Travis Stark

Travis Stark - Software Engineer

Currently working on CloudWatch @ AWS

Experience

Dec 2024 – Present

Amazon Web Services — CloudWatch

Software Development Engineer

Arlington, VA

Core developer on the CloudWatch Agent. Built the agent’s in-console management experience, cutting setup time from hours to minutes and improving fleet visibility across 16 regions (Released at re:Invent 2025).

Go OpenTelemetry TypeScript React EC2 EKS
Nov 2021 – Dec 2024

Amazon

Software Development Engineer

Arlington, VA

Led development of WorkflowUI and Guided Workflows, the platform powering HR processes for 1.5M+ employees worldwide. My work spanned platform architecture, analytics pipelines, accessibility, and cross-team launch readiness.

Java TypeScript React
Oct 2020 – Nov 2021

Skyline Software Systems

Software Engineer

Herndon, VA

Developed plugins and tools for 3D GIS platforms, including measurement tools, geospatial search, and imagery/tileset handling. My work expanded the platform’s capabilities across visualization, search, and data workflows.

C# .NET PostgreSQL/PostGIS
Jan 2019 – Oct 2020

WebstaurantStore

Software Engineer

Tampa, FL

Built and optimized a .NET Core + Elasticsearch search API, improving relevance and performance with a custom Lucene plugin and Redis caching. I also strengthened reliability through contract testing and CI/CD improvements.

C# Elasticsearch Redis
Jun 2017 – Jan 2019

Greenway Health

Software Engineer

Tampa, FL

Owned development of the Oracle CPQ quoting system and automated workflows across Finance, Sales, and Legal. I also built and maintained integrations with Salesforce.

Salesforce Apex
Jul 2016 – Jun 2017

Net Synergy Virtual Solutions

Software Engineer

Tampa, FL

Developed CoffeeScript-based RPA automation tools and internal dashboards that improved task management and team efficiency.

CoffeeScript JavaScript

Skills

Languages

C#, Go, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, SQL

Backend

.NET (Core & Framework), DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, PostGIS, Spark SQL, Redshift

Frontend

React, TypeScript

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS (EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, S3, CloudWatch, CDK, API Gateway, Athena), Azure, Terraform

Observability & Testing

OpenTelemetry (OpAMP), Playwright, Selenium, Grafana, Kibana, Sentry

Developer Tools

Git, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy

Projects

Washington DC Metro App

Blazor Server application using Azure App Service and Cosmos DB. Displays nearest stations and upcoming trains using the user's location.

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OpenStreetMap Route Planner

C++ application using A* Search to plan the shortest path between two points on a map.

Presenting

Intro to ML.NET

St. Pete .NET; Tampa Code Camp (2019, 2020)

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Azure Cosmos DB and .NET Core

St. Pete .NET (2020)