Experience

My Resume

The work I've done along the way.

Sr UX Web Developer
Texas Southern University | Aug 2023 - Present

• Designed and built UI/UX mockups and developed them into custom web and mobile software applications and features for businesses, government institutions, and healthcare institutions with Javascript, React, Ionic, Node.js, NPM, HTML, CSS, Sass, Bootstrap, and Umbraco CMS.

• Made significant direct contributions to the design and maintenance of medicalcountermeasures.gov for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

• Worked directly with Back-end, and UI/UX design teams.

• Contributed to multiple projects from different clients at once.

• Ensured that all projects were Section 508 compliant.

• Improved load speed by minimizing unnecessary code.

• Designed, built, and enhanced marketing web applications with HTML, CSS, Sass, Javascript, React, Bootstrap, and the enterprise-level CMS.

• Worked directly with Digital Media, Marketing, and Back-end development teams.

• Participated in multiple weekly planning and strategy meetings.

Front-end Web Developer
Elon Technologies | Feb 2018 - Jun 2021

Front-end Web Developer (Contract)
Blue Cross & Blue Shield | Jun 2021 - Oct 2023

Freelance Web Developer
JoparaDev.com | Jun 2017 - Present

Software Engineering Fellow
General Assembly | Aug 2018 - Nov 2018

• Worked remotely. Completed several assignments and projects in a period of 12 weeks.

• Intense, project-based program. Focused on modern software engineering technologies and principles.

• Created proof-of-concept applications for demonstration and evaluation.

• Used HTML 5, CSS 3, Bootstrap 4, ES6 Javascript, AJAX, NPM, and React.js to create interactive front-end UIs.

• Used Node.js, Express.js, Mongo DB, Python, Django, and PostgreSQL on the Back-end to create and implement RESTful APIs in full-stack project applications.

• Experience with Git/Github for version control and cloud storage of source code, Visual Studio Code as an IDE.

• Worked alone, pair-programmed, and worked with teams using Agile and Scrum software development methodologies.

Front-end Developer/Design Technologist
Indeed.com | Oct 2021 - Mar 2023

• Participated in the design process from ideation to development with Figma, Javascript, React, Redux, React Router, Typescript, CSS, Material UI, HTML, APIs, GraphQL, and Git/Gitlab.

• Designed and built large-scale web applications that were shown by Datadog analysis to improve job posting velocity by a minimum of 16% and a maximum of 37% with React and Typescript.

• Embedded in external product teams to improve project quality and velocity by providing UX Design and prototyping capabilities.

• Validated UX Research and UX Design ideas by producing low-fidelity mockups and wireframes with Figma, and building them into interactive high-fidelity working prototypes using Javascript, React, and Typescript.

• Regularly collaborated with cross-functional design, product, and engineering peers during code sprints, design ideation sessions, and strategy meetings.

• Worked within the Indeed Design System and refined design concepts through technical and creative insight.

• Served as a technical advisor to non-technical project teammates.

• Collaborating with the cross-functional Enterprise Applications team to modernize the user interface of tsu.edu and deliver a high-quality web-based user experience that supports the needs of the university.

• Developing UI/UX prototypes into live web features and sites with Javascript, React, Typescript, CSS, HTML, APIs, and enterprise-level CMS systems.

• Implementing accessibility and SEO best practices.

• Managing external vendors.

• Establishing a design system to create a standardized and cohesive front end.

• Building internal tools to reduce reliance on external services and organizational spending.

• Designing and building websites, features, and web apps for businesses and individual clients at reasonable prices.

• Using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Javascript, NPM, and React.