# Andrew Violette

andrew@andrewviolette.net | 847-863-4992 | Noblesville, IN | www.andrewviolette.net

Seasoned Programmer and Manager

## Professional Summary

Accomplished Software Engineering Leader with over 30 years of experience architecting and delivering complex, scalable systems. Deep expertise in AI/LLM platforms, AWS cloud-native architectures, healthcare interoperability (HL7 FHIR), and leading high-performing engineering teams. Proven ability to take products from concept to production in oncology decision support, clinical trials, learning platforms, and enterprise software.


## Experience

### Founding Engineer at Spiraldot Health
January 2023 - Present | Los Angeles, CA (remote)

- Architected and implemented an AI-powered clinical decision support system for oncology using AWS, LangChain, and LLMs with HL7 FHIR interoperability standards.
- Designed an event-driven microservices architecture with Python-based backend services and a TypeScript/React frontend, enabling scalable and secure real-time insights.
- Established core engineering practices, infrastructure patterns, and technical direction as the first technical hire in a fast-moving startup environment.

### Engineering Manager at Honor Education
Jan 2023 - Sep 2024 | San Francisco, CA

- Served as platform architect and engineering team lead for a Learning Management System (LMS), driving technical strategy and customer integrations.
- Built and maintained customer integrations using AWS services including Lambda, DynamoDB, Cognito, and API Gateway.
- Researched and prototyped AI-based learning solutions to enhance platform capabilities.
- Designed and rolled out a comprehensive observability and monitoring framework using DataDog, significantly improving system reliability and incident response.

### Senior Staff Engineer at Deep6 AI
October 2021 - January 2023 | Pasadena, CA

- Architected and delivered solutions for a clinical trial SaaS platform deployed on AWS.
- Led technical direction through architecture reviews, code reviews, and hands-on development in TypeScript, Python, and Kotlin.
- Managed infrastructure and deployment pipelines using AWS CDK and Terraform while mentoring engineers.

### Director of Engineering at Fast Radius
April 2021 - October 2021 | Chicago, IL

- Led engineering teams responsible for architecture, development, and delivery of the Product Studio platform.
- Drove technical strategy and operational excellence across the engineering organization.

### Senior Engineering Manager at divvyDOSE
February 2019 - April 2021 | Chicago, IL

- Managed the Bill and Fill engineering team responsible for insurance and credit card payment processing, invoicing, and robotic prescription fulfillment systems.
- Oversaw full lifecycle responsibilities including architecture, team leadership, hiring, coaching, code reviews, and operational management.
- Built solutions in Python and AWS serverless technologies.

### Principal Engineer at Digital Fleet
September 2018 - February 2019 | Chicago, IL

- Delivered full-stack development for real-time logistics platform serving the ready-mix concrete industry using C# and .NET.
- Developed and maintained Android tablet application in Java.

### Senior Development Manager at Signal
May 2010 - August 2018 | Chicago, IL

- One of the original engineers; contributed to core platform services built in Java, Ruby, and Python.
- Managed the Data Engineering team for the final two years, overseeing architecture, hiring, and delivery of data infrastructure.

### Principal Engineer at Rearden Commerce
Jan 2008 - May 2010 | Foster City, CA

- Led development of travel-related projects using Java/J2EE technologies.

### Technical Manager at Orbitz
Jun 2001 - Dec 2007 | Chicago, IL

- Served as Senior Engineer on multiple travel verticals (primarily Java).
- Later managed engineering for the Northwest Airlines white-labeled reservation site and acted as Tech Lead for the UI team.

### Senior Software Engineer at Accenture
July 1996 - Jun 2001 | Northbrook, IL

- Developed a UI generation tool used by field consultants (primarily C++).
- Built a documentation generation tool in Java.

### Software Engineer at Hewitt Associates
Jun 1995 - Jun 1996 | Lincolnshire, IL

- Developed Smalltalk applications that supported benefits administration

### Software Engineer at IBM
Jun 1994 - Jun 1995 | Boca Raton, FL

- Developed portions of the OS/2 operating system in C

### Programmer at NSA
Jun 1990 - August 1992 | Fort Meade, MD

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## Education

- **DePaul University**: M.S. Software Engineering (September 1998 - August 2000)
- **Indiana University**: B.S. Computer Science (September 1989 - June 1994)

## Skills

- Python
- Typescript
- Java
- AWS
- CDK
- AI
- Langchain
- FHIR
- React
- Datadog