Muzafar Umarov

[email protected] | https://umarov.dev | https://mumarov.com

Ashburn, VA

Work Experience

INVOCA

Staff Software Engineer - Remote (Aug 2022 - Present)

Responsible with providing technical excellence and leadership in the Contact Center Integration team

Contribution Highlights:

  • Lead the way on building a state of the art Ruby on Rails service with open-source off-the-shelf tools.
  • Mentor and grow engineers by pairing and working to develop their skills.
  • Design an audio streaming service with Node.js to allow customers to ingest their calls to Invoca system with ease.
  • Lead the adoption of ArgoCD at Invoca and help improve the delivery speed and quality of software using CI/CD and GitOps.
  • Add TypeScript and Node.js to Invoca’s tech radar with applications in production.
  • Educate the engineering organization with Lightning Talks and documentation.

OPTORO INC.

Lead Software Engineer - Washington, DC (Oct 2019 - May 2020)

Responsible for leading the Return to Vendor and Storage teams in implementing new features and tech modernization, collaborating closely with company leadership, product management, users, and design.

Contribution Highlights:

  • Empowered team members to achieve their goals and gain recognition.
  • Used ArgoCD to efficiently deliver multiple microservices in Ruby on Rails and Node.js/TypeScript.
  • Defined the front-end architecture vision by writing documentation and collaborating across departments.
  • Increased the efficiency of microservices with event driven architectures, database, and caching optimizations.
  • Provided real-time and low-latency experiences for the Warehouse Management System users.

OPTORO INC.

Senior Software Engineer - Washington, DC (Oct 2019 - May 2020)

Responsible for building and architecting scalable solutions to improve efficiency in Optoro’s system.

Contribution Highlights:

  • Helped sign a large customer by proving and scaling the Return To Vendor (RTV) system to 10x of existing load.
  • Built an advanced rule engine that allows configuration of multi-level rules for RTV inventory processing.
  • Led the effort to create tooling for our engineering team's front-end architecture.
  • Developed Optoro’s design system as an NPM package to allow visual consistency across our tools.

OPTORO INC.

Software Engineer - Washington, DC (Jan 2016 - Oct 2019)

Responsible for improving the front-end architecture at Optoro and building essential services for Warehouse operations.

Contribution Highlights:

  • Built an end-to-end Warehouse Receiving system with configurable workflows that processes millions of units a month.
  • Built a cycle count system with an Android User Interface and a Ruby on Rails service for an accurate inventory system.
  • Added Vue.js to Optoro’s stack and built the first of many production Vue.js apps.
  • Educated the tech department on JavaScript, Vue.js, and PWAs through presentations and code workshops.
  • Built an end-to-end metrics service to provide insights to warehouses and process more than 10+ million metrics a month.
  • Scaled the Ruby on Rails services by increasing throughput and concurrency via implementing Puma.

OPTORO INC.

Junior Application Developer - Washington, DC (Aug 2014 - Jan 2016)

Responsible for improving Android handhelds in warehouses, updating legacy apps, and providing great user experience for Optoro’s clients.

Contribution Highlights:

  • Improved the warehouse Android app by implementing the Android Support Library and Material Design.
  • Rewrote legacy AngularJS apps with a component architecture and led the organization on using components for future apps.
  • Added JavaScript style guides to our front-end apps and led the way in getting the broader tech organization to adopt ES6.

OPTORO INC.

Developer Intern - Washington, DC (JUN 2014 - Aug 2014)

Responsible for improving the test suite by fixing and refactoring failing tests, and developing internal tools to solve Optoro employee problems.

Contribution Highlights:

  • Developed a broadly used Brown Bag app to facilitate lunch and learn sessions.
  • Created a CSV uploader to mass update records with an async worker, saving hundreds of business hours.

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY/ADMISSION TECH TEAM

Tech Team Assistant - Fairfax, VA (JAN 2013 – MAY 2014)

Responsible for completing the daily tasks and assisting the team. Work on side projects the managers assign.

Contribution Highlights:

  • Worked with Banner Middleware software and Microsoft Access to manage admission data.
  • Fixed duplicate records in the Student Application system with 5000 applications per month.

CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART/IT DEPARTMENT

IT Intern - Washington, DC (JUN 2012 - JAN 2013)

Assisted the web developers on designing and developing the new website for the Gallery.

Contribution Highlights:

  • Provided technical support to the Gallery staff on the Drupal site.

Education

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science in Applied Information Technology - Fairfax, Virginia (JAN 2012 – MAY 2014)

NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Associate of Science in Applied Information Technology - Annandale, Virginia (JUL 2009 - DEC 2011)