Ryley Tierney

I’m a software engineer in Pensacola, Florida, with five years building and modernizing systems in healthcare and life insurance.

Outside work, I build tools for the games I play and run a 3D-printing shop. I use Claude and Codex throughout my personal projects.

Projects

Games

Experience

  • LIDP Software Engineer

    2024 – Present

    I write and maintain COBOL code for legacy life insurance systems, migrate functionality to Java, verify behavior with characterization tests, and document our systems and shared AI-assisted development process.

  • CPSI/TruBridge Associate Software Engineer II

    2021 – 2024

    I built Java and PostgreSQL services for healthcare reporting across hundreds of facilities, reducing data retrieval from weeks to days.

Skills

Backend
Java, Python, SQL, COBOL, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, SQLite, Liquibase
Web
TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Angular, Node.js, Express, Electron, three.js, HTML, CSS
Delivery
Docker, Git, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Vercel, Render, Neon, Linux, Windows
Testing
JUnit, Mockito, Vitest, Supertest, regression testing, database migrations, code review
AI
Claude Code, Codex, GitLab Duo, Gemini

Education

  • University of West Florida

    2020

    B.S. in Software Engineering