Software Engineer · Dayton, OH

Hi, I'm J. Townsend.

I build enterprise software, automation pipelines, and the occasional quant trading system.

About

A bit about me

I'm a software engineer at the University of Dayton Research Institute, where I build enterprise software for data migrations, cybersecurity, and cloud-based storage pipelines using Java, Python, and MongoDB. Before that, I worked as an EHR developer, hardening a healthcare records system and supporting the clinical staff who relied on it every day.

I have a B.S. in Computer Science from Virginia Military Institute and a full-stack web development certificate from Talent Tech South. Outside of work I build things I'm curious about — from a quantitative forex research system with a pluggable strategy engine and live paper-trading bots, to a machine learning model that tries to detect deception from EEG brain waves instead of a heart rate.

Projects

Things I've built

Job Search Automation Pipeline

A local pipeline that parses a resume into a structured profile, searches multiple job-board APIs, dedupes and scores postings in SQLite, and prints a human-review queue — nothing is ever auto-submitted. Runs isolated tracks per role type so matching stays relevant to each.

Python
SQLite
Claude API
Adzuna API
USAJobs API

Trading Journal Auto-Sync

Pulls closed trades from the OANDA API and writes them directly into an Excel trading journal — prices, lot sizes, direction, and P&L — with automatic trading-session, style, and exit-reason detection.

Python
OANDA API
openpyxl

Code

FX Strategy Backtesting & Paper-Trading Engine

A quantitative forex research system with a pluggable strategy architecture (AVWAP fade, Donchian channel, Fibonacci retracement, COT positioning), a historical backtester, and always-on paper-trading bots running live against a broker API with governance and audit logging.

Python
Pandas
OANDA API
SQLite

JeyGPT — ChatGPT Clone

A ChatGPT-style chat client built with React and Tailwind CSS, backed by a serverless API wrapping a hosted LLM completion endpoint, deployed on Vercel.

React
Tailwind CSS
Node.js
Vercel

Code

Skills

What I work with

Languages

Java
Python
C++
JavaScript
HTML/CSS3
SQL

Databases

MongoDB
MySQL
Microsoft SQL Server

Tools

React.js
Bootstrap
Docker
jQuery
Git
GitHub
Java Web Services API
Salesforce

Experience

Where I've worked

Software Engineer

University of Dayton Research Institute

Jun 2023 — Present

Deliver software solutions for enterprise applications including data migrations, cybersecurity, and cloud-based storage pipelines using Java, Python, and MongoDB.
Follow the SaaS engineering process end-to-end: comprehensive test cases, development, and manual testing to ensure system robustness.
Perform code reviews and generate development tasks to maintain team workflow efficiency and uphold code quality and readability standards.
Manage the full development lifecycle, from gathering requirements to technical design discussions and presenting prototypes to clients.

Electronic Healthcare Records Developer

Path Integrated Healthcare

Dec 2020 — Oct 2022

Facilitated an electronic health records (EHR) system enabling digital creation, updates, and record-keeping of patient data; supported and configured new services.
Assessed the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) database for completeness, identifying and documenting deficiencies.
Provided direct IT support and troubleshooting for EHR-related inquiries, and developed training for system administration and reporting functions.

Data Analyst Intern

Systecon

Dec 2018 — Jan 2019

Wrote technical reports on classified (NDA) documentation for aircraft part logistics analysis.

Contact

Let's work together

Have a role, project, or question in mind? Send a message below, or reach me directly at jey@jeybrieltownsend.com.