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Software Engineer

D’onte’ Ballard

Full-stack engineer with 6+ years building and shipping reliable software. Currently at the Federal Aviation Administration. SAFe 5 DevOps Practitioner with an active Public Trust clearance.

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Experience

Software Engineer II

Apr 2022 — Present

Federal Aviation Administration · Oklahoma City, OK

  • Maintain and improve enterprise applications with C#, .NET 6, and AngularJS.
  • Cut user errors by 25% and support tickets by 15% through performance and UI work.
  • Built CI/CD pipelines with Python and SQL, raising deployment success by 20% and test coverage to 95%.

Software Developer

Dec 2019 — Apr 2022

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  • Built full-stack apps with C#, React, Vue, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL.
  • Improved scalability by 30% and API response times by 25%.
  • Moved deployments to Docker on Azure, reducing release errors by 20%.

Skills

Languages
Java · Go · C# · Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · PHP · SQL
Frameworks
.NET 6 · React · Vue · AngularJS · REST · Selenium · TestNG · Appium
Cloud & DevOps
AWS · Azure · OpenShift · Kubernetes · Terraform · CI/CD · GitHub
Data
PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Oracle · MS SQL · Tableau

About

I build software that holds up in production: clear interfaces, solid automation, and systems that are easy to operate. Most of my recent work is enterprise .NET and front-end modernization inside regulated environments.

Based in Oklahoma City. Open to roles where ownership, delivery quality, and strong engineering fundamentals matter.

Education

Programming & Software Development

Moore Norman Technology Center

GPA 4.0 · National Technical Honor Society · BPA President

2020

Contact

For opportunities, questions, or introductions, email works best.

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