Brandon S. Clark

Senior Software Engineer • Backend, Platform, Cloud, Data & IoT

Professional Summary

Senior Software Engineer with experience in AWS backend and platform engineering, secure IoT provisioning, serverless APIs, Terraform / Infrastructure as Code, operational excellence, data foundations, ETL / backfill workflows, and engineering enablement through documentation, demos, diagrams, mentoring, and technical presentations.

Best-fit roles: Senior Software Engineer, Backend Engineer, Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer, IoT Engineer, or Solutions / Enablement Engineer.

<1 min / deviceProvisioning workflow reduced from ~10 minutes to under 1 minute
~40% smaller payloadsMQTT delta updates for constrained devices
~30% faster rampREADME, demos, and diagrams improved onboarding

Keyword-Rich Skills

  • AWS IoT Core
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon API Gateway
  • AWS Step Functions
  • AWS Secrets Manager
  • Terraform / IaC
  • TypeScript / Node.js
  • Python automation / CLI tooling
  • OpenAPI / API documentation
  • Auth0 integration patterns
  • MQTT / delta updates
  • DynamoDB / DocumentDB
  • Data tagging systems
  • ETL / backfill scripting
  • Monitoring, dashboards, SLA definitions
  • Serverless partner integrations
  • Technical documentation and demos
  • Cross-team enablement and mentoring

Experience

Milwaukee Tool (Digital IoT Service) — Senior Software Engineer

2025–Present • Remote (WI)
  • Initiated and delivered a greenfield IoT provisioning capability (Python CLI + supporting APIs) for secure device registration, certificate generation, and bootstrapping across dev, test, and prod.
  • Reduced provisioning time from ~10 minutes to under 1 minute per device while standardizing setup and reducing manual onboarding effort.
  • Integrated AWS Secrets Manager, Auth0-backed API workflows, and MQTT delta updates to strengthen security and reduce constrained-device payload size by ~40%.
  • Partnered with leadership on SLA definitions, monitoring-gap analysis, and operational visibility to establish a stronger reliability baseline.
  • Created README documentation, demos, and interactive diagrams that reduced onboarding friction and accelerated contributor ramp-up by an estimated ~30%.
Additional leadership and enablement keywords
  • Peer mentoring, cross-team presentations, stakeholder readouts, survey-driven communication, technical synchronization, and innovation sprint leadership.
  • Led a cross-functional innovation sprint in 3D modeling, Blender, and AWS IoT TwinMaker to produce demoable proof-of-concept outcomes in an unfamiliar domain.

Milwaukee Tool (Power Tool Data / Digital IoT Service) — Software Engineer II

2024 • Remote (WI)
  • Delivered Tool Data Foundations capabilities by implementing a comprehensive tagging system and supporting V2 tool-read integration into QuickLink.
  • Improved partner-team support through stronger documentation, workflow visualization, task organization, and clearer technical communication.
  • Advanced TypeScript reusability, OpenAPI documentation practices, and data-platform support skills.

Milwaukee Tool (One-Key Integrations) — Software Engineer

2021–2023 • Remote (WI)
  • Built and supported AWS serverless partner integrations using API Gateway, Step Functions, Lambda, DynamoDB, and Terraform.
  • Delivered Oracle Unifier integration work across UI and back-end layers, plus demos, API documentation, and QA-facing implementation guidance.
  • Prototyped an API Gateway → Step Functions → Lambda request-bus flow for routing, validation, transformation, and internal API handoff.
  • Resolved dynamic deep-link and PDF/report issues across environments by moving logic server-side and handling environment-specific base URLs more safely.
  • Produced design diagrams, Postman how-tos, onboarding documentation, and reusable integration assets that reduced ambiguity and scaled team knowledge.
Earlier experience (condensed)

Foundation Finance Company — Full-Stack Developer

2020–2021
  • Designed and delivered AWS-hosted web applications, CI/CD pipelines, and client-facing portals.
  • Shipped payment-portal features and improved internal coding standards and API documentation.

Foundation Finance Company — Software Developer

2019–2020
  • Built automation tooling that reduced manual work and improved reliability of internal processes.
  • Developed web platforms using JavaScript / Node.js, React, SQL, and cloud services.

Aqua Finance — Web / Software Developer

2017–2019
  • Delivered full-stack solutions across .NET, Java, C#, and enterprise systems while expanding scope and ownership.

Minnesota Attorney General’s Office — Application Developer

2016–2017
  • Built and supported internal applications and database-backed tools, improving error handling and developer productivity.

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01)

Education

University of Wisconsin–River Falls

B.S. Finance • Minor: Computer Science