PAUL VAN DYKE
Full Stack Software Engineer
Professional Experience
Senior Developer
Jan 2026 – Present
Haworth
- Modernizing legacy applications using the Strangler Fig pattern and microservices architecture with TypeScript, C# / .NET, and Angular
- Mentoring junior developers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance
- Implementing over 250 integration tests covering legacy API endpoints
Software Engineer
Oct 2022 – Oct 2025
Innerspace Healthcare
- Developed a SvelteKit/TypeScript cloud endoscopy and security suite documenting IoT locks and cabinets via AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS, and AWS IoT — innerspace.cloud
- Leveraged Vite to build and optimize applications for AWS Lambda serverless deployments
- Refactored legacy Vue.js and Python Flask cloud suite into a modern, serverless architecture to improve scalability, maintainability, and code quality
- Migrated PostgreSQL (Amazon RDS) database to AWS DynamoDB, reducing AWS operational costs by over $300/month and delivering consistent, single-digit millisecond latency
- Provisioned cloud infrastructure with Terraform (HCL) for reproducible Infrastructure-as-Code deployments across staging and production
- Implemented comprehensive unit testing with Vitest and Jest
- Engineered custom React Cards that extended HubSpot functionality and improved CRM workflows
- Automated CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for continuous integration and serverless deployments
- Integrated Generative AI into the SDLC using Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and AI-assisted code review tools
- Styled responsive and mobile-friendly UI layouts with Tailwind CSS
Software Engineer
Nov 2019 – Sep 2022
Equivant
- Developed and maintained an ASP.NET (C#) single-page application with over 400 pages in an Agile/Scrum environment, collaborating closely with QA and DevOps
- Engineered and supported 700+ Selenium WebDriver integration tests
- Led team meetings on automation goals and strategy
- Automated security vulnerability and code quality scans with SonarQube
- Integrated Google Sheets API with Node.js scripts for automated test reporting
- Committed, merged, and reviewed code with Azure Repos
Software Developer
Aug 2018 – Sep 2019
Healthbridge
- Developed and debugged React & Redux front-end in ES6 with Babel and Webpack for a financial SaaS product focused on HSA overdraft protection
- Engineered Cypress integration tests, increasing code coverage by 40%
- Designed k6 capacity tests to ensure scalability under high load
- Automated QA tasks with Robot Framework End-to-End tests
- Collaborated with the UI/UX teams via Invision
- Customized SCSS styling to integrate with third-party libraries
- Connected front end React components to a Java Spring Boot REST API
Security Operations Analyst
Jul 2017 – Jul 2018
Calvary Solutions
- Supported incident response workflows and documentation in compliance with NERC CIP standards
- Provided Tier 1 security monitoring and network latency investigations for 80+ power plants
Software Developer
Jan 2017 – Jul 2017
Galvanize
- Built client side web application with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and jQuery
- Utilized Google Firebase for client side hosting
- Deployed RESTful APIs with Node, Express, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB to Heroku
Non-Commissioned Officer
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015
Marine Corps
- Managed weapons and sensitive equipment totaling millions of dollars
- Attained secret clearance
- Awarded Meritorious Mast