Rob Lowe

Resume

Work Experience

1. Senior Software Developer

   PayIt, LLC ( Feb 2021 to Present, over 5 years )
   • Partnered with Product and Design leadership to define technical roadmaps and scope features for a platform serving more than 2.5 million monthly active users
   • Mentored multiple junior developers and interns, leading to increased team velocity and a successful promotion to Senior Product Owner
   • Maintained a centralized React component library using Storybook, reducing UI development time across four product teams
   • Led Post-Mortem and Incident Response meetings for critical production issues, implementing preventative measures that eliminated tenant downtime errors
   • Authored comprehensive RFCs (Request for Comments) for high-impact features, ensuring architectural alignment and cross-team buy-in before implementation
   • Led the end-to-end development of a high-performance UI library for the shopping cart experience, resulting a smoother user journey and responsible for $500 million in revenue across 1 million transactions monthly

2. Senior Software Developer, Team Lead - Billpay, Team Lead - Shared Features

   Q2eBanking ( Mar 2017 to Feb 2021, almost 4 years )
   • Engineered a critical Billpay feature, implementing robust QUnit test suites to guarantee cross-browser reliability and prevent financial regressions.
   • Overhauled the consumer messaging interface and built high-performance, native-like navigation components to drastically elevate mobile user retention.
   • Accelerated engineering onboarding and team velocity by leading regular pair-programming sessions and mentoring both junior developers and cross-functional new hires.
   • Steered Agile delivery as the Scrum Master for multiple teams, facilitating daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives to unblock development paths.
   • Led the frontend execution for the commercial payments and reporting redesign, establishing scalable CSS architecture and design system compliance across the application.
   • Architected a bespoke file-to-payment ingestion engine, streamlining the processing and validation of complex financial transaction files.

3. Software Developer

   Khorus Software, LLC. ( Apr 2016 to Mar 2017, 11 months )
   • Contributed to the developer ecosystem by authoring and publishing an open-source Ember add-on to solve shared architecture challenges.
   • Optimized responsive performance and touch interactions to deliver a seamless, mobile-first user experience across diverse device profiles.
   • Maintained a consistent, high-velocity release cadence, collaborating with product team to ship major features on an agile quarterly cycle.
   • Elevated codebase reliability and system stability by implementing comprehensive integration and unit tests across both frontend and backend stacks.

4. Development Manager

   Real Chemistry (formerly W2O Group, formerly VMFoundry) ( Sep 2012 to Apr 2016, over 3 years )
   • Engineered dynamic frontend applications using Angular and Ember, seamlessly integrating with robust Java RESTful services to deliver data-driven user experiences.
   • Spearheaded the UI/UX design process, creating high-fidelity wireframes and interactive prototypes to define user journeys for upcoming features.
   • Architected and deployed a custom analytics web application from scratch utilizing the Laravel framework to track and visualize key platform metrics.
   • Architected a headless Drupal 7 solution, engineering a custom JSON API to seamlessly expose content and data services to decoupled frontend consumers.
   • Cultivated engineering talent by mentoring junior developers, conducting thoughtful code reviews, and fostering an environment of continuous learning.

5. Instructor

   Austin Coding Academy ( Feb 2015 to Nov 2015, 9 months )
   • Developed and taught JavaScript course for more than 60 students over 3 sessions.

6. Contract Web Developer

   Bond (formerly Drumroll) ( May 2012 to Jul 2012, 2 months )

7. Senior Web Developer

   CGLife ( Aug 2009 to Mar 2012, over 2 years )
   • Coordinated and mentored a distributed team of on-site and remote contract developers, ensuring alignment on engineering standards and sprint goals.
   • Translated complex project requirements into accurate technical scoping and effort estimates for cross-functional partners and stakeholders.
   • Served as the technical consultant for creative and account teams, championing modern web standards, accessibility, and performance optimization early in the design phase.
   • Architected end-to-end Drupal solutions, engineering bespoke modules and custom themes to deliver tailored digital experiences.
   • Built and deployed responsive, high-fidelity email marketing templates, maintaining rendering consistency across diverse email clients.

8. Production Engineer

   Einstein Industries ( Jan 2009 to Jul 2009, 6 months )

9. Web Developer

   ProQuo ( Mar 2008 to Jan 2009, 10 months )

10. Web Developer

    Ferguson Advertising ( Jan 2005 to Mar 2007, about 2 years )

11. Web Developer

    Epic Cycle Interactive ( Mar 2007 to Feb 2008, 11 months )

Accomplishments

• February 2020

  Q2 Circle of Awesomeness - Culture Champion of the Year Finalist.

Certifications

Scrum Master Certified (SMC)

• Certified ScrumMaster®

Education

• December 2005

  Bachelor of Art, Computer Art - Multimedia Design.
  University of Saint Francis School of Creative Arts