May 2022 - present
April 2019 - May 2022
Helped define new event-driven architecture solution through research and ADRs to automate a previously heavy manual process essential to customer loans, which reduced human error risks after implementation
Interacted with third-party APIs and collaborated with outside team members to complete automation flow
Regularly partnered with business stakeholders to provide cost-effective and time-saving solutions
Ported over sales gamification app from acquired company to match current services, including housing graphQL endpoints on new cloud functions, and converting a react native app to a web-based app with new designs
Built new customer portal, from initial conversations all the way through launch and beyond, with small team, ultimately reducing customer support call volume by meeting business needs through the new portal
Applied teaching skills to mentor incoming engineers on best practices and processes within our team
Became proficient in configuring infrastructure as code in various forms necessary for each repository
January 2018 - April 2019
Built React UI components with a connected Redux store
Maintained and scaled NodeJS API with new endpoints available for consumption by in-house React app and outside third-parties
Established process between developers and project managers for better communication flow
Reduced deployment time and effort with new CI/CD pipeline using AWS tools
Continually evolved environment architecture through EC2 instances, elastic load balancing, S3 buckets, and docker containers
Learned NoSQL database modeling techniques with Mongo collections
Created C# API to consume and return Word/Excel documents after Open Office XML manipulation
August 2017 - December 2017
Garnered skills in SPAs, progressive web apps and UI development
Collaborated with peers using GitHub flow and process from code review and QA testing
Improved client homepage loading time by eight seconds through multiple optimization practices
January 2015 - August 2017
(Please note that because of all of my example websites are live, clients have taken over and possibly caused parts of the website to break.)Led the development team in weekly code reviews, team meetings, and innovative front-end practices
Kept team on process and inline with agile methodologies using JIRA software
Applied teaching skills to mentor junior front-end web developers on code problems and collaborated with designers to troubleshoot and solve visual problems
Built custom, scalable WordPress sites from the ground up starting with a bare-bones theme
Developed a WordPress plugin to easily integrate social media feeds using the Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn APIs
Created front-end performance process to improve measures within WordPress websites
Worked with many CRM systems to integrate client forms and workflows with their websites
Developed and maintained WordPress websites while managing the MySQL databases
Learned best front-end web practices and tricks to writing cross-browser code
Amplified skills in Git version control, GitHub and command line tools
Re-developed a dated website with Flash into a modern animation website, using HTML5/Javascript
February 2015 - July 2015
Assisted with light Python programming in the Flask microframework to edit the Semantic Arts website and side project websites
Increased knowledge of SEO integration with code and Google Analytics practices
January 2014 - July 2014
I designed features, sports and news sections for a semester in college. I loved it so much, but decided this wasn't the career path for me.
June 2018 - May 2018
I helped teach CS fundamentals, including loops, abstraction, and recursion, to junior and seniors at Englewood High School using Snap!, a block-level language. Over 70% of students passed the AP CS test at the end of the year.
May 2016
March 2016 - April 2016
Graduation Date December 2014
Information Science & Technology minor