Aleksandra Kosc
201-***-**** **********.****@*****.*** github
TECHNICAL PROJECTS
Travel Journal - github demo
A web based journal allowing travelers to commemorate their journey.
- Implemented React to design an interactive UI with full CRUD capability, styled with custom CSS.
- Utilized Firebase for file uploads.
- Pulled from the REST Countries API to extract information about individual countries.
- Built a Rails 5 Backend API with JWT Authentication to facilitate user signups and logins. DevConnect - github
A job site allowing developers to search and apply for jobs all over the world.
- Implemented React to design an interactive UI with full CRUD capability, Styled with custom CSS & Semantic UI.
- Accessed the GitHub API to generate actively updated job postings.
- Built a Rails 5 Backend API with JWT Authentication to facilitate user signups and logins. EDUCATION
Flatiron School - 2019
+ Full Stack Web Development, Ruby on Rails and JavaScript program Rutgers University - Newark, NJ - 2016
+ Bachelor of Arts: Psychology
TECHNICAL SKILLS
JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML5, CSS3, JSON & RESTful APIs, Redux, MobX, Hasura GraphQl, Ruby on Rails, Git, JWT, AWS, GCP, SQL, Postgres
Full stack web developer with a passion for travel and a mission driven community. I discovered web development through my natural curiosity and desire to learn. I have spent my life traveling, exploring, and finding my own path, and software development allows me to continue to be creative. With skills in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and experience in research and healthcare, I help organizations fulfill their missions by utilizing my teamwork, communication and problem solving skills. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
MLB Advanced Media, New York, NY
Software Engineer, January 2020 - June 2020
+ Collaborate with product managers and designers to create dynamic web applications in TypeScript/React.
+ Partner with Back End Engineers to develop solutions for internal application teams.
+ Write reusable unit tests using Jest to improve quality of code and identify bugs.
+ Perform code reviews with helpful and meaningful feedback to teammates.
+ Take part in SCRUM and KANBAN stand-ups, grooming/planning, demo, and retro meetings.
+ Work across the different phases of a software development lifecycle including identifying the best approach, building, deploying, documenting, debugging, and supporting features.
IQVIA, Bronx, NY
Orthopedic Specialty Representative, February 2018 - May 2019
+ Expand and facilitate the sale of wound closure devices in the Orthopedic space for Johnson & Johnson Ethicon company.
+ Grow the sales of wound closure devices by 10%.
+ Communicate with surgeons in the Operating Room and in the office for the instruction and usage of medical devices.
+ Build and maintain customer relationships. Facilitate in-services and hands-on trainings to hospital personnel.
+ Complete an extensive Ethicon product training. Awarded “Top Gun” award for obtaining the highest score in the training class. Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
Operating Room Anesthesia Assistant, October 2015 - February 2018
+ Prepare operating rooms for cases with needed supplies, equipment, and case carts.
+ Assist physicians with special needs for cases, patient preparation, and induction of anesthesia.
+ Room turnover time reduced by 15%, which decreased waiting time for patients and increased the efficiency of department.
+ Assemble, clean, and troubleshoot equipment.