Brian Ray — Senior Java Developer

About

Full‑stack engineer with 25+ years in Java building secure, multi‑tenant OMS/WMS platforms and integrations. Experienced with Spring Boot, SQL Server/MySQL, schema‑based multi‑tenancy, Docker, and pragmatic DevOps. Also hands‑on with C#, Raspberry Pi projects, and Unity prototypes.

Superpowers: simplifying gnarly systems, getting data models right, and shipping production‑ready tools that ops can actually run.

Selected Projects

Problem → Action → Result, with stack notes and links.

Secure Multi‑Tenant OMS

Designed schema‑based multi‑tenancy (per‑client schemas; shared views) to isolate data while enabling cross‑client reporting and background jobs.

Result: zero cross‑tenant leakage and simplified analytics.

JavaSpring BootSQL ServerHibernate

ChannelEngine C# Integration

Built a .NET tool to fetch ChannelEngine JSON and persist/export for downstream systems.

Result: faster marketplace sync and easier troubleshooting.

C#.NETRESTDocker

Raspberry Pi Self‑Host Suite

Personal hosting for website, Pi‑hole, and media. Automated backups and HTTPS with Nginx.

Result: reliable home lab and low‑cost web presence.

NginxLinuxTLSBash

Task‑MD (Kanban + Time)

Lightweight Kanban with timers and daily totals; HTMX front‑end with Spring APIs.

Result: fewer context switches and clearer daily time reports.

SpringHTMXPostgreSQL

PocketSentinel (Bills & Buckets)

Personal finance tracker with envelope buckets and OnePay‑style scheduling.

Result: stress‑free monthly planning and audit‑ready history.

JavaSpring BootMySQL

Unity Puzzle Prototype

Early gameplay experiments (URP) exploring tactile grid logic and polish.

Result: baseline for a Steam‑ready puzzle game concept.

UnityC#URP

Skills

Languages

Java, C#, Python, SQL, Bash

Frameworks

Spring Boot, .NET, HTMX, Unity

Data

SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Hibernate/JPA, Views & ETL

Cloud/DevOps

Docker, Nginx, CI/CD, Linux, TLS, Git, Maven/Gradle

Domains

OMS/WMS, Marketplace Integrations, Billing & Budgeting

Soft Skills

Mentoring, cross‑team collaboration, pragmatic documentation

Experience

Kable Product Services

Java Programmer Analyst — Long‑term role building OMS/WMS features, multi‑tenant schema design, reporting & background processing.

Earlier & Side Projects

Unity prototypes, Pi self‑hosting, microservices experiments, budgeting tools, and marketplace integrations.