MATTHEW SZEKALSKI

ac8dze@r.postjobfree.com 631-***-**** New York, NY

linkedin.com/in/mszekalski/ mattski.codes github.com/mszekalski SKILLS

JavaScript ES6, React.js, Redux.js, Ruby, Rails, HTML5, CSS, SQL, Git, Webpack, ActionCable, Node.js RECENT PROJECTS

Hang React.js Redux.js Ruby/Rails ActionCable PostgreSQL Live GitHub Full stack messaging app inspired by Slack

● Implements live chat by utilizing ActionCable to create and manage full two-way WebSocket connections between users and the server over a single TCP connection

● Backend tables use polymorphic associations to support direct messages and channel functionality

● Built RESTful JSON Rails API to power frontend React client side application Metris JavaScript HTML5 Canvas Live GitHub

Canvas-based falling block game

● Uses object oriented programming to implement block collision and rotation

● Utilizes HTML5 Canvas to draw shapes and colors of pieces and to animate downward movement

Weather App React.js Node.js Live GitHub

Displays weather for a particular location

● Utilizes the Aeris Weather API to pull the next week’s worth of weather data

● Implements a responsive for UI by using CSS media queries MQuery JavaScript Demo GitHub

Custom frontend DOM manipulation library written in JavaScript

● Demoed by creating the classic cell phone game ‘snake’ EXPERIENCE

App Academy, New York July 2018 – Present

Bootcamp Prep Online Instructor

● Teach beginner and intermediate students the fundamentals of JavaScript ES5 and ES6

● Conduct 1 on 1 tutoring sessions with students preparing to apply to coding bootcamps

● Provide code reviews for student's assessments

Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLC, New York June 2014 – September 2017 Paralegal

● Responsible for managing 20-30 active medical malpractice defense cases as part of legal team

● Organized 1000s of pages of medical records for review and court preparation

● Managed exhibits in courtroom proceedings during trial to aid defense arguments EDUCATION

App Academy, New York Nov 2017 – Feb 2018

● Full-stack 1000+ hour software engineering course with < 3% acceptance rate University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT May 2014

B.A in Political Science, GPA: 3.5

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