Aaron Belchamber: AI-Centric Senior Cloud Software Engineer
I am currently an AI-Centric Senior Cloud Software Engineer on a team for an app that processes more than $2 billion in sales each month. It’s front end Angular and a combination of Java microservices.
I first started designing websites and custom business systems along with writing code in 2005. I understand how code and websites fit within a business’s systems and I work great with other departments as I enjoy making solutions that help automate, streamline and improve the tools and information to help businesses grow – after all, that would only help me grow as well.
I’m no cowboy coder
I have a lot of diverse experience creating custom solutions and integrations for a plethora of APIs and platforms, to get them to talk and share data in backend dashes so business leaders can make better decisions. I have decades of experience migrating legacy systems. One of my first was migrating stored data in COBOL flat files, SQL and MySQL into future-proofed, scalable systems!
I also migrated and improved on legacy logic to create better, more reliable, and sustainable apps in the form of backend ERP dashboards, front-end custom content integrated into WordPress, and other business tools and migrating code to a more collaborative PHP framework.
I implemented migrating certain complex online forms that were distributed on separate domains, even different servers, to centrally pull from a single, secure admin controller through client APIs that eliminated any need for redundancies and multiple instances of databases and systems. Applying the DRY principle on a larger scale, I was a change agent in moving my current employer’s web team from an all-custom code of procedural entanglements to a clean, predictable and reliable MVC PHP framework where the code would be readily organized in a more collaborative and predictable environment that returned dividends for the company by getting more productivity out of its web
team by enabling us to become more efficient while the operability of everything down the pipeline became more reliable, predictable, easier to find, and more secure.
Front-end/Back-end? You have to be both!
AI is reshaping EVERYTHING for business, it’s a very exciting time! I have shifted to mastering Claude Code, Junie, and Gemini CLI to accelerate software development. This works better because I have developed a deep understanding of how systems, data, and the needs of a business are all intertwined.
At my current employer, TDG, Riddle’s Jewelry and before that, I redesigned many different business data systems and websites so they could grow to their proper scale by migrating data and code logic into OOP libraries within an MVC organized structure. I have developed on Angular and Java systems. AWS, GCP & Azure cloud services from cloud functions to custom data stores.
I have designed some custom WordPress plug-ins, I have customized Drupal and Magento front and backends. I set up GIT repositories and helped establish collaborative code reviews so there were redundancies on the web team. I understand how to optimize database queries to perform and deliver data, reports and content and strive to improve these methods in the most efficient manner.
- Aaron Belchamber
Senior Cloud Software Engineer
“Finally, a coder who gets the business
side.”
Jacksonville, Florida
Belchamber.us
/ Tools.Belchamber.us
Profile
Experience with a team attitude.
Clarity in purpose and design.
Diverse software, cloud and web development is available for full-time, part-time or hourly consultation basis. Are you ready for a fresh perspective? Are you looking for someone who can challenge the status quo in a positive, team environment? Someone who has modernized internal systems and websites for large retail chains and national publications? Someone who can interface and infuse new ideas into marketing initiatives?
Skills
Diverse skills with proven creative thought leadership.
Creative writing is my passion. Deeply understanding how business works as a system and how every department contributes is a product of my diverse experience. Creative and future-proof system design is one of my talents. An agile, positive, customer-oriented work
environment is my work philosophy. Technical mastery of web technology,
data, marketing, and production tools is one of my seasoned skills.