Damien Baca

I am a BS educated software engineer with extensive experience in web development and agile methodologies, with a verifiable track record of achievements within the national security, mobile first development and 2D/3D rendering sectors.

Dedicated and technologically savvy, I am a motivated and well-grounded software developer with a passion for attaining the unachievable through hard work and collaborative development.

I consistently demonstrate a can-do attitude and embrace tough challenges with energy and enthusiasm.

Key Competencies:
- Front End Development
- Test Driven Development
- Object Oriented Design
- Agile Development
- 2D/3D Rendering
- Data Structures and Algorithms

Technologies:
- Java, JavaScript, Python, Node.js, HTML5, CSS, Angular, React, Bootstrap, jQuery

Software Engineer, CACI International

● Designed and developed a CSV importer/exporter capable of efficiently handling and manipulating large
CSV files (5000+ rows, 15+ columns) using AngularJS, HTML, and CSS, reducing importing and exporting
time by 90% for 10+ objects
● Led refactoring of ~4000 Javascript files (singly 1000+) to ECMAScript6, enabling the implementation of
highly user-requested features and improving code maintainability and scalability, resulting in increased
positive user feedback and the closing of up to 10% of known bugs
● Volunteered to design and build a demo of a potential new organizational client UI feature as part of a 3
week long concurrent sprint to find innovative new ideas to show off to customers, resulting in a potential
future epic, which was well-received by customers, stakeholders, and management

Software Engineer Intern, CACI International

● Designed and developed an Improved method of 3D line thickness rendering, using OpenGL, resulting in an
increase of 500% possible lines drawn when measured by visual render lag (specifically, from 15k lines
drawn to 75k lines drawn)

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado

• Studied Java, JavaScript, Python, ReactJS, 3D graphics, C/C++, Mobile First Development, Agile Methodologies, Advanced data structures and algorithms.