Jessica Gonzales

Professional Summary

Software engineer with hands-on experience across full-stack web and desktop applications, including geospatial mapping systems, internal tooling, and modern AI-assisted development workflows. Comfortable working across frontend, backend, and database layers, with production experience in feature delivery, code review, merge request workflows, and staging-to-production deployment pipelines. Familiar with Docker, Kubernetes concepts, and CI/CD tooling, with a growing focus on DevOps, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native engineering practices. Currently completing a B.S. in Software Engineering while preparing for AWS certification.

Technical Skills

• Languages: Python, Java, Go, Scala, VB.NET, SQL, JavaScript
• Frontend & UI: Angular, HTML/CSS, WinForms
• Backend & Databases: REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Full-Text Search & Indexing, Database Design
• DevOps & Tooling: Docker, Kubernetes (concepts), Git, GitHub/GitLab Workflows, CI/CD Pipelines, Command Line, Merge Request & Staging Workflows
• Geospatial: KML/KMZ Files, GeoPackage, Polygon/Boundary Editing, Parcel Mapping
• Practices: AI-Assisted Development, Code Review, QA & Smoke Testing, Agile Collaboration

Experience

Software Developer – Zelifcam

Oct 2025 – Present  |  San Antonio, TX (On-site)

• Contribute to multiple full-stack web applications across frontend, backend, and database layers, shipping features and enhancements into staging and production.
• Built a geospatial mapping system that ingests county parcel data and GeoPackage files, renders property lines as polygons on an interactive map, and surfaces public landowner information.
• Implemented client-side KML upload and viewing functionality, allowing users to load and interact with geospatial files directly in the browser.
• Integrated indexed full-text search across parcels by name, address, and parcel ID, delivering low-latency lookups over large datasets.
• Designed and built the database schema from scratch for a new product line, then continued shipping features and enhancements on top of it alongside another developer.
• Performed major frontend and backend overhaul of a client-inherited application, improving usability, stability, and core functionality before re-delivery.
• Operate within an AI-assisted development workflow: review implementation plans, validate generated code against requirements, run smoke tests, and open and merge MRs into staging for QA review before tech lead promotion to production.

Software Engineering Analyst – Accenture Federal Services

Nov 2024 – May 2025  |  San Antonio, TX (Hybrid)

• Supported CMS workflows in a Scala-based enterprise environment while awaiting clearance processing.
• Executed scripts, performed environment support tasks, and participated in Agile ceremonies within a federal consulting team.
• Role concluded as part of organization-wide reductions following federal contract changes.

Software Engineering Intern – American Bureau of Shipping (ABS Group)

Oct 2023 – Oct 2024  |  San Antonio, TX (Hybrid)

• Built a client-facing desktop application in VB.NET and WinForms for opening, viewing, and editing KML/KMZ geospatial files, including polygon and boundary area modifications, delivered to an external customer.
• Contributed to an internal VB.NET application, implementing features and resolving bugs through hands-on coding and iterative debugging.
• Worked across feature development, testing, and refinement using a mix of independent problem-solving and AI-assisted development.

Software Engineering Intern – H-E-B

May 2023 – Aug 2023  |  San Antonio, TX (Hybrid)

• Contributed to a Kubernetes admission controller webhook in Go that validated required Datadog tags on pods before allowing them into the cluster.
• Gained working exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native development practices in a production-style engineering environment.
• Collaborated with a mentor and team on implementation, testing, and deployment workflows.

Projects

Portfolio Site — builtbyjess.dev

• Personal portfolio site under a custom domain, showcasing projects, technical background, and contact links.

DevOps Monitoring Dashboard (In Progress)

• Full-stack monitoring dashboard built with Java/Spring Boot, Angular, PostgreSQL, Docker, and GitHub Actions, designed to surface service health, deployment status, and pipeline metrics.
• Built incrementally feature-by-feature with deliberate use of AI-assisted workflows for scaffolding and review, with manual implementation and refactoring throughout.

Education

B.S. in Software Engineering — Western Governors University (Expected July 2026)

A.S. in Computer Science — Southern New Hampshire University (December 2023)

Certifications in Progress

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• CompTIA A+ (part of degree program coursework)

Technical Interests

DevOps and CI/CD workflows • Infrastructure automation • Cloud-native development • Containerization and orchestration • AI-assisted software engineering • Geospatial and mapping technologies