Software Engineer II | Largo, Florida

Financial Technology Production Engineering Full-Stack Development

Reliable software for financial systems, production environments, and modern applications.

I'm Jody Rutter, a software engineer with hands-on experience developing, testing, and maintaining enterprise financial technology across modern and legacy stacks. I build with an emphasis on correctness, clear communication, and dependable delivery.

  • Developed and maintained C-based payment-processing applications on Stratus OpenVOS.
  • Validated production releases and investigated live issues using SQL, Splunk, and system analysis.
  • Delivered PCI 4.0 data-protection updates and contributed to Java/Spring Boot test automation.
FinTech Payment-processing applications in a regulated enterprise environment.
Production Release validation, troubleshooting, and reliability-minded support.
Full-Stack Java, React, ASP.NET, SQL, and practical web application delivery.
Portrait of Jody Rutter in a suit.

Professional Profile

Enterprise software engineer.

Experienced in financial technology, production support, and full-stack development across interconnected systems.

Engineering Focus Systems where correctness, resilience, and release discipline matter.
Core Stack

C, Java, Spring Boot, SQL, Splunk, OpenVOS, React, ASP.NET

Production Mindset Methodical debugging and clear validation under real operational constraints.
Next Role Backend, full-stack, or enterprise software engineering opportunities.

What I Bring

Production-minded engineering.

I bring enterprise experience in payment systems, release support, and operational troubleshooting alongside a practical full-stack foundation. I can move from code and system behavior to clear communication with technical and non-technical partners.

Technical Range

Java C C# JavaScript Python Spring Boot SQL Splunk Stratus OpenVOS React ASP.NET MySQL AWS Linux REST APIs Git

How I Work

Technical rigor with clear communication.

I use disciplined debugging, testing, and code review practices to make progress in unfamiliar systems. I also use GitHub Copilot and LLM-assisted workflows thoughtfully to accelerate code comprehension and pattern discovery within established standards.

Career Snapshot

Built for systems that cannot be casually wrong.

My recent work has centered on enterprise payment-processing systems: maintaining C-based applications, validating releases, investigating production behavior, and helping strengthen data-protection and test-automation workflows. Earlier full-stack roles add breadth across web applications, databases, and client delivery.

Payment Systems C-based financial applications, PCI data protection, and OpenVOS environments.
Production Support Release validation, SQL and Splunk analysis, and operational troubleshooting.
Application Delivery Java/Spring Boot, React, ASP.NET, MySQL, REST APIs, and AWS foundations.

Experience

Professional experience

Enterprise financial technology, production support, client delivery, and applied software development across modern and legacy systems.

Projects

Selected engineering work

Public work that shows product thinking, application development, simulation, and lower-level programming beyond my enterprise experience.

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Outside of Work

Aerial photography, kept in its own lane.

I also maintain a separate drone-photography archive. It is a personal creative practice and lives outside the core engineering portfolio.

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Contact

Open to software engineering opportunities.

I am interested in backend, full-stack, and enterprise software engineering roles where reliable systems, clear collaboration, and thoughtful delivery matter.

Local Tech Support

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