Summary
Derek Mccool is a software engineer based in Richmond, VA, with eight years of professional experience and a focus on Java and full-stack development. A JUMP program graduate who translated intensive training into 12–18 months of industry-equivalent experience, he has built Spring Boot REST APIs, implemented Spring Security, and delivered front-end interfaces with HTML/CSS/JS and React-like JSX. At Capital One he applies those skills in a corporate engineering environment, building on prior projects that ranged from Ruby on Rails data-driven web apps to Java/Spring field-agent and vending-machine applications. Derek pairs a marketing degree with practical engineering chops, which helps him translate user needs into usable interfaces and measurable business outcomes. He’s comfortable across the stack and brings a demonstrated ability to streamline processes and deliver production-ready systems under Agile collaboration.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Marketing, Bachelor's degree, Marketing at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania