Jack Oporto

Software developer working on weapons effects simulation software with structural engineers at Applied Research Associates.

  • Raleigh, NC

Work Experience

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  1. 2024 — Present

    Staff Software Engineer 1

    Applied Research Associates (ARA)

    • Implemented project-wide application and Helm chart versioning, improving release traceability across 20 services and enabling reproducible deployments.
    • Standardized hardened runtime images across three supported languages, replacing inconsistent base-image versions with a controlled baseline for streamlined production approval.
    • Reduced classified deployment turnaround from approximately 3 business days to 1 hour.
    • Led recovery efforts during customer demonstrations, coordinating cross-team diagnosis and redeployment of critical fixes within hours.
    • Built Rust microservices that expose proprietary C++ capabilities within the platform's evolving service architecture.

    CI/CD · Helm · Kubernetes · Rust · C++

  2. 2022 — 2023

    Junior Software Engineer

    ARA

    • Developed frontend features in Angular for a brownfield web implementation and evolution of existing ARA desktop software.
    • Collaborated with internal and external teams to gather requirements and shape the direction of the product's UI.
    • Managed the team's scrum board and coordinated on-time delivery of each scheduled customer test build.

    Typescript · Angular · Scrum

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