<aside> 💡 Favorite Quote: Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill

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<aside> 👋 I'm a Seasoned Backend Software Engineer with expertise in building scalable APIs for processing and analyzing financial data. Experienced using Python, Go, Typescript and SQL in production environments**.** Co-founder of the employee resource group "Plaids of Color," (link to my work on D&I here) promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Possessing excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving abilities, I am committed to delivering high-quality work and excelling in collaborative team environments.

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Contact

📧 [email protected]

🐦 Website/Old Projects

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-k-crowder/

👾 https://github.com/MarcusLkc

Quick Links

• Employment History

• Education

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• Question everyone asks: “How did you teach yourself to code without being a CS major?”

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💡  For a long list of my entrepreneurial ideas, jump to bottom of page or click here

<aside> 💡 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

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💼 Software Engineer at Plaid, New York City October 2019 — Present (3.5 years)

Languages used: Python, Golang, TypeScript

Frameworks used: Flask, Gin, React

Tools used at Plaid:

Databases:

• PostgreSQL
• MongoDb
• Mysql

Deployment:

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Jenkins

Monitoring/Alerting

• Datadog
• Grafana
• Sentry

Visualizations:

• Kibana
• Periscope

💼 Backend Software Engineer (Plaid) - Core Exchange (02/2021 - Present)

October 2019 — Present

• Created onboarding process for 1000+ institutions, accounting for 20% of Plaid's API traffic, onto CoreX by architecting, building and testing scalable CRUD API endpoints and database schemas using Golang and PostgreSQL.
• Reduced Solutions Engineer workload by 60% through the creation of automated testing tools for financial institutions to self-validate their integration.
• Spearheaded the design, development, and testing of the Instant Account Updates feature for clients and Plaid, utilizing AWSQS for delivering real-time account notifications
• Led a team of 3 in developing comprehensive API documentation at https://plaid.com/exchange/docs/, which has garnered over 100k page views. Utilized React, TypeScript, and OAS 3.