Cory Janowski
HELLO WORLD

Hi, I'm Cory Janowski

Software Engineer
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US

Professional Summary

Software engineer with over 7+ years experience in Software Development, Distributed Systems, Data Ingestion, and Cloud infrastructure. I have extensive production experience with Python, Go, IaC, Observability and Ops tooling.

07+
Years Experience
150+
Formats Integrated
99.9%
Platform Uptime
Timeline

Work Experience

CURRENT ROLESoftware Engineer II
Abre
Jan 2024 - Present
  • Spearheaded the development of a cloud-native data integration platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that ingested 150+ education formats via secure APIs/SFTP into BigQuery, which reduced database load by 40%.

  • Fortified data security by containerizing SFTP servers with Docker and Terraform; implemented strict IP allow-lists and key-based authentication, resolving 4 critical vulnerabilities.

  • Engineered a Golang ingestion pipeline in GCP, processing 45+GB zip files and encoding thousands, reducing manual processing by 10+ hours monthly, and improving application availability.

  • Authored detailed documentation for GCP cloud infrastructure utilizing Terraform, slashing new engineer onboarding time by 50% and accelerating project integration by 30% within the team.

  • Led the creation of detailed API documentation, including SFTP protocols, enabling new engineers to deploy code within the first week, improving initial productivity.

  • Developed a structured behavioral interview question set, decreasing time-to-hire by 15% for Software and Data Engineer roles across six-round interview processes; improved candidate quality scores by 20%.

  • Championed a bi-weekly code review program, personally reviewing 30+ pull requests monthly across all experience levels, resulting in a 30% reduction in pre-deployment holds.

  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve integration complexities, achieving consistent sub-24-hour resolution times for P1 tickets and fostering greater trust across the organization.

Engineer II SDET
Total Expert
Jun 2021 - Dec 2023
  • Maintained email deliverability for over 10 million daily fintect emails, supporting ongoing marketing campaigns and maintaining 99.98% platform uptime with zero downtime incidents on AWS.

  • Implemented a suite of Python/SQL scripts for automated log analysis, enabling rapid detection of anomalies and reduced the number of high-priority escalations by 20% within six months. Monitored on DataDog and AWS.

  • Optimized SQL queries and database schemas in SQL, leading to a 50% reduction in query execution times and improved overall system performance.

Software Engineer | Wireless/Cellular
Apple Inc
Jul 2015 - Jun 2021
  • Engineered Python scripts leveraging regular expressions and pattern matching, enabling rapid identification of urgent VIP wireless support tickets, reducing executive escalation response times to less than four hours.

  • Designed and maintained real-time Splunk dashboards visualizing geospatial wireless Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across major U.S. carriers, cutting issue investigation time by 30% and improving network performance.

Portfolio

Featured Projects

DevOps

Logs & Alerting

A robust log parsing system with configurable alerting mechanisms for real-time monitoring and incident response.

PythonRegexYAMLJSON
Infrastructure

K8s Python ArgoCD

A complete infrastructure-as-code solution for deploying and managing backend applications in production using Kubernetes.

PythonKubernetesArgoCDDockerHelm
ML Systems

Scrapy Play

A powerful web scraping framework for collecting, processing, and analyzing data from various online sources.

PythonScrapyBeautifulSoupRedis
Web App

Ragzzy

A full-stack customer service platform featuring real-time communication, intelligent routing, and comprehensive analytics.

Node.jsReactMongoDBSocket.io
Low Level

TOML & Jerry

A high-performance configuration validator written in Rust that supports multiple configuration formats.

RustTOMLYAMLJSON
Learning

Academic Education

Data Science Certificate

Woz U

Feb 2020 - Dec 2020
Certified
Achievements: Graduated

Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science

Regis University

Jan 2017 - Feb 2018
CS Foundations
CS Foundations, Data Structures, and Algorithms
Expertise

Technical Skills

Development
Cloud & Infra
Observability
Microservices
REST APIs
System Design
Go
Python
TypeScript
Node.js
GCP
AWS
Docker
K8s
Terraform
Grafana
Splunk
DataDog