Sam Shaw

Software Engineer • Distributed Systems • .NET / Cloud • Pragmatic delivery

Selected Work

JPMorgan Chase

Consulting • 2024-2025 • App support + development in a multi-component distributed system
  • Owned production support and delivery work across interconnected services and platforms.
  • Implemented enhancements, fixes, and operational improvements while navigating proprietary integration patterns.
  • Focused on stability, traceability, and fast triage (runbooks, diagnostics, repeatable procedures).
Distributed systemsProd supportDelivery

Bank of America

Consulting • 2023-2024 • Green-field internal tool for delays/fees configuration on central asset accounts
  • Built the latest incarnation of a business-critical internal system from scratch.
  • Delivered a maintainable foundation: clear domain boundaries, testable components, and operational sanity.
  • Collaborated tightly with stakeholders to translate policy complexity into reliable software.
Green-fieldFinance domainReliability

SML-RFID (Xterprise)

Full-time • 2014-2021 • Sr. Software Engineer • RFID inventory solution
  • Core development, support, and maintenance for RFID inventory products and customer deployments.
  • Worked across devices, services, and integrations typical of RFID + enterprise inventory ecosystems.
  • Balanced performance, correctness, and real-world operability in messy environments.
RFIDEnterprise softwareLong-lived systems

Microsoft — Dynamics AX

2010 • SDE • Workflow Wizard
  • Original engineering work on workflow-related tooling (AX Workflow Wizard).
ToolingEnterprise

Nonprofit / Pro Bono

2011-2023 • Selected highlights
  • Child Safety Corps (2021-2023): co-founder, lead developer.
  • Texas SPCA (2019): Pet Resource Center development.
  • Dallas Goethe Center (2018): site rebuild.
  • UT Dallas Center for Brain Health (2011): promotional web app (green-field).
LeadershipCommunity impact

Other

2008–2013
  • DestinationRx / Connecture (2012-2013): Sr. Software Engineer (Standard Team).
  • Innovative Card Scanning (2008-2009): various components.

Education

Achieved B.S. in 2010 and M.S. in 2011; Also Microsoft-Certified Solution Developer (MCSD): App Builder (2021)

Skills Snapshot

C# / .NET (+ Core)ASP.NET Core, MVC, and Web APITypeScriptSQL DockerKubernetesCloudObservability Distributed systemsArchitectureRequirements System, Integration, and Unit Testing