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Robert Hodgen

Principal Software Engineer specializing in cloud-native distributed systems

HH SterlingFlorida State UniversityRemote, USA11 Years ExperiencePrincipal Level

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Former startup co-founder/CTO who built a student-opportunity platform from scratch and engineered a real-time, Google-like search experience despite database limitations. Also brings deep modernization experience, including migrating legacy enterprise systems to containerized microservices and delivering major search-performance gains on 20+ year-old databases using CDC and OpenSearch.

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Key Strengths

  • Startup CTO experience as co-founder and sole technical builder
  • Architected and launched products end-to-end
  • Search and relevance engineering
  • Legacy monolith to microservices modernization
  • Strong full-stack web application delivery
  • Cloud-native deployment and CI/CD automation
  • Database optimization across large legacy SQL systems
  • Pragmatic service boundary design and performance tuning
  • B2B SaaS product development in HCM/workforce scheduling
  • Engineering leadership for greenfield product teams
  • Strong SQL and data migration expertise
  • Uses domain-driven design and CQRS for complex workflows

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Experience

Principal Software EngineerHH Sterling · Oct 2022 – Present
Senior Software EngineerNetchex · Aug 2020 – Oct 2022
Senior Software EngineerKikoda · Jan 2019 – Aug 2020
Senior Software EngineerAuto Data Direct · Jun 2016 – Jan 2019
Application DeveloperAuto Data Direct · May 2015 – Jun 2016
Cofounder and CTOOpphub · Mar 2014 – Oct 2014

Education

Florida State Universitybachelor, Management (2012)
St. Petersburg Collegeassociate (2009)

Awards

  • Cum Laude - Florida State University
  • Summa Cum Laude - St. Petersburg College

Languages

English

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Robert HodgenPrincipal Software Engineer specializing in cloud-native distributed systems