10 years experience with Linux/Unix operations: shell scripting,
key management, networking, package management.
Workflows & Methodologies
Using GitHub Projects to implement Agile Design and SCRUM
practices.
Test-Driven Development with unit and integration tests using
RSpec & Capybara.
Conducting code reviews, doing live feature
demonstrations, interviewing and on-boarding new developers.
Full-stack development in RubyMine by JetBrains, including
deployment, version control, and database operations.
Follower of the business & software development practices promoted by
Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson, and Basecamp.com.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (ON TEAMS)
Vericatch.com (On-Site - Vancouver, BC)
Ruby on Rails Developer (March 2018 - November 2018)
Developed back-end and front-end features for 3 commercial apps that
provides services for supply-chain management, fishing industry
regulations, and provincial catch reporting (1 app in production for 7
years, 2 new apps that were developed and sold).
Wrote PostgreSQL queries that power the Supply Chain database,
often spanning 50+ lines.
Analyzed & optimized PostgreSQL performance in Ruby on
Rails.
Reviewed 3+ Pull Requests Per Week for a team of 4 Ruby on Rails
developers.
Followed Test-Driven Development methodology using RSpec, using
Capybara for integration tests.
Restricted User & Group access to features Devise & Warden.
Created reusable UI components using Bootstrap CSS.
Shared senior developer duties of Interviewing & On-boarding new
developers.
Deployed applications on DigitalOcean through Ansible.
Configured Amazon Web Services to for hosting images and assets.
Handled user support requests and application errors from
Sentry within 24-hours.
Worked in 2-week SCRUM sprints along with Agile Design
workflow that was setup through GitHub Projects.
Delivered live presentations to development team when adding new
features.
EXAMPLES OF MY WORK
Here's just a few projects I'm proud of. (Click the live link to see
them in action!)
Example #1: πAmazon ASIN Lookup
Description:
Search Amazon by Product Number without paying for the API