Objective
As a Senior Frontend Developer with a strong background in customer-facing features and product areas, I understand the critical importance of accessibility, usability, and user experience (UX) in creating successful products. My experience has taught me that these aspects are key to ensuring that our products meet the needs of all users and provide a seamless and enjoyable experience. I am passionate about building responsive and user-friendly interfaces that not only look great but also function effectively across various devices and screen sizes. By leveraging my expertise in JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, I strive to create delightful user experiences that address real customer problems and enhance overall satisfaction. I am eager to join a dynamic team where I can collaborate with like-minded professionals to leverage modern technologies and best practices in frontend development. Together, we can work towards building innovative solutions that not only meet but exceed customer expectations.
Experience
IntuitSenior Software Engineer
2015 – Present
- Lead instructor for Intuit Front-End deep dive.
- Helped develop a deep dive front-end curriculum for incoming engineers.
- Partnered with various teams in India and the United States to help lead, consult and mentor on front-end engineering objectives and best practices.
- Introduced front-end tooling including Node with Gulp, Webpack, PostCSS and SASS.
- Introduced the the front-end stack using React, and integrated the UI with backend data points.
- Defined well formed RESTful APIs to separate the UI from the backend data systems for an internal link shortening tool using AWS.
- Developed an abstraction layer to Google Search Appliance (GSA) to allow for a back-end agnostic front-end which included people search and autocomplete.
- Developed custom UI components based on specifications from user experience designers.
- Helped the development team implement an Agile process to better organize and track project features, and to understand project velocity.
- Mentored Junior Engineers in front-end techniques and technologies.
Independent Contractor
2000 – 2015
- Coded and built Drupal websites including a commerce solution for drama school which allowed them to bring in revenue from ticket purchases and donations.
- Trained companies to perform maintenance and updates of Drupal sites saving them the cost of a part time Engineer.
TopixFront-end Engineer
2013 – 2015
- Developed the responsive front end for Topix’s Stars and Offbeat, both high visibility websites which helped bring in from $5000 to our highest $45,000 a day.
- Developed a front end tool that interfaced with Topix data servers and Facebook’s ad network which allowed our marketing team to bid and buy ads on Facebook saving the company ~$10,000 a month.
- Developed the front-end for an editorial team to write multi-question quizzes complete with an image uploading tool for each question.
FigFront-end Engineer
2012 – 2013
- Helped Design and developing a mobile-first platform for holistic wellness coaching, tracking, and accountability, on IOS and Android platforms.
- From a Photoshop file developed the front and back end of main site using Drupal.
- Developed a front end application using the Sencha HTML5 platform with SASS and Compass.
Projects
Intuit Aid AssistSoftware Engineer
- React, SASS, IntuitAppFabric
- Partnered with the Intuit's Aid Assist team to develop a component for Covid (PPP) Estimator
Intuit Open Source siteSoftware Engineer
- React, Styled Components, IntuitAppFabric
- Partnered with the Intuit's Open Source team to lead/build/mentor the front-end objectives and best practices for the open source website.
One Intuit Technology FrameworkSoftware Engineer
- React, Redux, D3, SASS, GraphQL, Apollo, Node JS
- Partnered with the Intuit's technology team helped standardize data structure and coded a reusable framework to display data trends for various Intuit Technologies and groups.
One Intuit Forum DashboardSoftware Engineer
- React, Redux, D3, SASS, GraphQL, Apollo, Node, Express
- Partnered with Intuit's Finance team and lead the front-end engineering objectives of building a single page application for Intuit's CEO staff, which included D3 graphs demonstrating financial trends and declines with realtime commentary.
'A day in the life' functional onboarding appSoftware Engineer
- React, Redux, SASS
- Partnered with the Intuit's hiring engineering team to help build a training app that allowed newly hired engineers to hit the ground running.
T4I Password PortalSoftware Engineer
- React, Redux, SASS, Node, Express
- Partnered with the Intuit's India team to help build an internal password portal which helped tackle one of the contingent workers biggest road blocks.
Intuit InsightFront-end Engineer
- Angular, React, Javascript, SASS, Webpack, Gulp
- Coded all front-end components of Intuit's intranet.
Intuit Link ShortenerFull Stack
- Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, AWS DynamoDB, ClaudiaJS, Angular, HTML, CSS, Javascript
- Coded the API's for a link shortner using AWS technologies with an Angular front-end
Topix Facebook Ad Buying ToolFront-end Engineer
- AngularJS, Javascript, HTML, CSS, SASS, Compass,Foundation
- Developed a tool that interfaces with Topix data servers and Facebooks ad network which allowed our marketing team to bid and buy ads on Facebook.
Topix Quiz Editor
- AngularJS, Javascript, HTML, CSS, SASS, Compass
- Developed the front-end for an editorial team to write multi-question quizzes complete with an image uploading tool for each question.
stars.topix.com, offbeat.topix.com, politix.topix.comFront-end Engineer
- Foundation, HTML, CSS and JQuery
- Coded High visibility forward facing sites of Topix’s Stars and Offbeat, that see thousands of users every day. This company was purchased by publishers clearning house and these links are no loger active.
fig.com Full-stack Engineer
- Drupal, HTML5, CSS and JQuery, PHP
- For both projects, I was given a Photoshop file and content. Built each site Using Drupal for front and back end.