Sonya Eick

Senior Platform Engineer | Backend & DevOps Automation

Senior Systems and Python Engineer specializing in infrastructure automation, internal tooling, and cloud-native API development. Proven track record of reducing engineering overhead, optimizing deployment workflows, and automating cloud security and observability pipelines. Expert at bridging the gap between application code and cloud infrastructure.

seick.atx@gmail.com (808) 485-9930 linkedin.com/in/sonya-eick github.com/SonyaEick Austin, TX

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer — GM Motorsports

Distributed Systems & Telemetry · Austin, TX · 01/2026 – 5/2026

  • Contributed to race telemetry and strategy tooling supporting live Motorsports operations in event-driven environments.
  • Redesigned a Redis locking strategy from a single global lock to granular race- and vehicle-level locks, reducing contention while preserving backward-compatible legacy behavior during rollout.
  • Restructured PostgreSQL schemas for race strategy workflows, consolidating redundant tables and improving query efficiency.
  • Added ingestion-boundary validation to keep malformed telemetry out of downstream strategy systems.
  • Improved test coverage on critical strategy paths and documented testing priorities for onboarding and maintainability.

Software Engineer III — JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Infrastructure & Automation · Plano, TX · 01/2022 – 04/2025

  • Built CLI tools for Terraform module version updates and one-command Docker build/deploy to AWS dev environments; the deploy tool was handed off with documentation and gained widespread internal adoption.
  • Developed a firewall management UI from scratch (Python, React, Material UI) to make rule configuration clearer and faster.
  • Automated EKS log-group allowlist management with EventBridge-triggered Lambda updating SSM, keeping CloudWatch observability routing current.
  • Delivered a sentiment-analysis POC for customer error reports and employee blogs; demoed to senior leadership.

API / Network Developer II & III — Charter / Spectrum Enterprise

Integrations & Microservices · Austin, TX · 09/2019 – 01/2022

  • Built and maintained four core microservices for order processing from Salesforce through configuration, provisioning, and orchestration to customer devices.
  • Optimized provisioning workflows, reducing order processing from hours to minutes.
  • Implemented Jenkins CI/CD to replace manual overnight deployments and established PyTest-based automated testing.

Python Developer — Command Alkon / Ruckit LLC

Data Modeling & Core Backend · Austin, TX · 01/2018 – 09/2021

  • Built an OCR-based ticketing system (Google OCR) to automate paper ticket processing for logistics data.
  • Designed a modular rerouting mechanism that generated new driver jobs from OCR data, reducing dispatcher overhead across Jobs, Companies, Drivers, and Trucks.
  • Shipped an internal chat system for job owners, dispatchers, and drivers that was adopted organization-wide; automated company-specific invoice numbering.

Full-Stack Developer — Andrew Harper LLC

Product Tooling · Austin, TX · 10/2015 – 03/2017

  • Built a subscription management dashboard for onboarding and existing customer subscriptions.
  • Implemented a geographical hotel tree with rich filtering for luxury travel planning worldwide.
  • Created an address-correction script that reduced shipping errors, refunds, and reprint costs.