# Brandon Toone

**Senior Software Engineer – Team Lead** — Herriman, UT

> Senior backend engineer who builds scalable SaaS systems and leads engineering teams through technical transformation, with a focus on AI-era startups.

Career Archetype: **Foundry Navigator** (OS-DG) — One of the first Foundry Navigators on Saywise

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brandontoone
- GitHub: https://github.com/btoone

## Experience

### Senior Software Engineer – Team Lead, Payment Box (2025-12 – present)
Orem, Utah, United States · Led the engineering team for a unified commerce-data and fraud platform ingesting payment-processor files and live transaction streams. Modernized a legacy Rails monolith into a modular, AI-native platform while establishing the team's engineering processes, architecture standards, and SOC 2 compliance gates. Built the team's AI-native development harness with Claude Code plugins and custom agent infrastructure, executed zero-downtime migrations across 53M+ row tables, and shipped flagship analytics dashboards and self-service onboarding surfaces.

### Senior Software Engineer, Corporate Tools (2025-02 – 2025-10)
Spokane, Washington, United States · Served on the Phone Service team modernizing a legacy Rails monolith into a scalable service architecture for VoIP and SMS/MMS messaging. Designed and delivered a REST-based microservice for SMS/MMS handling, integrated with third-party messaging APIs (TSG Global, Intelliquent/Sinch), and deployed on Kubernetes. Instrumented domain-level telemetry to diagnose performance issues, led a cross-team CI/CD overhaul reducing deployment time from days to hours, and championed TDD practices improving test coverage by 40%.

### Senior Software Engineer, ClickFunnels (2023-01 – 2024-12)
Boise, Idaho, United States · Contributed to Payments and Affiliates teams, leading efforts to re-architect critical systems supporting $100MM+ in annual transaction volume. Designed and implemented payment systems integrating with Rebilly, Bluesnap, and Payments.AI, built high-throughput APIs handling thousands of transactions per second, and designed scalable solutions for 140k+ affiliates including tiered commissions and performance dashboards. Implemented fraud monitoring tools and GDPR-compliant data removal processes.

### Senior Software Engineer – Team Lead, Ion Solar (2022-04 – 2023-01)
Orem, Utah, United States · Led a small engineering team maintaining and modernizing multiple web and mobile applications across PHP/MySQL, Rails, React, and Angular. Introduced TDD, agile user stories, Scrum, and Kanban analytics to improve delivery speed. Led Salesforce and Enphase API integrations for real-time solar equipment monitoring and conducted a system audit identifying production environment risks in legacy PHP applications.

### Principal of Technology, WORKPLACE21 (2020-05 – 2022-03)
Seattle, Washington, United States · Architected and built a Ruby on Rails web application hosted on Heroku with a React frontend that implemented a behavior model generating KPIs from multiple data sources. Leveraged natural language and sentiment analysis APIs to generate behavioral insights for teams and individuals. Oversaw full-stack development, deployment strategy, recruited engineers, and maintained application infrastructure.

### Senior Full Stack Developer, Borboleta Beauty (2019-07 – 2020-03)
Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area · Led development of a high-impact e-commerce system supporting over $10M in annual sales. Extended and integrated Shopify storefront with custom Rails services to streamline product, order, and fulfillment data flow. Built a custom AWS EC2 and RDS deployment pipeline enabling faster releases and designed a data warehouse with Rails, REST, and GraphQL APIs for reporting and business intelligence.

### Contract Web Developer, Red Lake LLC. (2011-05 – 2019-07)
Greater Salt Lake City Area · Delivered full-stack web and API development across startups, SaaS companies, and enterprise clients. Built multi-tenant platforms (Chefalytics catering SaaS), enhanced reporting features for non-profits, developed REST APIs and background services, and created modern web applications integrating payment processors. Notable projects included Windows 8 launch site for Microsoft, LMS platforms, digital document signing, and WordPress licensing servers.

### Software Engineer, DecisionWise, Inc (2008-11 – 2012-05)
Provo, UT · Designed, developed, and deployed a leadership assessment platform using Ruby on Rails enabling organizations to measure and improve team performance. Introduced agile development practices and modernized legacy Perl/CGI systems by implementing version control, code reviews, and bug tracking. Migrated services to Rackspace, AWS, and Microsoft cloud environments to improve scalability and reliability.

### Systems Administrator, Builder Fusion, Inc. (2005-09 – 2008-10)
Provo, UT · Managed co-located production servers supporting web applications during rapid growth. Automated deployments and administration using Bash, Ruby, and Perl scripts, improving uptime and efficiency. Supported a 30-person team as the company earned recognition on Inc. Magazine's 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies list.

### School Technical Support Specialist, Jordan School District (2004-09 – 2005-08)
• Daily maintenance and improvement of teacher computers through resolution of all issues to allow teacher to perform effectively in the classrooms • Update all computers to use Windows 2000 or XP Professional in order to better integrate with the Windows Server 2003 network as well as improve ability to administrate each PC • Constantly solve various issues by researching problems and implementing appropriate solutions • Update software on user machines to improve security, maintain congruency throughout the network and support individual teacher needs • Resolve computer hardware issues when necessary in order to keep user machines working properly and servers upgraded • Perform various procurement duties as needed to improve technology integration

### Programming Intern, Alphagraphics, Inc. (2004-09 – 2005-04)
• Create user interface of a proprietary software printing tool using Java • Apply time management and planning skills to successfully complete software planning project in real world environment • Collaborate with the lead programmer to resolve specific issues during the design phase of project • Experienced unique issues associated with an international corporation • Continue training in the application design process as it pertains to an established business setting

## Education

### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Westminster University (2000-01 – 2004-01)
Minor in Business Studies

## Projects

### AI Dev Assistant
Local-first AI developer assistant CLI in Go · A command-line developer assistant using OpenAI and Ollama featuring modular design with vector memory and RAG capabilities for enhanced development workflows. Built to improve developer experience by integrating LLM capabilities directly into local development environments.

### Semantic Commit Notation
Framework for expressing meaningful changes in text-based projects · A framework standardizing commit messages to capture intent and structure. Provides shared Git tooling and templates for consistent collaboration across teams and projects. Simplifies communication of changes in version-controlled work.

### Model Probe
Schema visualization tool for ActiveRecord codebases · Contributed to a schema visualization tool that improves developer experience in large ActiveRecord codebases by visualizing model relationships, attributes, and database structure in real time.

### ApprovalTests.Ruby
Ruby port of the ApprovalTests framework · Helped maintain the Ruby port of ApprovalTests, a testing framework enabling developers to verify complex outputs (text, JSON, HTML, images) by comparing against a known approved version. Provides an alternative to traditional assertion-based testing for large or changing outputs.

## Skills

Large Language Models (LLM), Natural Language Processing (NLP), TDD, Software as a Service (SaaS), Stripe Connect, Payments, Affiliate Marketing, Payment Systems, Payment Gateways, Payment Card Processing, ActiveRecord, Web Services API, Vue.js, Tailwind CSS, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Continuous Integration (CI), JSON Web Token (JWT), RESTful WebServices, REST APIs, Voice over IP (VoIP), Argo, Test-Driven Development, Amazon EC2, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Representational State Transfer (REST), Elasticsearch, Amazon S3, Test Automation, AWS Lambda, Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), OpenAPI Specification (OAS), VoIP protocols SIP, Postman API, Sales Engineering, Product Demonstration, Business Development, Sales Presentations, Technical Support, Interpersonal Skills, Engineering Management, Technical Leadership, Product Delivery, Systems Engineering, Oral Communication, Microservices, Computer Science, Go (Programming Language), Ruby on Rails, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, Hotwire, StimulusJS, Turbo, System design, Scalable architecture, Database optimization, Caching strategies, AWS, GCP, Docker, Heroku, Git, Chef, GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, CircleCI, BDD, RSpec, Minitest, API design, GraphQL, SOAP, OAuth 2.0, PayPal, Slack, Google APIs, Kafka, Message queuing, Webhook management, AI integration, OpenAI, Ollama, Sentiment analysis, Team leadership, Mentorship, Process optimization, Agile methodologies, Scrum, Kanban, Cross-functional collaboration

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