Senior Backend Developer
Experience Highlights
Andy Hill is a senior software engineer with over nine years of experience designing and deploying scalable, high-performance systems across startups and enterprise platforms. At Autheo, Andy supports the development of fullstack applications and real-time tooling that power the platform’s decentralized infrastructure. His experience spans cloud-native architecture, microservices orchestration, and developer enablement—skills critical to building reliable, modular services within Autheo’s ecosystem.
At ALTEN Technology USA, Andy led the development of a high-traffic music practice platform, optimizing performance by 30% through caching strategies, GraphQL subscriptions, and responsive UI architecture. He streamlined DevOps workflows, mentored engineering teams, and managed AWS-based infrastructure for continuous deployment. Prior to that, Andy played a key role at Moody’s Analytics, driving the migration to Dockerized microservices and Kubernetes clusters. His contributions improved platform scalability, reduced system bottlenecks, and enabled infrastructure-as-code deployment via Terraform. Earlier at Mindbody, he built interactive, mobile-first healthcare tools with embedded analytics, enhancing user engagement and accessibility.
Core Expertise
Andy brings advanced fluency in modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue) and backend development using Node.js, Go, and GraphQL. He is skilled in building containerized microservices, implementing serverless functions, and managing scalable infrastructure using AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform. His expertise includes full lifecycle development, API design, database integration (SQL and NoSQL), CI/CD pipeline optimization, and real-time application performance. With strong experience in TypeScript, TDD (Jest, Mocha, Cypress), and agile collaboration, Andy delivers robust, maintainable software aligned with Autheo’s modular and decentralized architecture.
Education
Andy holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas. His academic foundation in software engineering, combined with years of production-grade development, positions him as a key contributor to Autheo’s application stack, user experience workflows, and cloud-native platform services.