Brandon S. Clark

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.