I started my career in 2015 after completing a Master's degree in Computer Science and Math. For the following two years, I worked as a CS teacher, helping students to understand core Computer Science concepts. In 2018 I accepted an offer from Highlight Agency and took the position of Front-end Software Engineer there. Back then I collaborated with a team of engineers on building websites for clients of the Agency. While working there I polished my expertise with JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, jQuery, and React while also learning how to work with responsive design and collaborate effectively with team members. In early 2023 I joined Blue&Yellow Foundation as a Full-stack Developer, where I was working on their company’s website, and led a team of engineers while being responsible for features like Stripe and Eventbrite integration. In this role, I polished my knowledge of the Next.js framework and integration of 3rd party APIs. Today, I have a strong foundation in front-end and back-end development, especially utilizing JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, and Tailwind CSS tech stack. My goal is to keep growing as a professional and improve my skills.
JavaScript
TypeScript
React
Redux
Next.js
Node.js
Tailwind
Ruby On Rails
HTML5
CSS
Python
REST APIs
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
AWS
Blue & Yellow
Website for Donations
My contributions:
• Led a team of engineers to successfully develop and deploy a web application for donations utilizing JavaScript, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS as the core stack.
• Leveraged Next.js SSR to enhance website performance, cutting load time from 4.11s to 2.13s and boosting SEO.
• Integrated multiple third-party APIs and Web Services, enhancing the functionality and usability of the website.
• Designed and crafted multiple components using JavaScript and React.js, ensuring a smooth user experience and efficient state management.
• Developed and tested RESTful endpoints enabling full CRUD functionality.
• Utilized PostgreSQL database for efficient data storage and retrieval, reducing load times and minimizing expenses associated with API calls.
• Crafted a responsive design with Tailwind CSS, ensuring an optimal UX across diverse devices.
KoinY
Cryptocurrency Tracking App
My contributions:
• Crafted reusable and modular React.js components, following object-oriented principles, resulting in clean and reusable code with improved scalability.
• Utilized the Coingecko API to enable users to access real-time data on cryptocurrency prices and trading coins.
• Leveraged the TradingView API to provide users with interactive price charts for cryptocurrency trading.
• Deployed web application to Vercel, enabling efficient CI/CD pipelines for future scaling and SaaS model implementation.
CultureBot
Employee Engagement App
My contributions:
• Developed a customized solution by integrating ChatGPT into the platform using Python and Open AI API, enriching user experience.
• Designed a data collection pipeline to continuously gather up-to-date information from various sources for analysis and integration into responses.
• Employed BeautifulSoup to streamline the extraction of data from various news portals, ensuring relevant content.
Itenerator
Personalized Activity Recommender
My contributions:
• Implemented React Router for client-side routing, which enabled quick navigation and bookmarking within the web application.
• Employed Redux.js to centralize state management, minimizing unnecessary re-renders and improving web application performance resulting in savings of over $24,000.
• Collaborated with backend engineers to optimize data retrieval from MongoDB and additional Web Services within an Agile environment.
• Employed CSS features such as Grid, Transitions, Animations, and Media Queries to enhance the interface and user experience.
Steamer
Video Game Store
My contributions:
• Integrated Ruby on Rails with React.js to create a dynamic and easy-to-scale e-commerce platform.
• Engineered authentication mechanisms and JSON Web Tokens to ensure secure access to REST APIs.
• Simplified interactions with the PostgreSQL database by using ActiveRecord ORM enabled swift and effective data manipulation.
• Employed AWS for storing product images, leading to reliable accessibility, and reduced retrieval latency.
• Constructed multiple RESTful routes to ensure complete CRUD capability within the application.
Torque
Fast-paced Racing Game
My contributions:
• Crafted custom game physics and challenging gameplay by employing vanilla JavaScript.
• Leveraged the Canvas API to generate smooth visual effects, resulting in increased user engagement.
• over 10 hours of development time and enhanced code efficiency by implementing OOP principles.
Recommendations
Ola Parks
Founder of Blue&Yellow Foundation
Tim Carter
CCO, Managing Partner at Highlight