Andy Hablewitz : Senior Software Engineer

Specializing in Backend & Distributed Systems

Email: mail@andyhablewitz.com
GitHub: github.com/android2221
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/andyhablewitz/

Personal Statement

I am a Senior Software Engineer with over ten years of experience designing and delivering reliable and scalable software solutions. I excel at solving complex technical challenges with efficiency and clarity, and I drive the development of high-impact features while leading small teams through every stage of the SDLC.

Technical Skills

• Languages: C#, .NET Core, familiarity with Go, Python
• Distributed Systems: Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture
• Messaging & Streaming: Azure Event Hubs, Azure Service Bus, Redis
• Container Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm
• Databases: SQL Server, Postgres, CosmosDb, MongoDB
• Cloud Platforms: Azure (Primary), AWS (Foundational)
• Infrastructure & DevOps: Terraform, CI/CD Pipelines, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
• Security: Encryption, TLS, PKI
• AI: Agentic development with cloud and local models

Experience

Senior Software Engineer II: Cloud

Allegion - Golden, CO | May 2025 - Current

• Direct ownership of the creation and delivery of almost all pipelines and infrastructure efforts; working daily in C# apps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates
• Saved over $120,000 in annual cloud costs by right-sizing Cosmos databases and APIM instances
• Architecting a unified platform of event-driven microservices to replace legacy monoliths, using C# .NET, Azure Event Hubs, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) — consolidating duplicated logic across 3 teams/apps into shared services and improving deployment consistency org-wide
• Migrating workloads from App Service to Kubernetes, cutting hosting costs 10x for our platform
• Establishing reusable patterns through application templates and proof-of-concept work; collaborating with international teams on feature development and code review
• Leveraging LLMs (Claude, Gemini, Copilot) and AI agent orchestration to accelerate development workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance debugging efficiency

Senior Software Engineer: Cloud

Allegion - Golden, CO | February 2023 - May 2025

• Designed RESTful APIs and event-driven backend services using .NET, Azure Event Hubs, and Function Apps to support iOS and Android SDKs for various Allegion product lines
• Scaled services from greenfield projects to handling 13 million requests per day
• Designed and produced new hosting paradigms using Azure Kubernetes instances with Terraform, scaling infrastructure management across 3 clusters
• Developed release methodologies and branching strategy for a team of eight
• Achieved a 2-year stretch with zero hotfixes, production downtime, or rollbacks as a direct result of the new release process
• Conveyed architecture plans to stakeholders through UML and sequence diagrams
• Curated CI/CD tasks with YAML pipelines in Azure Dev Ops
• Led small feature teams through the development of story tasks

Software Engineer III: Cloud

Allegion - Golden, CO | July 2021 - February 2023

• Partnered with teams at Apple to implement their ResidentKey, StudentID, and EmployeeBadge functionalities for Allegion products
• Collaborated with Google engineers to develop enterprise employee access card solutions
• Built service-oriented architectures using Azure Functions and Cosmos DB
• Developed encryption libraries to securely transmit payloads to mobile devices and card readers
• Implemented observability and real-time alerting using Azure Monitor and PagerDuty to ensure system reliability

Senior Software Engineer

Aegis Premier Technologies - Westminster, CO | September 2019 - July 2021

• Delivered features for a data visualization tool using C# .NET Core, Angular 7, Dapper, and SQL Server
• Migrated production apps from on-prem VMs to Azure VMs; transitioned from on-prem SQL Server to an Azure Managed SQL Instance
• Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Octopus and TeamCity

Software Engineer

Pacific Medical Data Solutions - Denver, CO | November 2018 - September 2019

• Designed distributed ETL services using event-driven patterns with Azure Service Bus and SQL. Used Redis for caching and key-value storage.
• Created and maintained AKS Kubernetes architecture with Terraform and Helm; built CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps

Software Engineer & Site Reliability Engineer

Trimble - Westminster, CO | March 2018 - November 2018

• Built full-stack features using Angular and C# .NET Core microservices in a distributed, containerized architecture; designed and deployed Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS

Software Engineer & Team Lead

Aegis Premier Technologies - Westminster, CO | July 2016 - March 2018

Lead Web Programmer

Stellar Blue Technologies - Appleton, WI | August 2015 - September 2016

Education

A.A.S. in Software Development

Fox Valley Technical College - Appleton, WI | Graduated May 2015

• Coursework in C# application development on desktop, web, and mobile.
• Earned an additional Web Development certificate
• Dean’s List recognition: Spring 2013, Fall 2014