Ryan FischerSoftware engineer · Charlotte, NC ryan@onomatopoeia.biz

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Engineering projects and professional experience · Film & Media →

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  1. Aug 2025–Present

    Self-employed — Independent Software Engineer and Product Developer; Sitzmark: Creator / Full-Stack Engineer

    Self-employed · Remote

    Sitzmark research began August 2025; public launch May 2026. React/Vite with TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL.

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  2. Jul 2019–Present

    Governor's School Foundation of NC — Board Member (volunteer)

    Professional experience

    Volunteer board service.

  3. May 2026

    Sitzmark public launch

    Independent project

    Public launch of Sitzmark: React/Vite with TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL.

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  4. 2026 · recent active development

    Wonderfish Films website

    Independent software project

    Developed the Next.js 14, TypeScript, and React portfolio application, including server/client components, contact-service Route Handlers, metadata, responsive image handling, and standalone deployment scripts.

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  5. Nov 2023; expanded 2024

    Zephyr

    Independent software

    Perl/DBI command-line tool that queries SQLite and generates HTML word-study statistics.

  6. Mar 2023–Aug 2025

    Independent film production and personal software projects

    Independent software

    Independent film production and personal software projects (Zephyr, 2023–24; Podcast Dynamite, 2023).

  7. July 2021–March 2023

    AuditBoard — Software Engineer, Full Stack

    Remote · Full-time

    JavaScript/TypeScript, Ember and Node; APIs, documentation, maintenance, and migrations.

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  8. April 2021

    Anagrams on Stream

    Independent software prototype

    Built and tested a Twitch-integrated anagram-game prototype with Go, Twitch IRC, SQLite lexicon loading, trie-based word validation, and an NW.js HTML/CSS/JavaScript display.

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  9. March 2020–March 2021

    Cigna — Lead Web Developer (BEAM project)

    W-2 contract · Remote

    Led frontend design and implementation of BEAM using Angular 11, TypeScript, RxJS, and SCSS in a production HIPAA-regulated environment. Automated state regulatory reports, replacing a manual process the team estimated at hundreds of hours per cycle. Built six Python formatters with pandas and openpyxl; contributed shared logic and tests to Flask services in an async Kafka/S3 pipeline. Mentored two junior developers; teammates wrote the SQL.

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  10. April–August 2019

    Charter Communications — Lead Web Content Developer

    W-2 contract · Charlotte

    Led design and implementation of a leadership-program portal on a three-person team: Figma prototypes, Angular 8/TypeScript views, database schemas, Java/Spring Boot REST services, and tests.

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  11. July–November 2018

    Clean Slate — Web Developer

    W-2 contract · Remote

    Maintained and enhanced legacy PHP/JavaScript healthcare billing and data-management applications with MySQL changes. Began a C# rewrite of an Athena-integrated claims-billing interface before a staffing change interrupted the initiative.

  12. January–June 2018

    Camping World — Web Consultant

    W-2 contract · Remote

    Maintained JavaScript/jQuery e-commerce features, updated Perl/PHP product and pricing data-transfer workflows, and worked on targeted Adobe Analytics and Tealium issues.

  13. July 2017–March 2019

    Governor’s School Foundation of NC — Web Developer (part-time)

    Remote · Part-time

    Part-time database and integration development overlapping other employment. Normalized approximately 38,000 alumni records, migrated flat files into MySQL, and synchronized WordPress Participant Database records with Little Green Light using Perl/DBI and webhooks.

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  14. June 2016–April 2017

    Chase Paymentech — Application Developer

    W-2 contract · Tampa

    Developed application and batch-processing workflows in Oracle/PLSQL and .NET, using Control-M for scheduling and production promotion requests. Adapted assigned legacy scripts toward Perl-based stored-procedure execution for an Exadata migration.

  15. c. 2016–2021; revived 2026

    Podcast Dynamite

    Independent software project

    Podcast catalog with RSS ingestion and de-duplication; rebuilt in Angular with RxJS and Java Spring Boot/jOOQ/PostgreSQL, Docker, and CI configuration. A collaborator wrote backend authentication.

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  16. April 2015–January 2016

    Harris Corporation — Software Engineer III

    W-2 contract · Palm Bay, FL

    Developed C#/.NET MVC departmental web applications with Entity Framework, LINQ, JavaScript/jQuery/Kendo, and SQL Server. Rewrote legacy ColdFusion functionality and participated in code reviews and continuous integration.

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  17. 2010–2019

    Scrabble Rotisserie

    Independent project

    Built and maintained a fantasy-style game for Scrabble tournaments.