Cal Jordan

About

A seasoned software engineer, I hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Chicago, completed in 2015. Currently, I am a Senior Software Engineer at United Airlines, where I have spearheaded the launch of a real-time flight status and booking management system, enhancing search response times by 40%. My work includes developing a modular UI component library and an advanced seat selection interface, significantly improving user experience and reducing customer support inquiries. Previously, at eBay, I revamped the auction bidding frontend and engineered a high-performance checkout experience, increasing user engagement and maintaining seamless service during peak traffic. My expertise extends to building microservices, implementing Kubernetes-based deployment pipelines, and constructing progressive web apps, all contributing to improved system performance and security. My technical skills encompass React, Next.js, GraphQL, Node.js, Python, AWS, and more.

Experience

• Senior Software Engineer · United Airlines03-01-2020

  - Launched a real-time flight status and booking management system using React, Next.js, and GraphQL, improving search response times by 40% and reducing customer drop-off rates. - Crafted a modular Shadcn UI component library, unifying the design system across multiple United Airlines web platforms and significantly accelerating development cycles for new features. - Developed an advanced seat selection interface powered by React, Redux, and Tailwind CSS, cutting customer support inquiries regarding seat availability by 30%. - Orchestrated a back-end service revamp using Node.js, Python, AWS Lambda, and DynamoDB, significantly reducing cold-start latency for flight data retrieval. - Refactored legacy RESTful services into GraphQL APIs, reducing payload sizes by 50%, minimizing redundant requests, and improving frontend performance. - Implemented Kubernetes-based deployment pipelines, automating container orchestration for high-traffic reservation systems and improving fault tolerance.

• Software Development Engineer · eBay10-01-2015 – 02-01-2020

  - Revamped an auction bidding frontend using React and Tailwind CSS, modernizing UI responsiveness and increasing user bid engagement by 25%. - Engineered a Next.js-powered high-performance checkout experience that scaled to handle peak holiday traffic surges, preserving an uninterrupted buying flow. - Built a RESTful search filtering system using React, Redux, and Elasticsearch, improving query performance and reducing API response times by 35% under high traffic. - Deployed a microservices-based fraud detection module using Python, AWS Lambda, and DynamoDB, successfully identifying 20% more fraudulent transactions before checkout. - Built AWS-backed API authentication flows, introducing JWT-based session handling that minimized unauthorized access attempts and strengthened security across services. - Constructed a progressive web app (PWA) version of the eBay mobile site, reducing first-load times by 50% and vastly improving performance for low-bandwidth users.

Education

• University of ChicagoBachelor's degree, Computer Science

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