Anthony Honstain

Anthony Honstain has a diverse work experience in the field of software engineering, spanning over two decades. Anthony started their career as a Team Leader in the US Army and served as a combat veteran in Iraq and Afghanistan. After leaving the military, they worked as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the University of Washington, where they developed Python programs for a distributed systems research project.

In 2010, Anthony joined Microsoft as a Software Development Engineer in Test, working on SharePoint in the Productivity Search team. Anthony contributed to feature crews for people search and search API using C#, JavaScript, and SQL Server.

Following their time at Microsoft, Anthony joined Zillow.com as a Software Development Engineer, where they worked on projects such as the real estate agent CRM update. Anthony took responsibility for designing and implementing SQL Server stored procedures and tables, building business logic, and collaborating with web developers to enhance the client-facing solution.

Anthony then transitioned to roles at zulily, starting as a Software Engineer and gradually progressing to Senior Software Engineer and Lead Software Engineer. In these positions, they worked on various aspects of warehouse management systems, developing features in Java, JavaScript, and MySQL and actively contributing to automation, TDD, and continuous deployment practices.

In 2018, Anthony joined FLEXE as a Senior Software Engineer, where they initially worked on the Order Management Systems team, responsible for order routing and integration with external companies. Anthony later became the Software Development Manager for the inventory and billing team, overseeing the development of several mobile applications.

Continuing their career progression, Anthony joined Zulily as a Lead Software Engineer, leading the team responsible for outbound shipping in a custom warehouse management system. Anthony also served as the Lead Software Engineer for a critical high-performance system, leading a transformation effort and handling complex integrations across the company.

Most recently, Anthony worked at GameStop as a Principal Software Engineer, specializing in warehouse management, order management, and omnichannel fulfillment. Anthony acted as an advocate and ambassador for engineering best practices, driving development velocity, support, monitoring, and reliability. Anthony'swork primarily involved SpringBoot Kotlin services running in Kubernetes.

Currently, Anthony is employed at Standvast Fulfillment as a Principal Software Engineer. Further details about their responsibilities and achievements in this role are not provided.

From 2008 to 2010, Anthony Honstain attended the University of Washington where they earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.