Hi there

I’m Peter Kallai, a Senior Software Engineer at Shutterfly based in Erie, Colorado. I created this website to showcase my tech skills and accomplishments, but there’s more to me than just code. I’m also an avid runner and recently started a blog to document my journey. Please check out “Run, Peter, Run”.

Through my blog, I want to share my experiences, connect with other runners, and inspire others to lace up their shoes and hit the pavement. Running has become a big part of my life and has helped me in many ways and I want to spread that message.

Thanks for checking out my website. I can’t wait to connect and share my passions for tech and running with you!

Cheers!

Resume

RESUME

SOFTWARE ENGINEER TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages:

PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Bash scripting, NoSQL, XML, SOAP, Node.js, React, React Native, Perl, Python, Java

Other buzzwords:

LAMP, LEMP, OOP, MVC Frameworks (Symfony, Laravel, Zend), PHP Unit Testing, Redis, AWS (RDS, S3,Aurora, EC2, ECS, SNS, SQS), Grafana, Kibana, ElasticSearch/OpenSearch, API development, AppD, REST, JSON RPC, Cloud Engineering/Cloud Infrastructures, Agile/Scrum, Apache, Nginx, AJAX, jQuery, WordPress, Magento, Drupal, MediaWiki, Git, GitHub, SVN, Slack integrations, Jira, Jenkins,Doctrine, Terraform, Docker, Splunk, APM, Start-Up experience, AI Integrations, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Jan-2021
to present

Jan-2021 to present - Shutterfly LLC

Senior Software Engineer II

San Jose, California (remote)

– Further developing and maintaining the Photos Services APIs, written in PHP, Java, and node.js.
– Improve scalable, async infrastructure supporting 80 million users and 100k API requests per minute during peak season.
– Serve as Stand-In Manager and Scrum Master, leading Scrum meetings and ensuring eﬀective communication and coordination within the team.
– Dockerized infrastructure, transitioning from an EC2 environment to ECS.
– Lead efforts to migrate our search data from ElasticSearch to AWS OpenSearch.
– Interview, onboard, and train new engineering team members.

www.shutterfly.com
Oct-2016
to Dec-2020

Oct-2016 to Dec-2020 - Insight Designs Web Solutions LLC

Senior Programmer

Boulder, Colorado (hybrid)

– Designed and developed a wide range of web applications.
– Developed several custom Magento extensions and WordPress plugins
– Server/environment setup for new clients, administration and maintenance of infrastructures (AWS, DigitalOcean, Pair) for existing clients.
– Set up, customized, and maintained company internal wiki page.

www.insightdesigns.com
Dec-2012
to Sep-2016

Dec-2012 to Sep-2016 - Shutterfly Inc.

Senior Web Engineer

Redwood City, California (remote)

– The ThisLife journey continues at Shutterfly!
– Further developed and implemented ThisLife API endpoints now part of Shutterfly.
– Further improved async, distributed processing workflows.
– Identified and addressed scaling concerns within the application in preparation for the migration of the Shutterfly user base.
– Developed Photos-API email framework with scheduling capabilities.
– Release Engineer of the ThisLife-API team.
– Designed and implemented headless API test client.

www.shutterfly.com
Feb-2010
to Dec-2012

Feb-2010 to Dec-2012 - ThisLife (Acquired by Shutterfly)

Senior Developer

Palo Alto, California (remote)

– Developed a highly scalable cloud application using Zend Framework utilizing a wide range of Amazon Web Services products.
– Integrated with several third party applications/services.
– Developed features including; video and image processing and enhancing, face recognition, geo locating, duplicate detection, distributed processing, etc.
– Developed and implemented “Story” feature.
– Developed and implemeted file storage feature “Icebox” using Amazon Glacier.
– Implemented Amazon Dynamo extension to the relational data base layer.

www.thislife.com
Jun-2008
to Feb-2010

Jun-2008 to Feb-2010 - EZYield

Web Developer

Winter Springs, Florida

– Lead developer for web service integrations.
– Developed and maintained web service integration scripts with international travel sites using REST, SOAP, and site scraping scripts.
– Served as a consultant and worked closely with many development teams.
– Developed additional applications/modules in custom PHP framework extending Zend Framework.
– Wrote documentation and specification.
– Directed other programmers in development of web service integrations.
– Involved in the interviewing and hiring process of the Tech Department.
Feb-2007
to May-2008

Feb-2007 to May-2008 - Business Space Inc.

Web Developer

Winter Park, Florida

– Developed additional applications/modules in an existing custom PHP framework.
– Developed communications center for email and fax.
– Developed several additional features for the document management center, web site builder, customer management tool, business management tool, customer sign up.
– Created and implemented new website templates in web site builder.
Sep-2005
to Nov-2006

Sep-2005 to Nov-2006 - Webmasters College

Education and following internship

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

– Web marketing / E-Commerce and project management
– Web design and image manipulation using Adobe Photoshop
– Code websites with XHTML, CSS, JavaScript
– Adobe Flash with ActionScript
– Audio and video editing for web (Adobe Audition & Premiere)
– Unix/Linux administration (DHCP, NFS, DNS, BIND 9, Apache, FTP, SSH)
– Database design & SQL (ER-Model, Rational Database Model)
– Dynamic websites with PHP 5 & MySQL
– Assisted Webmasters Akademie instructors with training the 2006/2007 class
– Imported existing web site content into a Xoops CMS
– Imported existing shop system into a xt:Commerce shop system including migrating the data base.

www.webmasters-college.de
1998
to 2006

1998 to 2006 - German Army

Army, Staff Sergeant – OR-6

Kastellaun, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

– Team / Platoon Leader in a satellite communications company
– Instructor in satellite communications systems, communication security, video conferencing systems and computer networking
– Instructor in Boot Camp and Special Basic Training
– Paratrooper training
– Several tours in multinational missions (Bosnia, Kosovo, US CENTCOM)

www.bundeswehr.de