Recent
Backend Systems & Stream Processing
Designed and implemented backend services for high-volume data flows, asynchronous workflows, and operationally sensitive user experiences.
Resume
Ted Koomen
Senior Software Engineer
Building backend systems, stream-processing pipelines, and software that has to keep working when the abstractions leak.
Profile
Software engineer with experience across startups and larger organizations. Focused on scalable backend services, APIs, asynchronous mechanisms, stream processing, and technical writing about systems, AI, and performance.
Selected Work
Healthcare
COVID-19 Test Ordering Platform
Engineered ordering capabilities for COVID-19 testing for the State of Connecticut, supporting high daily test volume during a critical period.
Frontend
Framework Modernization
Led a team of engineers in revamping the frontend framework of a large consumer-facing organization and improved performance of a major genetic testing provider.
Skills
Systems
Backend services, APIs, stream processing, async workflows
Languages
JavaScript, Ruby, SQL, C++, Zig
Writing
Distributed systems, AI, performance, engineering tradeoffs