Xavion Barrs

Application Developer II | Software Engineer

Orlando, FL 904-252-2628 xavionbarrs@gmail.com LinkedIn GitHub Portfolio
Professional Summary

Application Developer II delivering high-scale financial systems that process over $500M annually. Mid-level full-stack engineer with proven success designing distributed architectures, data pipelines, and user-facing applications using Angular, .NET Core, Python, and AWS. Led the creation of a fixed-income trading platform and a CECL microservice that cut loan validation time by hours while boosting reliability and developer velocity. Seeking to apply this expertise to accelerate performance and scalability of next-generation financial solutions.

Experience

Raymond James

Application Developer II | St. Petersburg, Florida

  • Led development of a fixed-income mortgage analytics trading system (FiMats) using .NET Core, Angular, C#, and SQL Server that processes $500M+ annually, improving system reliability and enabling scalable loan processing across millions of records.
  • Led full-stack development of trader portal features enabling traders to access and customize offering data, implementing C# .NET Core APIs with an Angular frontend and collaborating with business analysts to define requirements and deliver intuitive data visualization controls.
  • Architected and implemented a pre-submission validation system within the CECL microservice, creating 60+ data validation rules that let users identify and fix errors before sending data to the Moody's API, cutting the average approval cycle by 50 minutes and lowering submission iterations.
  • Developed a full-stack fixed-income inventory pricer using Python, Flask, and scikit-learn linear regression to automate multi-hour bond pricing calculations, reducing processing time by 90%+ through weighted regression models and time-decayed spread analysis.
  • Optimized SQL Server queries and indexing strategies across large-scale datasets, reducing peak reporting latency to under 10 seconds.
  • Developed Python-based data pipelines on AWS SageMaker and Redshift that support ML workflows and analytics for fixed-income and loan datasets, enabling faster model training and more timely insight generation.
Projects

Soleful - Youth Athlete Injury Risk Dashboard

Early-Stage Startup

  • Full-stack developer on a youth injury risk early-warning platform built with React, Vite, and FastAPI; designed, built, and deployed to production with Plantiga API integration for real-time athlete movement analysis and baseline-driven statistical scoring.
  • Architected an API abstraction layer with live and mock modes plus a scoring engine using z-score deviation detection to enable rapid iteration and validation without external dependencies, accelerating product development and user testing.
Technical Skills
Languages and Frameworks

C#, .NET Core, Python, TypeScript, Angular, React

Data and Databases

SQL Server, Oracle, Redis, Data Modeling

Cloud and Tools

AWS (S3, SageMaker, Redshift), Docker, CI/CD (Jenkins), Git

Other

Microservices, REST APIs, System Design, Performance Optimization

Education and Certifications

University of Central Florida

M.S., Financial Technology | Orlando, FL | Aug 2022 - Apr 2024

University of Central Florida

B.S., Information Technology | Orlando, FL | Jun 2018 - Dec 2021

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services