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Justin L. Espiritu

Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead & Agile Practitioner at Cotality

Technical Lead and Agile Practitioner with a strong focus on Scrum Master methodologies and AI-driven process optimization. I specialize in transforming legacy Waterfall environments into high-velocity CI/CD workflows, leveraging agentic AI to protect and boost team delivery. With a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and managing platforms that handle 1,000+ daily tasks, I am committed to fostering high-performance engineering cultures through servant leadership, rigorous Agile execution, and unblocking technical bottlenecks.

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Experiences

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Cotality

March 2022 - Present

Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead

March 2022 - Present

Responsibilities:
  • Lead and mentor a team of 4+ engineers while driving the organizational shift from Waterfall to CI/CD, resulting in a ~75% increase in feature velocity (measured via Azure Boards cycle time).
  • Architected and maintain a suite of 10+ custom Claude skills (Specify, Plan, Execute) that transformed the SDLC, reducing average feature turnaround from 1 week to 1–2 days.
  • Serve as a de facto Scrum Master, facilitating daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog grooming to maintain a high-performance, unblocked team environment.
  • Lead development for Dispatch, a mission-critical insurance claim platform processing 500–1,000+ daily tasks and intelligently assigning them to a network of 1,000+ resources.
  • Design and implement 2+ major and 10+ minor features per sprint across Web and Mobile, including a geotracking system for adjusters to automate real-time task status updates.
  • Scaled an internal AI Champions training program to 20+ engineers and non-technical staff, standardizing agentic workflows to eliminate operational bottlenecks.
  • Manage the full product lifecycle, prioritizing backlogs and technical debt to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality features and hotfixes.
Rock Central

Sept 2021 - Feb 2022

Contract Software Engineer

Sept 2021 - Feb 2022

Responsibilities:
  • Acted as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for multiple internal products across the Rocket Mortgage ecosystem, supporting mission-critical applications used by 1,000+ employees.
  • Architected a standardized onboarding documentation system using Hugo and Git Pages, reducing new engineer ramp-up time by 50% (from 2 weeks to 1 week).
  • Led front-end UI development and automated CI/CD deployments via Azure DevOps for the Resource Manager platform.
  • Orchestrated large-scale production migrations for legacy .NET systems (Checkmate), ensuring high availability and zero-downtime transitions.
  • Engineered a core logic refactor for VendorDocs, implementing a testing suite that increased unit test coverage to 85%+.
  • Collaborated with business owners and “Guardians of Quality” to establish strict coding standards and translate complex requirements into actionable technical stories.
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Aperture Labs LLC

Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

Software Engineer

Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

Responsibilities:
  • Engineered robust full-stack E-commerce solutions for national clients like the Arbor Day Foundation, processing 10,000+ orders during peak seasonal periods.
  • Designed and implemented a custom reporting and data visualization module that reduced report generation and viewing time by 50% for administrative users.
  • Built custom data extensions for inRiver PIM to optimize product tracking and synchronization for catalogs containing 1,000+ SKUs.
  • Developed deep backend customizations for nopCommerce and EpiServer (Secura), including IP-based geolocation and automated business telemetry via Google Analytics.
  • Worked within a tight-knit, 5-engineer team to deliver end-to-end features, from database schema design to frontend UI implementation.
Mercury Marine

January 2019 - July 2019

Teamcenter Implementations Engineer

January 2019 - July 2019

Responsibilities:
  • Orchestrated deep-level Teamcenter PLM solutions for a global manufacturing leader, configuring BMIDE, BOM Management, and complex Workflows to support large-scale operations.
  • Streamlined change management and access control protocols, enhancing the reliability and traceability of technical data across distributed engineering teams.
  • Performed complex data modeling and mapping to synchronize thousands of technical specifications, ensuring high-fidelity data migration during system deployments.
  • Resolved critical configuration and infrastructure constraints, maintaining high system availability for a massive concurrent user base of engineers and designers.
  • Partnered with solution architects to translate complex manufacturing requirements into scalable, automated PLM modules.
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University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

March 2017 - December 2018

Web Application Developer

March 2017 - December 2018

Responsibilities:
  • Lead developer for the full-scale rewrite of the Advising Worksheet, migrating the platform from Plone to AngularJS to radically improve user flow and processing speed.
  • Developed mission-critical software utilized by 15+ professional advisors to manage academic graduation plans for thousands of students.
  • Engineered a library of reusable AngularJS directives that standardized dynamic form creation and accelerated development for all subsequent engineers on the project.
  • Authored comprehensive documentation in Confluence, establishing a high-standard technical foundation that ensured project continuity post-graduation.
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Jan 2017 - May 2017

Research Assistant

Jan 2017 - May 2017

Responsibilities:
  • Developed an automated NLP application in Python leveraging the NLTK library to perform large-scale data extraction and text summarization.
  • Implemented computational linguistics techniques to parse complex articles and generate concise summaries, significantly reducing manual analysis time.
  • Synthesized information from diverse datasets, demonstrating early expertise in building AI-assisted tools for information retrieval and processing.
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Feature Projects

boulderLeague
Personal Project

A mobile application to maintain records of routes and track progress at the rock climbing gym. Leveraged Claude as an AI architectural assistant to rapidly prototype and construct a robust mobile application in Flutter.

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Dispatch
Senior Software Engineer

Mission-critical insurance claim platform processing 500–1,000+ daily tasks and intelligently assigning them to 1,000+ field resources. Leveraged AI assistants to architect the notification system and automate CI/CD workflows.

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Resource Manager
Senior Software Engineer

Centralized resource management tool supporting internal company-wide operations. Led front-end UI development and automated deployments to multi-tier environments within Azure DevOps.

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Engineer On-Boarding Repo
Lead Developer

Architected a standardized onboarding system using Hugo and Git Pages, identifying critical setup pain points to reduce engineer ramp-up time by 50% (from 2 weeks to 1 week).

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Checkmate
Software Engineer

Legacy system migration orchestrating massive production deployments with zero downtime via Azure DevOps for critical business-critical workflows.

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Arbor Day Foundation
Developer

High-traffic E-commerce platform processing 10,000+ orders during peak seasonal periods. Integrated IPGeolocation APIs and Google Analytics for advanced business telemetry.

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Advising Worksheet App
Lead Developer

Full-scale rewrite of a graduation planning tool for the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, utilized by all university advisors to manage plans for thousands of students.

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Vendor Docs
Lead Developer

Updated custom application for NDA tracking; authored comprehensive unit tests extending application coverage to 85%+ and refactored core business logic for new data models.

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Secura
Developer

Helped rewrite and create deep admin customizations for Secura’s front-facing application in Epi Server, significantly reducing content update times for administrators.

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inRiver PIM Extensions
Developer

Built custom data extensions for inRiver PIM to optimize product tracking and synchronization for catalogs containing 1,000+ SKUs.

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Portfolio Website
Personal Project

Modern, data-driven portfolio and professional resume built using Hugo and Antigravity-assisted development. Features automated PDF generation and premium, metric-heavy layouts.

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Wedding Website
Personal Project

Created a custom wedding guest interface using Ionic and Angular 9, featuring real-time RSVP tracking and event information.

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Personal Blog
Personal Project

Personal progression blog for fitness and rock climbing. This data-driven approach eventually informed the architecture of the boulderLeague app.

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