Gary Magyar
AWS Certified Senior Software EngineerSenior Software Engineer
Woking, UK
Computer Science
🏆 AWS Certified Professional
⚡ 25% Less Incidents🚀 30% Faster Deployments
💼 9+ Years Experience🌍 UK Resident🎓 Economics + Tech
“Delivering measurable business impact through technology”
Experience
Freelancer Outsourcing UK Limited5+ years
Senior Software Engineer
- Led platform stability initiatives and incident response using AWS CloudWatch, Lambda, and SNS alerting services, successfully reducing critical incidents by 25% (from 40 to 30 monthly incidents) through proactive monitoring, automated alerting, and comprehensive root cause analysis
- Built and maintained high-performance software solutions using Angular 12+, PHP 8.0, and AWS cloud services (EC2, RDS, S3), serving 500K+ monthly active users and improving platform response time by 35% through performance optimization
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams (Product, DevOps, QA) to design AWS-based infrastructure solutions that align with business goals, delivering measurable ROI of $150K annually through cost optimization and performance improvements
- Automated infrastructure deployment with Docker containerization, Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, and AWS CloudFormation, cutting deployment time by 30% (from 2 hours to 45 minutes) and eliminating 95% of manual deployment risks
- Optimized development environments and AWS cost management for email systems using SES and Lambda, reducing testing time by 20% and operational costs by 15% ($25K annual savings)
- Developed custom debugging tools and AWS monitoring dashboards using CloudWatch and Grafana for both remote and local environments, improving developer productivity by 25% and system visibility across 15+ microservices
- Earned AWS Cloud and AI Practitioner certifications while mentoring 5+ junior team members on cloud-first development practices, improving team velocity by 20%
Full Stack Software Engineer
- Developed and maintained full-stack applications using Angular 10+, PHP 7.4, and Python 3.8 to improve platform functionality and user experience for 300K+ active users
- Enhanced existing features and built 12+ new features using Angular, PHP, and Python, boosting system performance by 15% and reducing page load times by 25%
- Collaborated with the data science team to integrate machine learning-driven features and improve analytics capabilities, resulting in 20% better user engagement metrics
Fornax Kft. (Hungary)7 months
Full Stack Developer
- Implemented Keycloak SSO for backend security and OAuth2 for frontend authentication, strengthening application security
- Built RESTful web services using Spring Boot and set up continuous deployment, making our release process faster and more reliable
- Maintained and optimized graph and relational databases (AgensGraph and PostgreSQL), improving data retrieval efficiency by 20%
- Established frontend development standards and mentored junior developers, improving overall team productivity
Minero IT Hungary Kft.2 years 6 months
Java Developer
- Worked with international teams from Germany and Slovenia to design and extend a specialized Java compiler
- Built a custom IDE with advanced refactoring capabilities, making developers more efficient and improving code quality
Junior Java Developer
- Served as liaison with German and Slovenian partner companies, facilitating smooth communication and collaboration
- Helped design and extend a Java compiler alongside international development teams
- Contributed to building a specialized IDE with refactoring features
FrontEndART Software Ltd.2 years 3 months
Junior Software Developer
- Transformed complex FxCop analysis results into clear, user-friendly reports, improving usability and developer adoption
- Helped develop a SonarQube plugin for visualizing code analysis results, enhancing code quality monitoring
Student Professional Training
- Developed a static code analysis tool in C# using the Roslyn compiler infrastructure, helping improve code quality
- Calculated code metrics on a language-independent model in C++, contributing to performance optimization