Employed · Open to SDET/backend opportunities

Daniel Chambers

Senior SDET | Backend Engineer

Backend-focused Senior SDET with 6+ years of experience building, testing, and operating Java, Python, and C++ systems. I build automated test suites, CI/CD pipelines, observability workflows, and quality gates for cloud microservices and hardware-in-the-loop environments.

Employed and selectively open to SDET/backend roles - see what I'm looking for.

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6+ Years Experience

785+ Tests Authored

93% Avg Coverage

35% CI/CD Throughput Gain

Skills & Tech Stack

Languages

Java Python C++ JavaScript TypeScript SQL Linux Scripting

Frameworks & APIs

Spring Boot Spring MVC FastAPI REST APIs Microservices

Build & CI/CD

Gradle GitLab CI/CD GitLab Runners GitHub Actions Azure DevOps Pipeline Automation

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS EC2 S3 Lambda CloudFront FedRAMP Release Support Containerized Microservices

Testing

Hardware-in-the-Loop API Automation Integration Testing Regression Testing JUnit 4/5 pytest JaCoCo Report Portal

Monitoring & Security

InfluxDB Grafana Datadog Snyk AI-Assisted Debugging

Databases

PostgreSQL SQL Server Oracle SQLAlchemy

Collaboration

GitHub Jira Agile/Scrum

Enterprise Highlights

Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Automation

Serve as the sole software test engineer on a hardware-in-the-loop program, building automated test suites from scratch for continuously executed simulated mission and scenario testing. Develop Python, C++, and Linux automation with GitLab CI/CD, scheduled execution, artifacts, and repeatable build/test workflows.

            Python
            C++
            Linux
            GitLab CI/CD
          

Backend Microservices & CI/CD Throughput

Owned design, development, and operational support for 16+ cloud-native Java and Python microservices. Standardized pull request workflows, Gradle build configuration, and quality gates across 25+ repositories, improving deployment throughput by 35% while supporting secure FedRAMP release cycles.

            Java
            Python
            Gradle
            CI/CD
            Datadog
          

Automated Test Coverage at Scale

Expanded automated test coverage by developing 785+ test cases across critical services, achieving 93% average code coverage in Data Orchestration layer modules. Built regression, API, and integration test practices that improved reliability across distributed backend systems.

            Java
            Python
            JUnit 4/5
            pytest
            JaCoCo
          

Featured Projects

OmniTrackr

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Full-stack media tracker with production-style backend architecture, secure auth flows, and clean API design supporting 180+ daily users.

FastAPIPostgreSQLJWTSQLAlchemy

Price Watchdogs

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SaaS pricing monitor that detects meaningful plan changes and alerts users before their bills increase.

FastAPINext.jsTypeScriptDocker

Nebula

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Python and SQL integrations for game server orchestration, real-time weather data, and Twitch API workflows.

Pythondiscord.pyAMP APIaiohttp

This Portfolio

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Static site deployed to AWS with CloudFront CDN, GitHub Actions CI/CD, custom domain, and SEO optimization.

AWS S3CloudFrontGitHub Actions