Welcome 👋

Welcome to my portfolio website!

My name is Owen Hirschey, and I'm a new grad Software Engineer with a wide variety of internship experience

I love space, snowboarding (picture below in Colorado!), programming, and video games (specifically strategy games and MMORPGs).

Skills 🎯

Programming Languages & Frameworks

Java, C/C++, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, Spring Boot, JUnit, Mockito, React, Node.js, Angular, ngRx

Technologies & Tools

Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Azure, ArgoCD, Tekton, GitOps, Maven, Git, Figma, ServiceNow, Jira

Database Technologies

PostgreSQL, MySQL

Work History 💼

Current: Associate Software Engineer

• Making Java service response time reductions.
• Saved 100+ hours/month with Backstage plugins.
• Upgraded CI/CD with Java 21, Spring Boot 3.2.
• Developed tool saving managers hours.
• Deployed config management improvements.

Security Engineer Intern Options Clearing Corporation

February 2023 - April 2023

• Built dashboards for threat monitoring.

IT Audit Intern @ Zurich North America

June 2022 - September 2022

• Audited IT controls and compliance.

Education 🎓

University of Illinois at Chicago

August 2021 - December 2023

• B.S. in Computer Science, UIC College of Engineering
• Participated in the UIC Quantitative trading club

Contact 📞

Email: owen.hirschey@gmail.com

Phone: (847) 975-7615