RODNEY SOLOMON, JR
New York City, New York • ***************@*****.*** • 904-***-****
DRIVEN E-COMMERCE INTEGRATION SPECIALIST
Lead Developer • Technical Project Manager • Senior Frontend Engineer Agile Development • Data-Driven Decision Making • Performance Optimization Version Control with Git • Subject Matter Expert • Bilingual Website Development Promoted to Subject Matter Expert of Three Products WORK EXPERIENCE
Medscape.com; New York City, NY May 2018 - present Frontend Engineer
Reduced operational costs by $100,000 annually through the automation of manual processes, improving efficiency and resource allocation.
Lead a team of developers, eight internal, twenty offshore, for three of nine products. This includes training, documentation, one-on-one advisement, and JS tool creation.
Utilized GIT for efficient version control ensuring seamless workflow management. Led a development team of six to improve code quality by 15% through implementing best practices and conducting regular code reviews.
Implemented performance optimization techniques resulting in a 30% reduction in page load time, enhancing user experience and engagement.
Mobilized development of 30-40 UI apps and edited 20-30 ad products monthly using HTML5, CSS3, Vanilla JS, jQuery, JSON, React, JSP, Slick.js.
Code Review of 6 tasks per week
Developed 10 websites per week
Established expertise on two software products, leading a team of eight local developers and several international ones to review development builds meticulously.
Invented a comprehensive JavaScript developer toolkit that manipulated user data for efficient production genesis by creating an effective template base.
Verisk Analytics; Jersey City, NJ Sep 2016 - Dec 2017 Developer and Database Engineer
Delivered 60+ hours of weekly CMS template, module, component, and HTML5 site support to a team of five developers overseeing nine websites for a global data analytics firm.
Optimized the main website's performance which attracted 600,000 visitors monthly.
Constructed a detailed departmental application architectural diagram with Microsoft Visio, showcasing the communication between Corporate Systems-supported software and hardware.
Utilized JIRA extensively in supporting test, staging and production levels of Verisk.com websites that were both internal and external facing.
Zerve, Inc. ; New York City, NY June 2013 - March 2016 Frontend Developer
Balanced role with 80% front-end development and 20% back-end maintenance.
Generated a minimum of 5,000 dollars in monthly conversions by integrating twenty to twenty-five sites per month for seller activities.
Integrated e-commerce ticketing buttons, links, and SEO meta into various client web platforms including WordPress, Joomla, Magento, and responsive Bootstrap sites.
Used WooCommerce, PayPal, and theme-specific carts to improve user experience.
Acquired proficiency in coding for bilingual websites (English and Spanish). EDUCATION
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
Bsc, Computer Science
TECHNOLOGIES
React, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Git, JSON, JSP, Slick.js, JIRA, Microsoft Visio, WordPress, Joomla, Magento, Bootstrap, WooCommerce, PayPal., Jenkins, Figma, Visual Studio Code, Sketch