Kirby Craft - Senior Front-End Engineer

Austin, TX 512-***-**** ad1b7h@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/kirby-craft github.com/kirdua

Experienced senior front-end developer with 10+ years experience, actively staying current with tech trends through daily reading, peer discussions, and Udemy courses (projects on github.com/kirdua). Known for creative solutions in fast-paced environments, specializing in client-focused, clean, and scalable code with a focus on design, UX/UI, and speed. Seeking a dynamic, collaborative team for growth, skill development, and leadership opportunities.

SKILLS

Technologies: Github, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Docker, Jenkins, RESTful APIs, Figma, Agile, Kanban

Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SCSS, Less

Libraries: React, Vue, jQuery, Redux, Vuex, Pinia, D3, ChartsJS

Frameworks: AngularJS, EmberJS, Node, Express, NPM, Yarn, Gulp, Webpack

Testing: Jest, Cypress, Vitest

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Front-end Developer, Qomplx Remote 2021 – Present

●Learned Vue in a fast-paced environment while contributing to ongoing projects.

●Experience integrating with async APIs - data fetching, caching and client-side state management

●Worked in a team to upgrade products from Vue2 to Vue3 composition API with Pinia state management. Developed new features for existing products. Presented latest feature integrations to senior VP of technology.

●Coordinated with QA to optimize product performance and new feature integration. Reviewed merge-requests in a team environment to prevent errors and offer alternative solutions. Created unit and end-to-end tests for new features and utility files.

Senior Software Developer, Premium Retail Services Remote 2020 – 2021

●Develop a new ReactJS SPA from scratch and build new features with ReactJS, Hooks, and Redux.

●Direct mentoring of junior engineers on best practices to advance the skills of those on the team

●Convert wireframe or other mockups to pixel perfect features with clean code

●Collaborate cross-functionally on Figma UI designs and create new page layouts, ensuring all pages meet 508 compliance and all acceptance unit tests.

Senior Software Developer, Q2eBanking Austin, TX 2019 – 2020

●Spearheaded front-end development of new features, existing feature updates, and bug fixes as well as building and updating acceptance, unit, and integration tests for front-end.

●Created clean interfaces and optimized user experience in collaboration with designers and dev team members.

●Optimized all web assets for desktop and mobile, while ensuring commercial pages met user accessibility standards, and developing new internal features.

●Partnered with backend developers to design API delivered data structures.

Front-end Developer, PNC Bank Remote 2017 – 2019 - Remote

●Oversaw front-end development and maintenance for 3 internal web applications. collaborating cross functionally with 10 backend developers to design a JSON schema for the front-end.

●Tested APIs to ensure standard attainment utilizing Postman.

●Recognized as a leader, mentoring 3 junior front-end developers and training on best practices

●Presented potential new features and layouts to project managers and EVPS, via Balsamiq mockups.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Front-end Developer, LiveOps Cloud Austin, TX 2016 – 2017

●Developed robust new features and user-friendly reporting dashboards with 3rd party API integration.

●Improved and optimized site speed and performance by refactoring existing code base.

●Utilized Jenkins to deploy front-end to Amazon Web Services Lambda in collaboration with the greater dev team.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Front-end developer & product prototyper, Independent Contractor

Tier 2 Support Engineer, Sizmek

Flash Developer, BroadRamp

Graphic Designer, Manitex

Flash Developer, Software Professionals Inc.

Military Experience: Third Class Petty Officer, US Navy

EDUCATION

Austin Community College, Austin, TX

Associate of Arts in Visual & Multimedia Communication Design

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