I’m Zay Dennis, a Senior Lead Software Engineer and Solution Architect based in Miami. I bring 10 years of experience modernizing legacy systems and delivering secure, cloud-native applications across finance, healthcare, and marketing. I specialize in enterprise architecture, microservices, APIs, and data platforms, with a proven track record of improving scalability, compliance, and business value. I’m collaborative, adaptable, and quick to master new technologies.

Zay Dennis

I’m Zay Dennis, a Senior Lead Software Engineer and Solution Architect based in Miami. I bring 10 years of experience modernizing legacy systems and delivering secure, cloud-native applications across finance, healthcare, and marketing. I specialize in enterprise architecture, microservices, APIs, and data platforms, with a proven track record of improving scalability, compliance, and business value. I’m collaborative, adaptable, and quick to master new technologies.

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I’m Zay Dennis, a Senior Lead Software Engineer and Solution Architect based in Miami. I bring 10 years of experience modernizing legacy systems and delivering secure, cloud-native applications across finance, healthcare, and marketing.

I specialize in enterprise architecture, microservices, APIs, and data platforms, with a proven track record of improving scalability, compliance, and business value. I’m collaborative, adaptable, and quick to master new technologies.

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Work Experience

Senior Lead Software Engineer / Solution Architect at Prudential Financial
September 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
Modernized Prudential's onboarding platform using ASP.NET Core/.NET 7 microservices, Angular, Istio, and AI-driven KYC, reducing account setup time from days to minutes while maintaining security and compliance. Migrated legacy WebForms onboarding and payments workflows to .NET 7 microservices with Angular dashboards, enabling real-time compliance checks. Built Kafka producers/consumers powering fraud detection pipelines and integrated OpenAI Azure Cognitive Services and ML.NET to improve automation. Implemented OAuth2/JWT and Entra ID for secure APIs; designed event-driven workflows with Azure Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, and Key Vault. Optimized EF Core and Dapper performance (60+ stored procedures/queries) achieving 70%+ faster execution and sub-100ms lookups for millions of daily transactions. Brought Azure Synapse analytics to accelerate financial close from 5 days to 2 days. Automated infrastructure with Terraform; deployed via AKS with Istio; improved observability with G
Senior Full Stack Engineer at Share Care, Inc
February 1, 2021 - February 1, 2021
Modernized healthcare platforms with SOAP, REST, and FHIR APIs for HIPAA-compliant data exchange. Migrated legacy ASP.NET/VB.NET to AWS ECS microservices, reducing release cycles. Built React and Blazor dashboards for patient search, history, billing, and secure messaging; reduced support tickets by 20%. Designed data pipelines with C#, AWS Lambda, S3, and RabbitMQ processing millions of patient records; optimized 50+ SQL Server queries and EF queries reducing latency from 820 ms to 190 ms. Migrated SSRS reports to ASP.NET MVC with Kendo UI; introduced observability with AWS CloudWatch and Elasticsearch; achieved HIPAA audit compliance.
Software Engineer at SimplePart LLC
March 1, 2018 - March 1, 2018
Contributed to ASP.NET MVC marketing backend modules, implementing dashboards and admin tools; built SOAP/REST APIs for CRM and lead integrations; optimized 50+ SQL Server queries with Dapper; modernized Telerik and SSRS reports; maintained a 40K+ line codebase; built basic monitoring tools and used Git in Agile sprints.
Senior Lead Software Engineer | Solution Architect at Prudential Financial
September 30, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Modernized onboarding platform with ASP.NET Core/.NET 7 microservices, Angular, Istio, and AI-driven KYC, cutting account setup time from days to minutes while ensuring security and compliance. Migrated legacy ASP.NET WebForms onboarding and payments workflows to .NET 7 microservices with Angular 14 dashboards, enabling real-time compliance checks and reducing customer account setup time. Developed Kafka producers and consumers for high-volume financial transaction streams powering fraud detection pipelines and reducing false positives by 25%. Built secure APIs (REST/gRPC) with OAuth2/JWT and Entra ID. Built event-driven workflows with Azure Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, and Key Vault to automate KYC, payments, and compliance. Optimized backend services with EF Core and Dapper, tuning 60+ high-impact stored procedures and queries cutting execution times by 70%+ and sustaining sub-100 ms lookups for millions of daily transactions. Delivered fraud detection and KYC automation featu
Senior Full Stack Engineer at Share Care, Inc
February 28, 2021 - February 28, 2021
Modernized healthcare platforms with SOAP, REST, and FHIR APIs, ensuring secure and HIPAA-compliant data exchange between EHR systems and external providers. Migrated legacy ASP.NET, VB.NET systems to AWS ECS microservices, cutting release cycles from months to weeks and improving patient data and billing workflows. Built React and Blazor dashboards with patient search, history, billing, and secure messaging, streamlining clinician workflows and reducing support tickets. Designed secure data pipelines with C#, AWS Lambda, S3 and RabbitMQ to process millions of patient records daily, ensuring reliable EHR synchronization and reducing delays in clinical reporting. Optimized 50+ SQL Server stored procedures and fine-tuned Entity Framework queries, reducing average query latency from 820 ms to 190 ms. Migrated SSRS reports into ASP.NET MVC with Kendo UI, empowering clinicians with self-service analytics and reducing dependency on IT for routine reporting requests. Balanced transactional an
Software Engineer at SimplePart LLC
March 31, 2018 - March 31, 2018
Contributed to ASP.NET MVC marketing backend modules for dealership sales applications, implementing dashboards and admin tools that improved tracking of agent performance. Assisted in building and maintaining SOAP and REST APIs for CRM and lead integrations, ensuring leads were routed correctly and in real time to dealerships. Wrote and debugged SQL Server queries, triggers, and stored procedures using Dapper, improving reporting accuracy and campaign ROI tracking by up to 50%. Helped modernize Telerik and SSRS reports, reducing reporting turnaround time for automotive campaigns. Debugged and maintained a 40K+ line ASP.NET and C++ codebase, fixing production issues and improving stability for high-volume dealership campaigns. Built basic monitoring tools in .NET to detect errors and troubleshoot issues during peak traffic, reducing downtime.
Senior Lead Software Engineer | Solution Architect at Prudential Financial
September 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
Modernized Prudential’s onboarding platform using ASP.NET Core/.NET 7 microservices and Angular, enabling real-time KYC checks and reducing account setup time from days to minutes; migrated WebForms workflows to cloud-native microservices; built Kafka-based transaction streams for fraud detection; implemented REST/gRPC APIs with OAuth2/JWT and Entra ID; created event-driven workflows with Azure Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, and Key Vault; optimized EF Core and Dapper queries; integrated AI pipelines with OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Services, and ML.NET to cut manual review by 70% and false positives by 25%; automated ETL pipelines consolidating data into SQL Server, Cosmos DB, and Azure Data Lake; deployed on AKS with Istio; automated infrastructure with Terraform; established observability with Grafana and OpenTelemetry; built CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps; mentored 6 engineers.
Senior Lead Software Engineer | Solution Architect at Prudential Financial
March 1, 2021 - September 30, 2025
Modernized onboarding platform using ASP.NET Core / .NET 7 microservices, Angular, and AI-driven KYC; cut account setup time and supported 3k+ new customers daily. Migrated legacy Web Forms onboarding and payments workflows to .NET 7 microservices with Angular dashboards, enabling real-time compliance checks and reducing onboarding time from days to minutes. Built secure REST/gRPC APIs with OAuth 2/JWT and Entra ID, established event-driven workflows with Azure Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, and Key Vault to automate KYC, payments, and compliance. Optimized backend with EF Core and Dapper, reducing execution time by 70%+ and maintaining sub-100 ms lookups for millions of daily transactions. Delivered fraud detection and KYC automation using Python pipelines with OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Services, and ML.NET, cutting manual reviews by 70% and false positives by 25%. Created ETL pipelines consolidating data from Dynamics 365 CRM, payment systems, and KYC vendors into SQL Server, Cosm
Senior Full Stack Engineer at ShareCare, Inc
April 1, 2021 - February 28, 2021
Modernized health care platforms with SOAP, REST, and HIPAA-compliant data exchange; migrated legacy ASP.NET and VB.NET systems to AWS ECS microservices, reducing release cycles and improving patient data workflows. Built React/Blazor dashboards for patient history, billing, and secure messaging, streamlining clinician workflows and cutting support tickets by 20%. Designed secure data pipelines with C#, AWS Lambda, S3, and RabbitMQ to process millions of patient records daily, ensuring reliable EHR synchronization and reducing delays in clinical reporting. Optimized 50+ SQL Server stored procedures and queries, and migrated SSRS reports to ASP.NET MVC with Kendo UI, enabling self-service analytics and reducing IT dependency. Implemented unit/integration testing, improved reliability, and published NuGet libraries for validation, data access, and logging, boosting developer productivity across teams.
Software Engineer at SimplePart LLC
August 1, 2015 - March 31, 2018
Modernized ASP.NET MVC marketing backend modules for dealership sales apps; built dashboards and admin tools to improve agent performance. Contributed to SOAP and REST APIs for CRM and lead integrations, ensuring leads were routed in real time. Wrote and debugged SQL Server queries, triggers, and stored procedures using Dapper, improving reporting accuracy and campaign ROI by up to 50%. Modernized TeleRik and SSRS reports, reducing reporting turnaround time. Maintained a large ASP.NET and C++ codebase, built basic monitoring tools in .NET to detect errors, and managed features with Git in Agile sprints.
Senior Lead Software Engineer / Solution Architect at Prudential Financial
March 1, 2021 - September 1, 2025
Led modernization of Prudential’s onboarding platform using ASP.NET Core / .NET 7 microservices, Angular, and AI-driven KYC; migrated legacy Web Forms workflows to microservices for real-time compliance checks across 3k+ new customers daily. Built Kafka producers/consumers for high-volume financial transactions, powering fraud detection pipelines and reducing false positives. Implemented secure APIs with OAuth 2.0 / JWT and EntraID, ensuring regulatory compliance and strong identity protection. Designed event-driven workflows with Azure Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, and Key Vault to automate KYC, payments, and compliance; optimized 60+ stored procedures and queries, cutting execution time by 70% and maintaining sub-100 ms latency. Delivered fraud detection and KYC automation using Python pipelines with OpenAI and Azure Cognitive Services, reducing manual review by 70% and false positives by 25%. Built ETL pipelines consolidating customer and transaction data from Dynamics 365 C
Senior Full Stack Engineer at ShareCare, Inc
April 1, 2018 - February 1, 2021
Modernized health care platforms by integrating SOAP/REST and FHIR APIs to ensure secure, HIPAA-compliant data exchange with external providers. Migrated legacy ASP.NET and VB.NET systems to AWS ECS microservices, reducing release cycles from months to weeks and improving patient data and billing workflows. Built React and Blazor dashboards for patient search/history, billing, and secure messaging, streamlining clinician workflows and reducing support tickets by 20%. Designed secure data pipelines with C#, AWS Lambda, S3, and RabbitMQ to process millions of patient records daily, ensuring reliable EHR synchronization and faster reporting. Optimized 50+ SQL Server stored procedures and entity queries, cutting average query latency from 820 ms to 190 ms and improving billing and patient lookup performance. Migrated SSRS reports to ASP.NET MVC with Kendo UI, enabling self-service analytics and reducing IT dependency for routine reporting. Hardened HIPAA compliance with IAM roles, encrypti

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Georgia State University
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017
B.S at Georgia State University
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017
B.S in Computer Science at Georgia State University
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017
B.S. in Computer Science at Georgia State University
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017
B.S in Computer Science at Georgia State University
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017
B.S. in Computer Science at Georgia State University
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Healthcare, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other