Terrance Bowerman is a hands-on software team lead and developer based in Dallas, Texas with over 8 years of experience. He has extensive skills in languages like Java, Scala, and Python as well as frameworks like Play, Spring, and Angular. Currently he works as a lead Java developer at Intuit where he leads teams, builds applications, and helps introduce agile practices. He is looking for senior opportunities involving cutting edge technologies.

1. TERRANCE BOWERMAN
DALLAS, TX
Terrancebowerman1986@gmail.com
U.S. Citizen
Hands-on software team lead, Java and Scala Developer open to either
Senior/Lead/Principal/Management opportunities in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Professional Summary
Transformational, hands-on software development team leadership with over 8 years total
experience in all stages of application development. Practical, enterprise and startup
experience, spanning auditing and compliance, engagement marketing, social sign-in,
financial, medical, advertising, entertainment, and defense. Well-versed in Java, Scala,
Python, and Big Data technologies. Proven application architecture and database design.
Outstanding communication and presentation skills. Vocal advocate for Software
Craftsmanship, Agile, modern software design, and UX best practice. Seeking collaborative
team environment where I can continue growing my skillset and work on cutting-edge
technology.
Skills
 Languages: Java, Scala, Python, JavaScript, Node.js, Groovy, Clojure
o Also Fluent in: English, Japanese, Spanish
 Web frameworks: Play, Spring MVC, Grails, Django, Struts, REST
 Front-end: AngularJS, Bootstrap, Ember.js, GWT, JQuery, HTML5, CSS3
 Test frameworks: JUnit, Powermock, Mockito, GUnit, TestNG, Selenium
 Databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Hadoop, Cassandra, MySQL, SQL, Redis, Oracle
 Other Experience: Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3), Elasticsearch, Hibernate, Git,
Golang, GORM, JBDC, Splunk, Spark, Tomcat, Jetty, Weblogic, JBoss, Azure, Github,
Docker, Ant, Ivy, Hbase, Hive, Pig, Maven, Jenkins, PHP, Zend, Ruby on Rails,
Objective-C, Swift, Castor, Axis, WSDL, Quartz, JSP, GSP, SQL, JSON, XML
Education
University of California, Berkeley – September 2004 - June 2008
 B.S. in Computer Science
Experience
July 2015 – Current (Contract): Lead Java Developer, Intuit - Plano, TX
Team Lead, Senior Java Developer, for Intuit’s TurboTax Software.
 Led various teams and development including the core application
 Built a modern web application using Scala and Play

2.  Delivered strategic new functionality with RESTful backend and Angular front-end.
 Played key role in launching Scrum, Agile, pair programming, and unit testing in the
organization.
 Implemented bug fixes with focus on improving code quality, maintainability, and
test coverage.
 Key role in hiring new developers, team building, code reviews, and mentoring.
Jan 2011 – June 2015: Senior Software Engineer, DirecTV – El Segundo, CA
Tech Lead & Senior Java Developer (July 2014-June2015)
 Design and development of Web/Server Applications involving J2EE/Spring
technologies with Java, JSP, JSF, AngularJS, Node.js, Neo4j, FreeMarker, REST, Graph
DB, SOA, Hadoop and Micro-services frameworks.
Software Developer (June 2011-July 2014)
 Development of high performance, large scale, distributed enterprise applications
using cutting edge technologies such as Scala, Play2, Java, JavaScript,
Node.js, ElasticSearch, and other big data technologies.
January 2010 – June 2011: Software Engineer, Covidien – Los Angeles, CA
Senior software developer for a small Agile Web Development team.
 Core developer for a web application based on Grails. Developed expertise with
latest Grails unit testing and plug–ins.
 Developed technical strategy and roadmap for SaaS, PaaS, and DaaS to include
cloud services, connectivity and enterprise mobility enabling business model
innovation including subscription based software and services.
 Technology used: Groovy, Grails, Java, RESTful API’s, SQL, Java, Spring MVC,
JavaScript.
August 2008 – January 2010: Software Engineer, Vindico - Irvine, CA
Software Developer for the online video advertising space.
 Development for a video advertisement serving and tracking software suite.
 Primary tasks included enhancements and fixes for front and backend functionality
of end user reporting engine. Designed and implemented targeted advertising
platform with customer feedback features.
 Successfully led development efforts and met customer requirements under very
tight deadlines.
 Technology used: Python, Django, JavaScript, Java, Spring MVC, SQL, RESTful Web
Services.
Interests
 Machine Learning, Node.js, Golang, ElasticSearch, Scala, Apache Spark, Splunk