Rachael Miki Buxton
Software Systems Engineer
Education
- Bachelors of Science in PhysicsUniversity of Texas at DallasRichardson, TX
Hobbies
- Coding / Programming👩💻
- Spending time with my dog🐶
- Gaming🎮
- Streaming🎥
Projects
- MikisColorTools - C# Color Class LibraryJan 2022
- Class Library
- .NET
C# .NET class library extending functionality of System.Drawing.Color struct. - JS Sketchpad WidgetJan 2022
- Sketch
- Sketchpad
- Canvas
Sketching tool created using HTML5 canvas element with JavaScript. - Node.js Employee Management SystemFeb 2022
- Azure App Services
- Interview Prompt
Simple example of employee database management website using NodeJS. - Blazor WASM Employee List Web AppDec 2022
- Blazor
- WASM
- Website
- Interview Prompt
Blazor WASM App with Syncfusion Blazor Components which displays a simple grid list of employees. - CupMen Game Streaming Schedule WebsiteJan 2024
- Website
Website made for the game streamer CupMen.
Work Experience
- Software Systems Engineer | TSG U.S.A., Inc.Jan 2018 ~ Sep 2022Assigned to Panasonic and Toyota for Infotainment System OEM development / project management support.
Responsibilities
- Work as a liaison between Panasonic and Toyota to streamline communication for OEM development.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify specifications or issues per requested by either company.
- Lead and organize OEM-server interface confirmation by identifying all REST/gRPC interfaces implemented by system and scheduling evaluation windows with all parties involved in development.
- Support publication and review of UI screen/transition specifications.
- Optimize UI screen/transition specification publication process by creating VBA scripts for checking delta and generating change history log.
- Aid meetings between English-speaking members and Japanese-speaking members by oral interpretation.
- Translate notes and short documents between English and Japanese per request.
- Reduce coordination time and increase time spent for product testing by developing a vehicle reservation application using Microsoft Power Apps.
- Troubleshoot and repair infotainment hardware power and server connection issues within vehicle.
- Plan and develop full-stack application to organize department inventory using ASP.NET and SQL.
- Plan and participate in short and long-distance drives to test products in end-user scenarios.
- Optimize testing process by developing template and manual for bulk-generating bug tickets on JIRA.
Accomplishments
- Provided 4mo early start from initial development schedule by completing OEM-server interface confirmation.
- Reduced 20% of time required for UI screen/transition specification publication.
- Reduced 50% of vehicle coordination time by automating scheduling and record-keeping.
- Freelancer - Coding | Fiverr.comNov 2021 ~ Sep 2022Work on various code/script development and Microsoft Excel formula revision requests.
Responsibilities
- Fulfill customer orders for Excel spreadsheet format revision and VBA macro scripting.
- Fulfill customer orders for simple C# console app development.
Accomplishments
- Completed 3 requests for web crawler development and VBA macro development.
- Software Engineer / Front End Developer | Fidelity InvestmentsSep 2022 ~ Dec 2022Develop and maintain employee compliance portal and other tools to track employee compliance.
Responsibilities
- Support decommissioning and re-creation of employee stock trade record management software by analyzing stored procedures within its Oracle SQL database.
Accomplishments
- Re-created multiple sections of a legacy .NET app in Microsoft Power Apps.
- Analyzed and documented details of Oracle SQL stored procedures used in legacy .NET app.
- Software System Engineer | Open Systems Inc.Jan 2023 ~ PresentAssigned to Panasonic and Toyota for Infotainment System OEM development / project management support.
Responsibilities
- Organize and create documentation for infotainment system UX confirmation event.
Accomplishments
- Expedited first UX confirmation event by providing expertise and knowledge in HTTP communcation/requests.
Skills
Programming Language
- C#proficient
- VBAadvanced
Database Management
- PostgreSQLpre-intermediate
- MS Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL)pre-intermediate
- T-SQL (SQL Server)intermediate
Web Development
- TypeScriptpre-intermediate
- ReactJspre-intermediate
- REST APIintermediate
- JavaScriptproficient
- HTML (HTML 5)proficient
- CSS (CSS3)proficient
Project Management
- JIRAproficient
- Confluenceproficient
Language
- Englishfluent
- Japanesefluent
Software / Platform
- MS Power Appsintermediate
- MS Power Automateproficient
UI/UX Design
- Figmaintermediate
Operating System
- Linux OS (Ubuntu)beginner
- Windows OSproficient