Rotherick Tan

Rotherick Tan

rodtan@yahoo.com ❖ Minnetonka, MN ❖ GitHub link ❖ Portfolio ❖ Praise ❖

WORK EXPERIENCE

Healthcare.com Mar 2022 – Present

Principal Architect

• As Principal Architect, I oversee our core architecture, engineering standards and processes:
  • Led technical design of a new marketplace cloud architecture at HealthCare.com, addressing scalability issues and improving application performance. (AWS Infra, Java, React, Cognito)
  • Architected an online retail pharmacy that was integrated with traditional Rx software, increasing online prescription orders. (AWS Infra, Java, React, Okta)
  • Designed a canonical identity profile system to have a unified view of a customer (Aggregator pattern).
  • Designed a system for distributing Rx savings cards to customers, resulting in a boost in customer loyalty (Event-driven architecture).
  • Led technical reviews and implemented engineering standards for ADRs, reducing code defects by and ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations.
  • Established coding standards for handling PII/PHI data, resulting in no security incidents related to sensitive information.
  • Managed and mentored 4 interns during the summer internship program, resulting in successful completion of key projects.
  • Led a pilot program for 2 engineering teams to use AI tools to enhance their productivity.

Rally Health Feb 2018 - Mar 2022

Principal Software Engineer

• Developed an enterprise meta-data collection tool on Github, enhancing code repository management efficiency.
• Spearheaded the implementation of Spotify’s Backstage as an internal developer information portal, customizing plugins to streamline access to critical resources and reducing onboarding time for new hires.

Senior Software Engineer

• Led the implementation of an eligibility data ingestion system from Optum using Kafka, Scala Play, and Postgres, resulting in a streamlined process for data integration.
• Designed and implemented a scalable solution for ingesting & storing eligibility data from external partners, enhancing data accuracy and efficiency.
• Developed new features for eligibility & authorization processes, improving system functionality and user experience.

Target.com June 2014 - Feb 2018 Lead Software Engineer

• Technical Lead for the Guest Identification Team in Digital Marketing. Digital Marketing allows companies to place ads on Google via Target, using Target’s vast customer database.
• Developed Digital Marketing’s Data Management Platform (DMP) on Google Cloud Platform.

Senior Software Engineer

• Worked on Target.com website: Recommendations and Review team, Guest Account Management team (login/profiles)

Priceline.com Aug 2011 – May 2014 Principal Software Engineer

• Architected and designed REST APIs for the retail and NYOP hotel products.
• Worked on mobile APIs and internal tools for marketing..

Legg Mason Oct 2006 – Aug 2011 Senior Developer Analyst

• Architected and implemented an enterprise-wide managed file transfer solution

Polaris Software Labs June 2005 – Oct 2006 Consultant

• Supported fixed income batch applications and messaging software for front office trading for Citigroup Asset Management (later Legg Mason)

Ecquaria.com June 2004 - May 2005 Senior Software Engineer

• Maintained a Singapore government portal website that allows businesses to manage their licenses online.

Accenture.com Apr 2002 - June 2004 Analyst

• Maintained the website for Singapore Airlines.
• Gathered requirements and architected technical solutions for a modernization project for Singapore’s National Healthcare Group.

bluelight.com July 2000 - Dec 2001 Software Engineer

• Developed internal merchandising tools.

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2000

MSc, Computer Science

Knox College 1995

BA, Computer Science and Chemistry