About

Richard Barker is a highly skilled software developer with over 13 years of experience in the industry. He is currently working as a Senior Developer at Shopify, where he is responsible for developing and maintaining software applications for the company. Richard is also an aspiring maker who enjoys creating new things and exploring new technologies. Before joining Shopify, Richard worked as a Software Engineer at Amazon, where he was responsible for maintaining the S3 API Frontend and S3 BitTorrent services. He worked as part of a cross-functional team to implement new logging for faster issue resolution and designed and implemented features for a new frontend service to improve efficiency and scalability. Richard also worked with third-party auditors to verify that the S3 service was properly logging all requests and retaining them for a specified amount of time. He acted as a scrum master to organize and prioritize work effort in an agile workflow. Richard has also worked as a Software Engineer at Welch Allyn, where he was responsible for investigating customer issues and developing customer requested enhancements and bug fixes in an agile-style environment for quick turnaround. He worked on various products such as ELI Link Service, Connex Cardio, and Spirometry. Richard was responsible for adding functionality to the ELI Link service to allow for authentication on the cardiographs through the Active Directory LDAP communication protocol. He was also responsible for redesigning the User Interface for the ELI Link service's upgrade to use a SQL database to store configuration information. Richard holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a General Studies degree from Madison Area Technical College. He has a strong tech stack that includes Software Engineering, Frontend, Python, test, and SQL. Richard is a highly motivated and dedicated individual who is always looking for new challenges and opportunities to grow and develop his skills.