Alan Snyder / ASNYDER.COM

Resume

Senior software engineer for cloud, backend, AI, and mission-aware systems.

AWS-certified engineer with production experience across NASA Ames, Roku, GoPro, Stanford research software, startups, and current financial technology work. I build practical systems where reliability, security, and clear delivery matter.

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Professional Profile

Principal/Senior software engineer with a long record of building backend services, cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, and research or mission-facing tools. Strong fit for teams that need a senior individual contributor who can move between architecture, implementation, operations, mentoring, and stakeholder communication.

  • Role targets: Senior Software Engineer, Principal Software Engineer, Backend Engineer, Cloud/DevOps Engineer, AWS Architect, AI implementation engineer.
  • Delivery style: Own the path from design through production support, with attention to security, observability, cost, and maintainability.
  • Public-contact path: Recruiters, hiring managers, project leads, and technical reviewers can use the contact form for role-specific resume requests.

Snapshot

  • Current: Principal Software Engineer at Comerica Bank, based on the Oct. 2025 resume update.
  • Cloud: AWS architecture and delivery across Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, S3, Kinesis, DynamoDB, EC2, RDS, Route 53, SageMaker, Step Functions, and CDK.
  • Domains: Aerospace telemetry, financial systems, media platforms, medical imaging, cloud security, collaboration software, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
  • Credentials: AWS Certified Developer Associate, Solutions Architect Associate, and AI Practitioner; inventor on multiple issued patents.

Technical Skill Areas

Hands-on systems, not keyword soup.

AWS & Cloud

Design and delivery of secure, scalable infrastructure and serverless systems.

  • Lambda
  • API Gateway
  • CloudFront
  • S3
  • Kinesis
  • DynamoDB
  • EC2
  • RDS
  • Route 53
  • Step Functions
  • CDK
  • Terraform

Backend & Data

Production backend services, APIs, databases, data ingestion, and automation.

  • Python
  • Java
  • FastAPI
  • Postgres
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • Docker
  • Linux
  • Git

AI, Security & Delivery

Pragmatic AI tooling, secure authentication, CI/CD, and operational support.

  • OpenAI Codex
  • FastMCP
  • NotebookLM
  • NiceGUI
  • JWT
  • OAuth
  • IAM
  • SSO
  • CodeBuild
  • CodeDeploy
  • CloudWatch

Experience Highlights

Selected work from production, research, and mission contexts.

NASA Ames Research Center

Sr. Software Engineer, Nov. 2022 to Mar. 2025

  • Worked on NASA VIPER Moon Rover and aeronautics projects.
  • Primary engineer for a telemetry publishing project designed to make VIPER telemetry public seconds after DSN receipt.
  • Architected an AWS pipeline using CloudFront, API Gateway, Kinesis, DynamoDB, EC2, Redis, and FastAPI.

Roku

Sr. Software Engineer, DevOps/AWS, May 2017 to Dec. 2021

  • Managed 50+ AWS accounts and implemented temporary credential systems with OAuth, IAM, and SSO.
  • Built internal services in Python and Java, including JWT auth and a Slack chatbot using Boto3.
  • Supported AWS services including CloudFormation, Lambda, S3, Route 53, RDS, SageMaker, and VPC.

GoPro, DeVero & Orbital Sidekick

Senior engineering and DevOps roles across cloud product teams

  • Created Lambda-powered CloudWatch dashboards and a drone log visualization pipeline at GoPro.
  • Built high-insert medical record infrastructure with DynamoDB, Kinesis, and Elastic Beanstalk at DeVero.
  • Delivered secure S3 cross-account transfers and AWS CDK/Step Functions work at Orbital Sidekick.

Stanford, Tidebreak & Vuze

Research software, collaboration systems, and distributed media platforms

  • Built ePAD, a web tool for viewing and annotating MRI scans using HTML5 Canvas and GWT.
  • Co-developed workplace collaboration software at Tidebreak with 1,000 deployments.
  • Created a CDN monitoring system and Java-based BitTorrent client work at Azureus/Vuze.

Selected Impact Areas

  • Mission telemetry: Cloud pipeline architecture for public-facing spacecraft telemetry delivery.
  • Cloud security: Multi-account AWS access, temporary credential flows, IAM/SSO integration, and secure transfer workflows.
  • Operational reliability: Monitoring dashboards, incident support, RDS scaling diagnosis, and production migration work.
  • Research tools: Medical imaging annotation and standards-oriented software used in academic research environments.

Credentials & Public Signals

  • AWS certifications: Developer Associate, Solutions Architect Associate, and AI Practitioner badges are linked from the Credentials page.
  • Patents: Multiple issued patents covering mobile location methods and content distribution/watermarking.
  • Education: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • Public research: ePAD medical imaging publications and NASA lunar site preparation proposal are listed on the Credentials page.

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Contact

Recruiters, hiring managers, senior engineers, and project leads: start here.

I am open to conversations about senior software engineering roles, backend/cloud architecture, AWS-heavy project work, AI implementation, and mission-aware systems. A concise note with the role, team context, and timing is enough to begin.

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