Summary
Tristan Fitzwater is a Lead Software Engineer based in Columbus, Ohio with nine years of experience building reliable enterprise systems across Java, C#, Python, SQL, Unity, IBM MDM, and Kafka. He has progressed through technical roles at Nationwide and JPMorgan Chase, moving from internships and application development into leadership and system design for mission-critical data and messaging platforms. Tristan combines hands-on coding with Scrum-driven delivery, often bridging data management (IBM MDM) and event-driven architectures to keep large-scale workflows resilient. He has a pragmatic engineering background from Ohio State University and a track record of operational excellence—demonstrated early by delivering a 99.999% uptime solution for a distributed corporate environment. Colleagues rely on him for translating complex business requirements into auditable, production-ready software.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University
English