Front End Engineer

Team-first developer with *+ years experience adding substantial value to high level projects. A

React, CSS & JavaScript specialist, enthusiastic about creating a high quality and intuitive user experience. A devotee of best practices for optimization and readability, with a noted track record of learning quickly and finding creative solutions.

ethedesign.now.sh/lyn **********@*****.*** +1-267-***-**** Lyn O’Connor

University of Pennsylvania

J.D. Cybersecurity, 2015

Johns Hopkins University

B.A. Sociology, 2012

Education

React

JavaScript

CSS3

HTML5

Redux

Git

Webpack

Sketch + XD

Jest

GraphQL

Technical Skills

Projects

Website for art studio & creative space.

Interface built with React and CSS from

Adobe XD mockups. Next.js

architecture. State managed with

Redux and optimized with Suspense.

Perfect Touch Website

Built with React Native on Expo.

Fetches REST API data and uses global

Redux state and Firebase database.

Prototype mobile app allowing diners to

complete fulfillment of restaurant orders

Divy Restaurant Mobile App

Interface with React and Sass in Next.js

architecture. Redux managed state.

Optimized with Webpack & Suspense.

Prototype website for a design firm

Ethe Design Firm Website

/dev/color

Affinity group motivated by a passion

to build a community that helps devs

of color excel & reach ambitious

career goals.

Member

Associations

We Build Diverse

Teaching students from underserved

communities passionate about

computer science and software

development.

Member & Instructor

Associate Counsel, Jones Day 10/ 2015 - 01/ 2018

Global business law firm specializing in complex venture capital transactions, legal analytics, logistics management, and cybersecurity legal advisory. Serving as nexus of communication for management team, specialty teams, and clients. Learned excellent verbal communication skills, to bring creativity to problems, and to be empathetic to the concerns of those I’m working with. Managing large, global teams of lawyers using strong attention to detail to find and solve legal issues under shifting deadlines, in a fast paced environment. Learned what it is to be a true professional and good teammate. To collaborate well with an ability to prioritize, and to bring my best self every day for those counting on me.

Serving on the diversity leadership team, organizing programs and efforts that promote inclusion. Mentoring and guiding SEO Interns and junior lawyers. Front End Engineer, Freelance 07/ 2017 - 09/ 2018

Delivering project briefs, content hierarchies, and wireframes for products as part of a responsive design process optimized for customer experience. Conditionally rendering screens based on Redux/local state and load status. Connecting app to Redux store with middleware. Managing app state. Writing retrieval & write functions that manage data between apps and Firebase / MongoDB databases. Handling version control with Git. Translating design mockups into HTML, JSX, React Native syntax and adaptable CSS down to the pixel to create mobile and web app interfaces. Engineering custom HTTP responses with Node and Express. Implementing single page browser routing with React Router.

Moving previously created projects from frameworks like Angular, Vue and certain Content Management System over to React and Node.js. Experience

Optimizing apps by compressing assets and reducing data. Lazy loading with Webpack and Suspense, significantly improving page load times. Building web applications with flexible higher order components in React. Utilizing lifecycle methods and established composition patterns such as conditional rendering to create progressive, well-timed browser rendering. Styling elements with Sass processed CSS, organized by media queries in a mobile-first, responsive approach. Writing Redux action and reducer functions to manage global app states, and hooks to manage states locally. Perfecting REST API fetches. Writing algorithms with ES6+ JavaScript to adjust for inconsistencies in returned data and convert data into manageable catalog objects. Designing D3 visualizations with back-end engineers and structuring CSV files to flow data into visualization structures. Maintaining automated testing with Jest for component and function verification, allowing for easier scale.

Designing user journeys and data flow as part of Agile software development workflow. Prototyping products with UI & interaction design principles. UI Developer, Bill, Inc. 09/ 2018 - 06/ 2020

Innovative startup shaking up the retail industry with customer focused & store facing mobile product features that use e-commerce to facilitate checkout.

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