Benjamin Myers — Senior Software Engineer

Cardinal Health

Dublin, OH

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2024 - Oct 2025

Migrated large-scale monolithic ASP.NET MVC applications to Microservices architecture using ASP.NET Core 8 and Angular 18, designing RESTful APIs and enabling inter-service communication with gRPC while ensuring HIPAA compliance.
Developed a secure EHR system with features like patient registration, appointment scheduling, and clinical documentation, boosting data retrieval speed by 30% and enhancing operational efficiency for healthcare providers.
Optimized Angular 18 frontend performance with lazy loading and modular structure, reducing load times by 50% and improving user retention.
Architected Azure infrastructure using AKS, Service Bus, Application Gateway, Front Door, Application Insights, and Azure DevOps, enabling auto-scaling and reducing cloud costs by 30%, saving $15k per month.
Designed event-driven workflows using Azure Service Bus to decouple 24 services, ensuring reliable message delivery and improving system elasticity.
Configured Azure Application Gateway and Front Door for global load balancing, SSL termination, and intelligent traffic routing for 10 million monthly requests, enhancing performance and security.
Built a globally distributed data layer with Azure Cosmos DB, delivering low-latency access for 25 microservices and scaling to process 50+ million records across three regions.
Implemented AI-based anomaly detection using Azure Cognitive Services and Application Insights, identifying potential failures in real time and improving system reliability.
Established a Datadog dashboard for resource usage and log monitoring, reducing system downtime by 20% and saving $200k annually.
Developed an advanced authorization system leveraging OAuth and Claims in .NET Core, ensuring secure access for 100k+ users via Azure Active Directory and Key Vault integration.
Automated build and release pipelines using Azure DevOps, streamlining CI/CD workflows and accelerating delivery cycles.
Enhanced the Medical Research Data Repository with optimized SQL queries and stored procedures, improving data retrieval speed by 40% for researchers and analysts.

StackPath

Dallas, TX

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2021 - May 2024

Developed microservices applications using ASP.NET Core 6 and React 17, implementing the SAGA pattern with RabbitMQ and AWS Lambda, resulting in significant performance improvements.
Built AI-powered monitoring tools using AWS SageMaker to predict server load and optimize resource allocation, reducing downtime by 25%.
Modernized database interactions by integrating LINQ with ADO.NET, reducing query time by 40% for high-volume data processing.
Implemented Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and event-driven communication across distributed systems, improving reliability and throughput by 20%.
Developed Health Check APIs for microservices, enabling automatic health monitoring using Kubernetes liveness and readiness probes, improving system resilience and reducing downtime.
Deployed NGINX Reverse Proxy within AWS EKS to manage internal service traffic, support path-based routing, and enforce security policies.
Created three reusable React component libraries, significantly improving development efficiency and consistency across teams.
Implemented Swagger-based API documentation for microservices deployed on AWS Lambda, enhancing API usability and accelerating front-end integration.
Mentored two junior developers through code reviews and pair programming, fostering collaboration and strengthening team capabilities.

USAA

Plano, TX

Software Engineer II

Jun 2018 - Oct 2021

Led a transition to an event-driven model, increasing processing speed by 30% and task throughput by 25%, enabling real-time, high-volume asynchronous data handling.
Maintained and managed over 10 microservices with fully automated testing and production pipelines, utilizing the CQRS pattern.
Oversaw the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for three web applications, including analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance, within an Agile/Scrum environment.
Designed a comprehensive testing architecture using SonarQube and xUnit, achieving an 8% improvement in overall code quality.
Achieved 95% code coverage through Test-Driven Development using Cypress, Moq, and MS Test, ensuring robust and reliable software.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams in an Agile/Scrum environment, participating in daily stand-ups and sprint planning to deliver high-quality solutions and improve team productivity.

USAA

Plano, TX

Intern

May 2017 - May 2018

Extended WCF capabilities to develop a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), ensuring cross-platform compatibility for 10+ web services, which enhanced integration and reduced development time.

Hi — I’m Benjamin Myers

Skills

Experience

Cardinal Health

StackPath

USAA

USAA

Education

Oklahoma State University

Plano East Senior High School

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