Skylar Howard

Full Stack Senior Engineer with over 10 years of experience in developing highly scalable and high-performing applications using .NET and C# as well as JavaScript frameworks. Adept at designing and implementing RESTful APIs, distributed computing models, and data-driven platforms, having implemented .NET Core/6/8, React, Angular, and cloud technologies using Azure/AWS. Demonstrated ability to modernize legacy codebases into highly functional and scalable architectures, enhancing system performance and ensuring reliable production systems.

Proficient in all aspects of the stack - backend services and database optimization, as well as frontend technologies such as React, TypeScript, and

Tailwind CSS.

E x p e r i e n c e

Full Stack Engineer

Meta | 04/2023 – 01/2026

• Designed and maintained a robust C# .NET 8 Web API that supports real-time data processing, integrating with

Google Routes and Geocoding APIs, handling over 1 million monthly requests.

• Managed a PostgreSQL database with geographic and logistical data, optimizing queries to reduce latency and improving response times for route computations.
• Improved system throughput by 35% by implementing Redis caching, multithreading, and Kafka-based event streaming for asynchronous processing.
• Deployed and managed containerized services using Kubernetes (K8s), improving scalability, service reliability,

and rollout efficiency across environments.

• Streamlined billing and subscription management by integrating the Stripe API, improving operational efficiency and user experience.
• Performed optimization of API endpoints, background jobs, and EF Core 7/8 queries, reducing CPU load from nearly 100% to below 10% in production.
• Built and maintained event-driven services using Azure Functions and integrated them with Kafka and Amazon

SQS for reliable message processing.

• Developed frontend features using React (v18), TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS (v3), improving UI performance and consistency across applications.
• Implemented server-side rendering (SSR) using Next.js, reducing initial load time and significantly improving user experience.

Full Stack Engineer

ServiceNow | 09/2021 – 02/2023

• Updated applications from .NET Framework 4.x to .NET 6 and migrated Entity Framework to EF Core 6,

modernizing the platform and improving maintainability.

• Worked on modularizing a pre-existing monolith application, splitting it into modules and microservices, and improving existing services.
• Performed optimization of API endpoints, background jobs, and EF queries, reducing CPU load from nearly 100%

to below 10%.

• Developed a .NET 6 export service that generated large Excel and CSV files and uploaded them to third-party storage such as SFTP in a timely manner.
• Built and maintained RESTful Web APIs to support internal platforms and integrations across services.
• Helped investigate and fix an Azure Application Insights telemetry issue disrupting monitoring across multiple services.
• Researched and planned migration of an AngularJS application to modern Angular (v12+), and directly oversaw migration of key modules.
• Developed and maintained frontend features using Angular (v12+), React (v17), TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS

(v2), improving application structure, consistency, and maintainability.

Dotnet Developer

Deloitte| 04/2016 – 09/2021

• Built and maintained ASP.NET MVC 5 and Web API 2 applications to support enterprise platforms and internal tools.
• Converted legacy Web Forms applications to ASP.NET MVC using dependency injection, improving maintainability and scalability.
• Rebuilt Windows Forms applications into web-based solutions using AngularJS and early Angular (v2+) with

ASP.NET Core 2.x/3.x.

• Created RESTful Web APIs to support internal systems and third-party integrations across multiple platforms.
• Developed ETL applications to process large payroll datasets and enable bulk operations for financial systems.
• Implemented and maintained SSRS reports to deliver business-critical data in a more user-friendly format.
• Optimized SQL Server queries and backend services, improving API performance and reducing system latency.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science The University of Hartford | West Hartford, CT | 08/2011 – 05/2015

• Built 30+ algorithms and data structures such as Arrays, Linked lists, Stacks, Queues, Sorting etc. In several assignments and projects.
• Worked in 3 projects along with 3-4 students as a group where code was implemented using version control of

Git.

• Built 12 web apps, combining front-end (JS, HTML, CSS) and back-end (Python) programming capabilities.
• Authored 2000+ lines of code across various tasks/projects, increasing my effectiveness at debugging and troubleshooting.
• Wrote 50+ programming tasks in both Python and JavaScript which involved developing one full-stack application of CRUD operation.