Hi, I'm Jerry Holland
Senior Software Engineer | 13 Years Experience
Building scalable, high-performance applications with expertise in full-stack development, cloud architecture, and system optimization.
About Me
I'm a senior software engineer with 13 years across full-stack development, back-end architecture, and embedded systems. I focus on building scalable, high-performance applications with modern cloud technologies and a microservices approach.
Currently a Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead at SoftPro, building the new ledger and register experience for the Sky platform — letting closing teams balance the register for a real-estate transaction file. My team is building it as a greenfield microservice on AKS behind a modern Angular front end, integrated with SoftPro's established Select backend. Alongside the full-stack work, I lead our team's adoption of AI in the development workflow — building custom agents, maintaining shared Copilot instructions, and authoring reusable prompts — and I partner with product to scope work and shape technical direction.
Outside of feature work, I focus on performance tuning, system optimization, and mentoring other developers. I lean on test-driven development and Agile practices, and I make a habit of learning continuously.
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Recent Technical Achievements
Enterprise Cloud Platform Migration
- ▸Architected and executed cloud infrastructure migration for multi-tenant SaaS platform
- ▸Implemented dual authentication provider system with seamless failover
- ▸Reduced infrastructure costs by 30% while improving scalability
Database Performance Optimization
- ▸Identified and resolved critical query bottlenecks in high-traffic application
- ▸Optimized complex SQL queries handling 50K+ records with sub-second response times
- ▸Improved overall system performance by 15% through strategic indexing
Real-Time Data Pipeline Architecture
- ▸Built distributed data collection system processing 100K+ data points per minute
- ▸Implemented robust error handling and retry logic for industrial data sources
- ▸Designed monitoring and alerting system with predictive analytics capabilities
Skills & Technologies
Languages & Frameworks
Java
C#
.NET
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Angular
Node.js
React
Cloud & DevOps
AWS
Azure
Kubernetes
Docker
Jenkins
GitLab CI/CD
Git
Databases & Messaging
PostgreSQL
SQL Server
Redis
RabbitMQ
Geode
Architecture & Design
REST APIs
Microservices
Multi-Tenancy
Distributed Systems
OAuth/OIDC
Event-Driven Architecture
Technical Capabilities
Architecture & Design
Performance Engineering
DevOps & Infrastructure
Data Engineering
Problem-Solving Highlights
Challenge
Legacy authentication system causing frequent user lockouts and poor session management
Solution
Implemented modern OAuth/OIDC flow with refresh token management and dual authentication provider support for seamless failover
Impact
Reduced authentication support tickets by 75%, improved user satisfaction scores, and enabled single sign-on capabilities
Challenge
Complex database queries timing out in production, causing application slowdowns and poor user experience
Solution
Analyzed execution plans, identified bottlenecks, added strategic indexes, and refactored complex CTEs for better query optimization
Impact
Reduced query execution time from 45 seconds to under 3 seconds, dramatically improved user experience and system throughput
Challenge
Manual data import process prone to errors, consuming significant staff time and causing data quality issues
Solution
Built automated import system with comprehensive validation, error recovery mechanisms, and transactional rollback capabilities
Impact
Eliminated 95% of data import errors, freed up 10+ hours per week of staff time, and improved data quality metrics
Professional Experience
Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead
Current- ▸Tech-leading full-stack development of greenfield ledger/register functionality for SoftPro's Sky platform — register balancing for real-estate transaction files, built as a new microservice on AKS with an Angular front end and integrated with the existing Select backend for file data
- ▸Leading the team's AI-in-development initiative — building custom AI agents, maintaining shared Copilot instructions, and authoring reusable prompt files to standardize and accelerate the dev workflow
- ▸Partnering with product to plan and scope team work, clarify requirements, and research technical implementation, while modernizing the Angular app to the latest version of Angular
Senior Web Developer
- ▸Architecting cloud-hosted web applications using .NET, AWS, Azure with EKS/AKS, RDS, RabbitMQ, and S3/Azure Blob storage
- ▸Developing REST APIs with multi-threaded data processing and real-time account management
- ▸Leading UI/UX redesign with Angular and TypeScript, mentoring junior developers in TDD and Agile practices
Software Developer
- ▸Engineered high-performance data infrastructure with 64-bit architecture upgrade enabling limitless storage capacity
- ▸Achieved 11% database query performance improvement and 7% Java execution efficiency gains
- ▸Automated CI/CD pipelines increasing developer productivity by 15% with reduced deployment times
Electrical Engineer
- ▸Developed firmware and UI/UX for embedded systems leading to global product line success
- ▸Designed PID control algorithms for hydraulic, pneumatic, and motor-driven systems
- ▸Reduced Li-Ion battery failure rates from 30% to 5% through optimized circuit design
Professional Work
Selected work from my professional roles — anonymized and generalized to respect client and employer confidentiality. For my public, open-source work, see below.
Open Source
Personal projects I build and maintain in the open — pulled live from GitHub.
apexracers
Lap time percentile tracking and car recommendations for iRacing weekly series
LeaseBook
Open-source property management platform for small residential operators. Trust accounting, owner reporting, tenant lifecycle, and maintenance — built correctly from the ground up.
GuardianTracker
Destiny 2 companion app — uses the Bungie API to analyze your collection, flag missing gear by acquisition difficulty, and manage wish lists.
holland-vip
Holland.vip website
Contribution activity
3,214 contributions in the last year
Education
North Carolina State University
Get In Touch
I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, projects, or just having a chat about technology.
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