Kevin Z Norgaard
Projects
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Full-stack fraternity chapter website built with Angular, Firebase, and Hygraph CMS
AngularTypeScriptFirebaseGraphQL+4
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Student org website for the UC Irvine Sports Business Association, powered by Contentful CMS
AngularTypeScriptContentfulRxJS+3
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Full-stack blog platform with SSR built with Angular Universal and Contentful
AngularTypeScriptAngular UniversalExpress.js+4
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Skills
Languages
JavaPythonTypeScriptJavaScriptSQL
Frameworks & Testing
Spring BootAngularSpring AOPHibernateJUnitTestNGKaratePlaywright
AI & Automation
Prompt EngineeringMCPClaude CodeGemini CLIClinen8n
Infrastructure & Tools
AWSGCPKubernetesDockerKafkaJenkinsGrafanaKibana
Databases
CassandraMemcachedMongoDBMySQL
Experience
Software Engineer III, eBay
currentJan 2024 – Present
New York, NY
- Led backend delivery for phased rollout of Simple Delivery on the seller listing platform (35M+ daily requests) in Java and Spring Boot, driving an estimated $74.4M increase in 30-day revenue.
- Designed and implemented high-priority global market initiatives, including expanding international shipping solutions to mitigate tariff uncertainties and eliminating UK seller fees.
- Created AI-driven workflows with custom MCP servers for production alert triage using AI agents Claude Code and Cline, and accelerated org-wide adoption by hosting weekly GenAI demo sessions.
JavaSpring BootMCPAI AgentsGraphQL
Software Engineer II, eBay
May 2022 – Dec 2023
New York, NY
- Architected routing logic and Memcached schemas to simplify listing initialization flows, eliminating 500ms of latency, reducing E2E listing time by 2.8%, and increasing completion rate by 5.5%.
- Built an instrumentation library using Spring AOP to integrate GraphQL subgraphs with an internal observability platform, establishing monitoring and SLO dashboards for failed customer interactions.
- Won 1st Place in the 2023 eBay hackathon for an AI-assisted listing generation prototype.
JavaSpring BootMemcachedSpring AOPGraphQLGrafanaKibana
Software Engineer, General Motors
July 2020 – May 2022
Detroit, MI
- Developed and tested full-stack web apps and vehicle communication microservices using Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript, Angular, SQL, Hibernate, Cassandra, and Kafka.
- Automated provisioning of 30,000+ vehicles to sync databases with performance test simulator input.
JavaSpring BootTypeScriptAngularKafkaCassandraHibernate
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