Nik Boyd @ Intuit

Sr. Software Engineer, 2004 December - 2007 March

Intuit Small Business Division
2235 Mercury Way
Santa Rosa, CA 95407

Intuit Small Business Division offers simple solutions for home and small business usage.

• Co-developed a mobile phone and web-based service for collecting and organizing expenses using Java, JBoss, JSF, Hibernate, Spring, and Eclipse.

• Led workshops to promulgate unit testing and test-driven development with JUnit and NUnit.

• Developed Java classes and JUnit tests to demonstrate the Java Persistence Architecture (JPA) with Hibernate as the persistence service.

• Designed and developed a data transfer library and framework based on a cabling metaphor. Each data cable connects a data source to a data sink. Data values are transfered automatically from the source to the sink whenever a source value changes and both cable endpoints are connected. Cable structures are defined using XML. This library was developed using Microsoft C# and .NET, with VisualStudio 2005.

• Designed and co-developed frameworks, application components, and services for QuickBooks Easy Estimate using Microsoft C# and .NET, with VisualStudio 2003, as well as XSDs and XML with Altova XmlSpy. Designed and developed application support libraries, including file location conventions, data file and cache file maintenance, most recently used file tracking, problem reporting and logging, data migration, human interface controllers and actions, human interface component assembly and discovery, menu and tool bar assembly, dialog construction, message resource access, application launch and shutdown.

• Designed and co-developed frameworks, application components, business objects, and service interfaces for a retail desktop construction management system using Microsoft C# and .NET, withVisualStudio 2003.

• Designed and developed the product human interface menu and navigation framework. Product menus and navigation were configured using XML. Designed an XML schema for defining the product menus and navigation using XmlSpy. Designed and developed the product menu and navigation framework using C# and .NET.

• Designed and co-developed service-oriented architectural frameworks using C# and .NET. Designed and co-developed a service gateway framework for separating the presentation and business object layers.

• Used extensive unit tests to support refactoring, continuous integration, and automated regression testing. Designed and developed unit tests using the NUnit testing framework, including the NUnitForms extension library for human interface testing.

• Collaborated with other team members using a Wiki web.

• Drafted C# design and coding conventions.

• Participated in project iteration planning and effort estimation.

• Participated in daily Scrum meetings.