SAMIP SHAH

Sr. UI Developer

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Over 8 years of experience in requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, and production support of scalable, Multi-Tier distributed fault-tolerant Enterprise applications while meeting realistic implementation schedules and adhering to development goals and principles.

Extensive experience in developing Web based applications and Client/Server applications using HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap, PHP4, PHP5, AJAX, JSON, AngularJS-1, AngularJS-2, Typescript, NodeJS and JSON.

Good working experience in designing and implementing various web applications in both LAMP (Linux, Apache, MYSQL, PHP) and WAMP (Windows, Apache, MYSQL, PHP) Environments.

Expertise in client scripting language and server scripting languages like JavaScript, JQuery, JSON, DOJO etc.

Experienced in solving issues in web browsers, following the W3C standards to maintain the website with defect free.

Expertise in developing high-quality code and produced visually appealing designs focused on usability, utility, cross-browser compatibility and SEO / web standard. The Angular2 JavaScript framework for building web applications is highly efficient to use with the other latest frameworks as well as using RESTful services

Experience of designing & customizing websites on different CMS like Drupal, WordPress, Teamsite etc.

Comprehensive experience in full SDLC development in PHP, Objective Oriented frameworks, MVC architecture.

Experience in Drupal Themes developing Drupal custom modules, resolving Drupal configuration issues.

Strong on Object Oriented Programming (OOP) Concepts using PHP-5, skilled at progressing from problem statement to well documented low-level code design.

Hands-on experience using JQuery plugins and JavaScript Frameworks like Angular JS, ExtJS in web application.

Extensive experienced working in both AGILE/SCRUM and SDLC based development environment and participating in SCRUM sessions that includes Analyzing, Designing, Coding, Testing, implementation & Production Support.

Good Experience in Search Engine Optimization, Link Building, Google Keyword Tool, Word Tracker, Google Webmaster Tool and Social Networking, Web Accessibility.

3+ Years experience in created web related modifications and changes using Photoshop, Dreamviewer.

Good knowledge of checking cross browser compatibility and hence worked on different browsers like safari, Internet explorer, Firefox and Google chrome.

Experienced on Managing product development/Implementation using AWS cloud infrastructure

Experienced in Responsive Web Design technology with or without framework like Bootstrap

Good Knowledge on Model View Controller (MVC) architecture based Web Applications development.

Experience with task runners like Grunt, Gulp etc.

Good understanding of Document Object Model (DOM) and DOM functions.

Worked in scrum process attending daily stand up and completing tasks in sprints.

Expert in creating Templates, Mockups and Prototypes, Web Interfaces, Layouts and Flow of Future Page.

Knowledge of using SVN, GIT, Harvest for version control.

Experienced in Design, Development of web-based Applications using Apache Tomcat 7.0.

Strong understanding and experience in Agile and Waterfall Environments.

Involved in JIRA workflows for the bug tracking and project management.

Experienced in deploying applications on Windows and Mac environments.

Hands on experience with Integrated Development Environments (IDE’s) and tools like Eclipse, Sublime, Brackets, Notepad ++, Webstorm.

Good problem solving and communication skills. Able to work in a diverse environment, shares responsibility for the team's success or failure, and self-motivated to contribute towards team/company goals.

Excellent problem solving, communication skills, leadership abilities, and able to work either individually, or in a team.

Performed UNIT and integration testing using jasmine and in writing Test Cases on every new version before sending it for User Acceptance Test (UAT)

Highly Curious about new front-end development technologies and adept at promptly and thoroughly mastering them with a keen awareness of new industry developments and the evolution of programming solutions.

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

Web Technologies: HTML/HTML5, CSS2/CSS3, XML, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery, JSON, PHP, Bootstrap, Backbone.js, Angular JS, Marionette, Agility.js, Knockout, Ext JS, UI Concept Modelling/Wire framing

Web/App Servers: HTTP Web Server, Apache Tomcat, Node.JS

IDE & Tools: NetBeans, Eclipse, WebStorm, Brackets, Sublime Text Editor, Dreamweaver

Version Control SVN: (tortoise SVN), Perforce, GitHub

Server Side Programming: PHP4/PHP5, Java, J2EE, JSP, JMS, JDBC, JPA, Web Services, SOAP, Restful, Hibernate, Google API.

Debugging Tools: Chrome Developer Toolbar, Firebug, IE Developer Toolbar, Safari Web Developer

Other Tools: JUnit, Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Lightroom 5.3, Microsoft Office 2010, Bower, Grunt, GULP.js, Karma, Jasmine, C++/C programming, Minification

Database: PL/SQL (oracle), MySQL, MSSQL, Shell-scripting

Operating Systems: Windows 7/8/10, MAC OS X, UNIX/LINUX

EDUCATION:

Bachelors in Computer Science from University of East London in 2009 with GPA 3:4

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Client: Pitney Bowes (Stamford, CT) Aug 2016 to Present

Role: Senior UI/Web/Front End Developer

Description: Pitney Bowes is an American provider of global Ecommerce solutions, shipping and mailing products, location intelligence, customer engagement and customer information management solutions. The application is achieved by using some of the latest and trending technologies like – Angular.JS, Node.JS, HTML5, gulp, bower as front-end technologies, and Java micro-services, RESTful APIs to hold the business rules and interaction with databases for back-end technologies.

Responsibilities:

Worked on web based applications for better User Interface and Agile based development.

Involved in complete SDLC life cycle: Designing, Coding, Testing, Debugging and Production Support for web based projects.

Participated in structured reviews and technical reviews, as needed.

Participated in efforts to enhance the performance of existing applications.

Used HTML/HTML5 for coding and designing the frontend pages.

Used Bootstrap library to quickly build project UI's and used AngularJS framework to associate HTML/HTML5 elements to models.

Worked closely with Business Analysts and Product team in understanding the technical requirements of each project and prepared the use cases for different functionalities and designs.

Created HTML5 pages from the PDF's given by the UX and used AngularJS to retrieve data from the rest services.

Used Ajax calls through AngularJS to populate the data tables on the front-end.

Worked with QA team on daily basis in fixing the reported bugs/defects and checking cross platform compatibility.

Created Cross-Browser compatible and standards-compliant CSS-base page layouts.

Extensive use of JavaScript for coding various functionalities.

Designed table-less layouts using CSS and appropriate HTML/HTML5tags as per W3C standards.

Developed the custom data grids upon JQUERY framework to deliver the business data.

Used JQUERY plug-ins to implement features as a light box, sliders and other intuitive features.

Developed AJAX based web based UI framework by utilizing JQUERY library.

Used AJAX for implementing part of the functionality for Customer Registration, View Customer information modules.

Create optimized graphic websites and application interfaces using HTML and CSS.

Reference methods within the jQuery library to show hide and update information without having to refresh a webpage.

Use JavaScript and the jQuery library to add new functional features to the website.

Handle all aspects of the web applications including maintaining, testing, debugging and deploying.

Environment: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AngularJS, HandlebarsJS, jQuery, JIRA, AJAX, JSON, XML, PHP5, MYSQL

Client: AT&T (Middletown, NJ) Sep 2015 – July 2016

Role: Sr. UI Developer

Project: Internal Application

Description: AT&T is a leading mobile service provider with a full satisfactory service to its customers. This project deals with development of the user account access online. This project involved the development of a Web based application for users to Access their accounts get the information regarding their account and can get clarifications to their queries.

Role/Responsibilities:

Involved in Software Development Life Cycle phases like requirements gathering, Analysis, Design, Development and Testing.

Designed and developed website with Core PHP along with XHTML, HTML5, AngularJS, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS3, Ajax, Bootstrap, and APIs. Developed the frontend of the business application using various web technologies like HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, AngularJS and Bootstrap.

Involved in developing design specifications, website architecture and web application based on the provided functional requirements and design layout.

Responsible for creating UI using Web 2.0 standards and meeting W3C standards.

Used AngularJS as a JavaScript MVC framework for developing single page application and giving it a dynamic functionality.

Exercised jQuery for client side validation on multiple web forms.

Utilized AngularJS controllers to control and exchange the data to and from backend and AngulasJS scopes to display the data.

Used the responsive utilities of the Bootstrap frameworks along with CSS media queries to facilitate the design displaying properly on different devices.

Made sure the website is cross-browser compatible.

Exercised JSON data through third party REST APIs to acquire product data from the server and display it is sorted order.

Committed code changes into repository by using version control SVN.

Used ExtJS widgets for UI enhancements.

Conducted unit testing with Firebug, Chrome Debugger, IE Tester and end-to-end testing on supported browsers and devices.

Communicated with Project Manager, Designing and Marketing Team to understand the requirements for development and specifications.

Worked on the website from start to finish to give it a new look using HTML5/CSS/Javascript.

Created UI designs using Web 2.0 standards

Responsible for creating the screens with table-less designs meeting W3C standards.

Designed dynamic and browser compatible pages using HTML5/HTML, DHTML, CSS 3.0 and JavaScript.

Developed fast loading images using Adobe Photoshop CS3.

Developed CSS styles to maintain the uniformity of all the screens throughout the application and positioning of screen objects.

Developed page layouts, navigation, animation buttons and icons.

Applied industry best practices and standards when project requirements are lagging.

Implemented various Validation Controls for client-side validation and implemented custom validation controls with ASP.Net validation controls.

Designed CSS based page layouts that are cross-browser compatible and standards-compliant.

Did extensive JavaScript and JQuery programming to give AJAX functionality for the website.

Followed Agile Practices for developing the application.

Environment: JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, AJAX, Photoshop CC 2015, JSON, Bootstrap, JQuery, XML, JSP, AngularJS.

Client: CABLEVISION (Woodbury, NY) Feb 2014 to Aug 2015

Role: Sr. UI Developer

Description: Responsible for working on a wide range of projects, including maintaining the Optimum.net website, managing stores and payment centers, integrating Freewheel (Wi-Fi only phone) with the current optimum.net site, updating automatic scripts and carrying out ad-hoc tasks as requested by the IT Manager.

Role/Responsibilities:

Attended stand-up meetings, discussed project related issues and picked up user story and dug into various design aspects of websites.

Designed and implemented the user interface using HTML5, XHTML, XML, CSS3, JAVASCRIPT, Ext JS, ANGULAR JS and NODE.JS.

Create Grid Panel to hold different component.

Used CSS Sprites to decrease the number of HTTP requests and load time of web pages.

Add image icon to different buttons to make those buttons more visible.

Developed a Utility function to increase the reusability of the code in different places.

Object is extended to override some built in class to improve some UI components.

Object is created to remove the history from the previous preview grid.

Compile a system design procedure proposal that meets every requirement and follows agile methodology.

Managed the WordPress multisite environment, including custom theme and plugin developments for each subsite.

Testing application using Jasmine Test Framework and Grunt.

Used Google analytics reports, optimized the page load time for the pages that had heavy traffic and improvised those pages using CSS.

Developed and consumed REST web services using Node.js.

Debugged the application using Firebug to traverse the documents and manipulated the Nodes using DOM and DOM Functions using Firefox and IE Developer Tool bar for IE.

Performed Unit testing on AngularJS applications using Karma and Jasmine.

Used CSS Image Sprites to reduce load time of web page by decreasing the number of images which requires less number of server requests.

Designed and developed different UI Components Using CQ5 and Ext JS classes.

Implemented application deployment on Apache Tomcat web Server.

Used GITHUB for Source Control and Version Management.

Component level design and defined the usage of AJAX to reuse the network bandwidth efficiently and making feel that the user resides in the same page of our website.

Environment: JavaScript, Photoshop CC2015, ExtJS3.2.1, HTML5, CSS3, Apache Tomcat 7, Eclipse, Brackets, Chrome Developer emulation.

Client: Comage Container Lines Inc. (Old Bridge, NJ) Sep 2011 – Dec 2013

Role: Sr. UI Developer

Description: Comage’s solutions are designed to provide you with the convenience and peace of mind of the whole range of shipping, transportation and logistics services, facilitated through its forwarding offices worldwide. I worked with site modification, creating mock-ups, graphic icons, navigation links, page layout, and Image layout, Promos, Demos with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Dreamweaver.

Responsibilities:

Attended daily meetings, kept up-to-date on best practices for JavaScript frameworks and techniques.

Designed and implemented multiple new features in purityproducts.com related to different vitamins search and purchase using AJAX, JQuery, CSS and HTML.

Handled Browser compatibility issues in HTML, CSS and Java Script for IE, Firefox and Chrome browsers.

Design and implemented Vitamin Suggested module that offers to customer suggested products after evaluating customer’s preference.

Implemented JQuery validation plug-in, modified JQuery validation plug-in to support custom validation.

Developed sub-sites for new products, customer investigation, and coupon discounts.

Used Ajax in JSON format for asynchronous request handling and partial refreshing by the user.

Tested and debugged using JavaScript, Ajax, Servlet, JSP, and JQuery, CSS, HTML and SQL.

Environment: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, AJAX, JSON, Media Queries.

Client: Tesco PLC (London, UK) June 2009 – Aug 2011

Role: Web UI Developer

Domain: Tesco Mobile

Project: Customer Feedback System

Tesco has collection of tools used for monitoring the business performance and availability of endpoints as well scrutinizing the application and environment through monitors.

My role is as a Web/UI Application Developer doing changes to the most existed Apps which are developed in non-web platform and transforming to the new web based platform by using of technologies like JSP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery and Ajax

Responsibilities:

Manage small-to-medium-sized projects including CMS and e-commerce deployments, payment gateway integrations, interfacing with other applications.

Prepared the project technical documentation in Wire frames.

Developed and designed GUI layouts.

Resolved production UI issues instantly.

Actively involved in Impact Analysis, Design, Coding, Developing, unit testing, and System Testing.

Converted Photoshop layouts to web pages using web technologies.

Responsible for preparing technical documents and reports.

Involved in design, development and testing phases of the project.

Develop the front-end by doing hands-on coding using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery.

Leverage knowledge of W3C standards, cross-browser development techniques.

Worked on Responsive Design to make website Responsive for Desktop and Tablets.

Utilized various JavaScript and jQuery libraries, AJAX for form validation and other interactive features.

Used AJAX, JSON to send a request to the server to check the functionality of the website.

Testing the website on multiple browsers with their old as well as the latest release.

Environment: HTML, CSS, AJAX, JQuery, JavaScript, PHP, Apache, MYSQL, FTP, WordPress, Ecommerce, Notepad++

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