Software Engineer Development

Paul Silva

San Antonio, TX ***** 409-***-****

*********.***@*****.*** LinkedIn Github

Full Stack Development Frontend Development Backend Development Mobile App Development

PROFILE

Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer with over a decade of experience in the modern technology industry. Paul has played a pivotal role in numerous projects throughout his impressive career, contributing to all phases of software development and ensuring the delivery of solutions that add value to businesses and enhance user experiences. His ultimate objective is to craft impactful and innovative solutions. Skilled in full stack software development, Paul excels in creating pixel-perfect frontends, robust APIs, and managing cloud deployments. He adopts a collaborative approach in agile environments, effectively managing cross-functional collaboration to deliver exceptional results in team-oriented settings. Paul takes pride in being a collaborative team player, dedicated to achieving project goals with speed and precision. He thrives on challenges and is committed to lifelong learning, which keeps him at the forefront of emerging technology trends.

Core Skills & Competencies

Full Stack Development Frontend Development Backend Development Mobile App Development SEO & Performance Optimization Cross-functional Integration Fast Learning Stack holders Collaboration Troubleshooting

WORK EXPERIENCE

Covetrus Remote Feb 2024 — Present

Sr. Full Stack Developer

●Mono-Repo System Creation: Developed a mono-repo system of reusable React components using Lerna, Rollup, and Yarn. Enhanced large table list performance with React virtualization and windowing of large data sets.

●Microservice Development: Collaborated with a team to enhance a microservice (Plexi) using React, Python, Django, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and Swagger. Ensured seamless integration into a larger project.

●Authentication System Revamp: Revamped the authentication system, transitioning from session-based to token-based authentication to align with the larger project (Pulse). Improved the user authentication efficiency by 40%.

●Code Quality and Standards: Improved overall code quality by updating standards, removing obsolete tests, and modernizing the UI of Plexi to meet Pulse’s design requirements. Conducted thorough code reviews and implemented best practices. Enhanced backend efficiency and scalability, reducing server response time by 20%.

●Agile Methodologies: Actively participated in Agile and SAFe ceremonies, including daily standups, grooming, retrospective, and PI planning. Contributed to the continuous improvement of development processes and team collaboration.

IBM Remote Feb 2022 — Feb 2024

Sr. Frontend Developer

●Frontend Solutions Mastery: Leveraged React, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS to create multiple frontend projects and ensure responsive & user-friendly designs. Improved application performance, achieving a 50% faster page load time, significantly boosting SEO rankings and increasing user retention by 20%.

●User Experiences Enhancement: Built and refined order forms for projects and prioritized seamless user experiences and high-quality interactions. Enhanced user engagement by 25% through the implementation of dynamic UIs

●Visual Consistency: Updated & enhanced the project frontend pages according to the latest Figma designs, and ensured a cohesive & modern visual identity.

●Collaborative Development: Worked closely with backend developers daily and promoted effective communication & teamwork to achieve high-quality project outcomes. Increased team productivity by 15% and significantly reduced code defects.

Brinks Home Dallas, TX Feb 2020 — Jan 2022

Full Stack Developer

●Cross-Functional Collaboration: Worked with teams across Waterfall, Rapid, and Agile environments to develop web applications, closely aligning with product owners to understand application capabilities and testing scenarios.

●Comprehensive Tech Stack: Built the design and implementation of web, iOS and Android applications utilizing a robust tech stack including React, React Native, Node, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS services (Elastic Search, DynamoDB, Lambda).

●UI/UX Enhancement: Developed and refined user interface elements such as interstitials, tooltips, modals, and overlays using Figma to significantly enhance the overall user experience.

●Efficient Development Workflows: Implemented features like reactive data binding, components, and directives, streamlining development workflows to ensure efficient and cohesive solutions.

●Performance Optimization: Conducted A/B testing on client features to optimize performance and usability, demonstrating a strong commitment to delivering high-quality products.

●Comprehensive Logging and Testing: Added Splunk logging for performance testing and error handling across the Evernote mobile app, web, and desktop platforms.

Appnovation New York, NY Jan 2019 — Jan 2020

Software Engineer

●Diverse Client Engagement: Collaborated with clients across various industries, including education, e-commerce, retail, food and beverage, and nonprofit sectors.

●Technical Consultancy: Created technical specifications, evaluated and selected platform components, and provided clients with insights on the benefits and drawbacks of different approaches for SEO performance optimization.

●Front-End and Administration Development: Developed front-end and administrator apps with clean, semantic markup using technologies such as HTML, CSS, PHP, Laravel, Drupal, WordPress, Bootstrap, JavaScript, and jQuery.

●Third-Party API Integration: Integrated third-party REST APIs including PayPal, Stripe, and Twilio for payment gateways and messaging systems.

●Server Management and CI/CD: Developed and managed staging and production servers on AWS EC2 and Elastic Beanstalk. Built CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES

Full Stack Developer Emergent Software St Paul, MN Apr 2017 — Jan 2019

Frontend Developer Syberry Corporation Austin, TX Apr 2015 — Mar 2017

Software Engineer Techverx Plano, TX July 2013 — Mar 2015

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Computer Science Boston University Sep 2008 - May 2013

TECHNICAL SKILLS

JavaScript TypeScript HTML5 CSS3 Tailwind CSS AJAX jQuery Bootstrap Material UI React Next.js Gatsby.js React Native Node Nest.js Redux Express.js Python Django PHP WordPress Laravel Shopify Java Swift Strapi Sanity.io Dato CMS RESTful API GraphQL SQL MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Jest Docker GitLab GitHub Bitbucket JIRA Trello AWS Lambda Amplify DynamoDB CloudWatch EC2 S3 RDS Microsoft Azure GCP Jenkins SEO A/B Testing Google Analytics Twilio Stripe PayPal

LANGUAGES

Proficient in English & Spanish

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