing applications on a tablet-based client. One embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for playing a video game on a tablet-based client device comprising: a virtual controller rendered on a display of the tablet computer, the virtual controller substantially mimicking the control provided by a thumb stick of a physical game controller and providing omnidirectional, free-form movement in a synchronous direction in which a user moves a finger on the display of the tablet-based client.
❯ Game Credits
Mirror's Edge Cover Art
Mirror's Edge
Certification PC Lead - 2008, 2009
Windows, Xbox 360, Playstation 3
Spore Cover Art
Spore
Certification PC Lead - 2008
Windows PC
Lord of the Ring's Cover Art
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
Certification PC Lead - 2009
Windows PC
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Art
Harry Potter: Half-Blood Prince
Testing & Cert Team Leads - 2009
Windows PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, DS
My Sims Cover Art
MySims
Certification - 2008
Windows PC
My Sims Agents Cover Art
MySims: Agents
Certification - 2009
Nintendo DS, Wii
My Sims Party Cover Art
MySims: Party
Certification - 2009
Nintendo DS
SimAnimals Cover Art
SimAnimals
Certification - 2009
Nintendo DS
❯ Skills
» Technical Leadership, People & Project Management
» Application and System Architecture Design
» Cloud Computing and Pipeline Automation
» Full-stack Development (Python, Ruby, JS, SQL, HTML+CSS)
» UX/I Design (Wireframes & Mockups)
» Dashboards & Documentation
» FastAPI / Flask, SQLAlchemy, Rails / AR, AngularJS, CS/TS/JS
» AWS & GCP (EC2, S3, SQS, CW/F/T, IAM, SG, ECR, VPC, etc)
» ML/DL infrastructure, frameworks, and concepts
» Project Tracking GitHub / GitLab, Jira, DevTrack, Radmine
» Waterfall, Agile & Scrum, Kanban Methodologies
» Knowledge Share (Notion, Confluence, Markdown, Wiki)
» Video Games: Design, Production, Asset Pipelines, Dev, QA
» Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Premiere, Audition
» Cinema 4D, Unity 3D, Unreal Engine
» Containers / VMs: Docker, VMware, VBox, Kubes
» Windows / Linux Scripting & Pipelining
» CI/CD; Jenkins, TravisCI, GitHub Actions, Gitlab
» Datadog, Sentry, NewRelic
» Heroku, Ansible, Terraform
» PyCharm, RubyMine, Visual Studio, VS Code, Xcode, CMake
» Linux, Mac & Windows, Tablet and Mobile Devices
» Windows WHQL / WHCK
» Hardware & Software Troubleshooting, Diagnostics, & Debugging
❯ Education
University of California Santa Barbara
Computer Science / English Major
Completed first year of college education.
❯ References
Available upon request