schweg.xyzAndrew Schwegler
Back to overview

Professional résumé

Andrew Schwegler

Database & Backend Engineer

Montgomery, Alabama · andrew@schweg.xyz
schweg.xyz · linkedin.com/in/schwegler · github.com/schwegler

Summary

Database and backend engineer combining SQL Server operations, T-SQL troubleshooting, performance investigation, and recovery validation with Rails and PostgreSQL development. Experience in technical leadership, cloud delivery, legacy-system modernization, and collaboration with business and engineering teams.

Technical skills

Databases
Microsoft SQL Server, T-SQL, PostgreSQL, database administration, stored procedures, performance investigation, restores and recovery validation, SQL Server Agent, data reconciliation
Backend & integration
Ruby, Ruby on Rails, APIs, data synchronization, legacy application modernization, JavaScript, Liquid, Vue.js, Angular
Delivery & leadership
Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Git, RSpec, test-driven development, technical documentation, technical planning, hiring, cross-functional collaboration

Current experience

Alabama Department of Workforce

IT Systems Specialist II

July 2026–present · Full-time · Montgomery, Alabama

IT Systems Technician II

June 2024–June 2026 · Full-time · Montgomery, Alabama

Database-focused work across these roles supporting SQL Server and data-processing workflows for public-sector business systems.

  • Configure and validate SQL Server environments, including database restores, login mapping, scheduled jobs, monitoring, and batch-process testing.
  • Investigate database and batch-processing performance, comparing behavior before and after infrastructure and storage changes.
  • Diagnose and correct legacy T-SQL defects, validating changes against existing behavior and business rules.
  • Reconcile cross-system data using source-file comparisons, historical snapshots, and documented validation workflows; coordinate findings with technical and business teams.
  • Document legacy export layouts and compatible enhancements to support downstream integrations, repeatable validation, and modernization.
  • Contribute to Azure SQL migration preparation by investigating schema compatibility, export tooling, and connectivity dependencies.

Software engineering & technical leadership

Talk, The New Sex Ed

Lead Software Engineer / Technical Lead

February 2022–January 2025 · Contract · Remote

  • Led hands-on development and technical planning for a nonprofit platform, working directly with the CEO.
  • Developed and maintained a Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL application; helped adapt the platform from a direct-to-consumer offering to a white-label business-to-business model.
  • Led cloud and development-environment improvements using Google Cloud Platform and Docker; contributed to technical hiring, interviews, and engineering-team practices.

Registria

Software Engineer

March–September 2021 · Contract

  • Developed product-registration experiences with Ruby on Rails, Liquid, JavaScript, and jQuery across web, QR-code, and SMS workflows.
  • Improved legacy application code and collaborated on delivery and Scrum practices.

THIRDHOME

Software Engineer

May–July 2018 · Contract · Remote

  • Developed Rails backend and Vue.js frontend features for a luxury home-exchange platform, integrating new functionality with existing systems and workflows.

Seraph Group

Lead Backend Developer

October 2015–March 2017 · Full-time · Atlanta, Georgia

  • Worked with the CTO on backend development for an investor portal.
  • Built and maintained financial-data integrations, synchronization processes, and APIs supporting portfolio information.

Insightpool

Software Engineer

July–September 2015 · Contract · Atlanta, Georgia

BLiNQ Media

Software Engineer

April 2014–June 2015 · Full-time · Atlanta, Georgia

  • Contributed to application rearchitecture using Ruby on Rails 4 and Angular.
  • Developed and tested features using RSpec, test-driven development, and pair programming; worked across Rails, Haml, and Sass in an AWS-hosted application environment.

SyncSouth

Lead Web Developer / Web Services Manager / Social Marketing Manager

December 2011–February 2014 · Full-time · Arlington, Georgia

Earlier experience

Additional experience in technical support, web development, communications, and editorial design.

  • RRISA — Social Media and Web Development Intern
    November 2012–August 2013
  • Turnstyle News — Social Media Consultant
    June–December 2011 · Contract
  • University of Georgia, Center for Teaching and Learning — Classroom A/V Support Specialist
    August 2009–December 2011 · Part-time
  • Charter Communications — Social Media Consultant
    February–July 2011 · Contract
  • Russell Edwards for Congress — New Media Intern
    August–November 2010
  • Siona Technologies — Computer Technician
    June–August 2010 · Contract
  • StandUp Magazine — Editor in Chief · December 2009–May 2010
    Layout Director and Graphic Designer · September 2007–December 2009
  • University of Georgia, Department of Theatre and Film Studies — Student Worker
    August 2008–May 2009 · Part-time
  • Techie Diva — Staff Writer
    May–August 2005 · Freelance

Selected public projects

  • The Slayer’s guide to SQL migration — Interactive learning guide covering assessment, dependencies, security, validation, and cutover rehearsal.
    infopages.pages.dev/sqlmovebuffy.html
  • Secure API calls with C# & SQL — Technical guide exploring request handling, permissions, and a local payload simulation.
    infopages.pages.dev/sqlhttp.html
  • Bluesky Mutuals Block Checker — Public application and source for AT Protocol relationship analysis.
    github.com/schwegler/bsky-mutual-blocks

Education

University of Georgia · Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
2007–2013

Andrew Schwegler · schweg.xyz