Summary
Xavier Faulkner is a Senior Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building and supporting enterprise-grade backend systems for major financial institutions. He specializes in Java and Spring Boot, cloud-native deployments (OpenShift, AWS), and resilient, event-driven architectures using Kafka, with a strong track record in production support and CI/CD automation. Xavier has driven secure API development and optimized data interactions across SQL and NoSQL stores while streamlining releases with tools like Jenkins, Harness, UrbanCode, and Terraform. He’s also explored GenAI by prototyping an enterprise LLM integration that generates contextual responses from internal documents, demonstrating a knack for pragmatic innovation. Based in Charlotte, NC, he combines a continuous-improvement mindset with cross-team collaboration to deliver maintainable, business-aligned solutions.
4 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Associate of Applied Sciences - AAS, Computer Science, Associate of Applied Sciences - AAS, Computer Science at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College