Lars Benedetto
Software Engineer
About
I love designing and building software. I focus primarily on the server, though I also enjoy building Android apps.
Work Experience
March 2019 – Pres
Software Engineer
Too Good To Go is the world's number 1 app for fighting food waste.
Highlights
- Build features for other backend developers. Example: SNS/SQS integration for message sending. Redis for distributed caching. Spring Aspect annotations to allow other developers to easily inject complex functionality
- Build endpoints for the frontend to use
- Write and maintain Unit and Intergration tests
January 2020 – December 2020
DevOps Engineer
Too Good To Go is the world's number 1 app for fighting food waste.
Highlights
- Manage our AWS infrastructure via the Web UI and Terraform
- Build testing and deploy pipelines with Jenkinsfiles
- Manage Helm charts
- Manage and monitor Kubernetes cluster via ArgoCD and Rancher
October 2018 – June 2019
Android Developer
Too Good To Go is the world's number 1 app for fighting food waste.
Highlights
- Build new features for the Android App
- Kotlin, Coroutines
May 2018 – August 2018
Software Developer
Firecracker Software is a United States company that makes word games for iOS, Android, and the Web
Highlights
- Build the native Android GDPR system for use in all previous and future products
- Wrote mini-games in C++ for integration into new game
- Collaborate with artists to design UI and UX of new game
October 2016 – May 2018
Software Developer
VIP Traders is a United States company specializing in the import and export of used and slightly-used vehicles and equipment
Highlights
- Build company website for customers to access company services
- Build an Android app for scanning VIN bar-codes into an cloud spreadsheet
- Design office automation utilities
- Provide general tech support
June 2014 – August 2014
Programming Instructor
Teach middle school age students to program at summer camp
Highlights
- Designed a lesson plan for teaching approximately 25 students the basics of programming through AppInventor and Scratch
Volunteer
TeConnections
September 2011 – June 2013
Technician
Spokane Public Schools "Reuse before Recycle" program for repairing computers to be distributed to those in need
Highlights
- Dismantle donated broken computers and assemble the working parts into a computer for redistribution to those in need
Contact
2603 W Courtland Ave
Spokane, Washington 99205 USA
+1 509 499 2028
Education
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2013 2018
Eastern Washington University
Bachelors
Computer Science
Skills
Backend Development
Spring
Elasticsearch
Redis
MySql
Microservices
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Helm
Rancher
Terraform
Jenkins
ArgoCD
Web Development
HTML
CSS
Javascript
Typescript
SQL
PHP
Languages
Java
Kotlin
Dart
C++
C
Python
Application Development
Android
RxJava
Retrofit
Flutter
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