Software Engineer
Vivint Smart Home, Inc. Lehi, UT
Feb 2021 – Present- Implement the front end for multiple web applications using technologies including Vue.js and TypeScript.
Résumé
Work History
Front End Developer II
Clearlink Salt Lake City, UT
Feb 2020 – Feb 2021- Use mockups to code responsive web pages using Handlebars, SCSS, and a proprietary component library
- Assist in maintaining and extending applications using Javascript, NPM, and Node
- Support a broad range of browsers and devices
FED Project Showcase Winner July 2020
FED Project Showcase Winner October 2020
Software Engineer
The Scion Group Chicago, IL
April 2018 – June 2019- Launch a new Rails-based business intelligence platform from scratch on a two person team responsible for decision making and planning from start to finish
- Take ownership of front end maintenance and scaling using ERB, handcrafted SASS, HTML5, Javascript, Stimulus.js, ActionView, and a custom Bootstrap installation
- Engineer services for consuming data from various 3rd party APIs
Software Engineer
NCSA Next College Student Athlete Chicago, IL
July 2015 – Sept 2017- Serve simultaneously on both the UI and Software Engineering teams and float between teams as needed
- Lead UI/UX design on project to build a tool for families to estimate federal loan amounts
- Build and support existing Rails applications using TDD with RSPEC
- Utilize Javascript, Slim, jQuery, CoffeeScript, and LESS for front end work
Teammate of the SprintWinter 2015
Teammate of the SprintSpring 2016
Jr. Front End Engineer
DialogTech Chicago, IL
2014 – 2015- Code extensively in Javascript to extend and support several single page applications built in Backbone,
- Build mockups of new views to spec in Backbone with LESS, Mustache, Lodash, and Handlebars
- Develop and deploy code in an all Javascript web stack: MongoDB, Node, Express and Backbone
Rails Developer
Blueye Creative Chicago, IL
2014 – 2014- Assist in building an Airbnb-like web application using Rails 4
- Build a new database for Wilson’s tennis racket inventory with a Microsoft Access front end
- Parse through and import years of inconsistently formatted spreadsheet data with Ruby scripts
Web Support Developer
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
2011 – 2014- Sole support developer for ~400 websites using our homegrown CMS, providing support for both our Rails based CMS app and client websites
- Train clients to maintain their websites in our CMS with a focus on improving search rankings and good accessibility
- Build custom designs from PSDs into mobile-first, responsive websites
- Excel at providing great customer service over the phone, in-person, and via email for clients
Presidential Team Irish AwardWinter 2013
Employee of the QuarterWinter 2013
Skills
JavaScript
SCSS, LESS, CSS
React
Git
Vue
APIs
Ruby
Node, NPM
Rails 5
TypeScript
Education
B.A. Sociology, Computer Applications
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
Class of 2011SUMMA CUM LAUDECollege of Arts and Letters
PHI BETA KAPPAThey made me pay a fee
ALPHA KAPPA DELTAInternational Sociology Honor Society
Student/Graduate
Dev Bootcamp Chicago, IL
Spring 2014Learned multiple languages and frameworks, including Ruby, JavaScript, Rails, SQL, HTML and CSS as well as techniques for fast, effective learning in an ever-evolving field.
Assets
- Empathy to be an effective teammate
- Organizational abilities for managing projects independently
- Research skills to find the best solutions to new challenges
- Enthusiasm and passion for front end work
- Positive attitude and willingness to handle a wide variety of responsibilities
- Effective communicator with people from varying technical backgrounds
- Dedicated to ongoing professional development
- Natural problem solver
- 5+ years of Agile experience
- 10+ years of experience working on web applications in various capacities
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.— Annie Dillard