PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Code the Dream Labs
Development Shop –Durham, NC
Software Engineer / Full Stack Software Developer
March 2021- April 2024
Technologies Used: Ruby on Rails, MVC, RSpec, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL, Bootstrap, RESTful API, PostgreSQL, Git, GitHub, Docker, DigitalOcean, Jira
• Contributed to the front end and back end of the Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT) project, a Ruby on Rails application.
• Improved the application by creating the Saved Query System. This feature allows users to run SQL queries directly on the browser to access the AACT Postgres database, instead of installing standard query & analytic tools. It also gives users the option to save their SQL queries and make them public to share with other users.
• Created the Query Background Jobs to process user queries more efficiently. Query submissions were placed in a background queue to improve server availability and response times by 50%.
• Deployed using Docker to DigitalOcean Droplets. Utilized Git and GitHub source control and collaborated daily with 4 co-workers implementing the Agile Methodology development process. Spaulding Apartments – Los Angeles, CA
Owner and Property Manager
July 2004 – July 2021
• Managed 4 residential apartment units and ran day-to-day operations. Renovated and increased rental income by over 350%.
• Led landscaping, construction, electrical and plumbing projects for all improvements and repairs. Cut repair labor costs by 50%.
• Collected rents per Los Angeles City Housing Department guidelines. BAE Systems, Platform Solutions – Los Angeles, CA
Senior Software Design Engineer
May 1997 – June 2004
Technologies Used: C, C++, ADA, MS Visual C/C++, AdaMulti
• Project lead for a team of 5 software engineers that coded real-time software using ADA on the Comanche EMD project.
• Developed automated module tests that used C language models of the ADA code to verify the software functionality and code coverage of the software requirements specification.
• Project lead for a team of 4 software engineers that designed, coded, and tested the Fuel Quantity Gauging System (FQGS) software for the H1 and AB139 helicopters. Tested and integrated AB139 FQGS software at Aerazur company in Rouen, France.
• Wrote and released the FQGS documents “Software Safety of Flight” and the “Software Requirements Specification”. Supported the Software Quality Assurance department and maintained the software releases and development files.
CONTACT
******.*******.***********@*****.***
Los Angeles, California
linkedin.com/in/mrjavier-jimenez
github.com/Javier-Jimenez-18
EDUCATION
University Of California
– Berkeley, CA
Bachelor of Science
Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science
Code the Dream Software
Development Coding School
- Durham, NC
Certificate
React.js Front End Development
September 2023 - February 2024
Certificate
Node.js Back End Development
June 2022 - October 2022
Certificate
Ruby on Rails Back End
Development
March 2021 - July 2021
Code Tenderloin Software
Development Coding School
– San Francisco, CA
Certificate
JavaScript Algorithms
& Data Structures
March 2020 - October 2020
Javier Jimenez
Software Engineer/Full Stack Developer
PROJECTS
Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT)
Ruby on Rails Application
GitHub: aact-core & aact-admin
March 2021 - PRESENT
• Web application that contains all information about every study registered in ClinicalTrials.gov.
• Built with Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL database,
DigitalOcean and Docker deployment.
Jobs Application Programming Interface
Node.js and Express API
GitHub: 06-jobs-api
October 2022
• Jobs API used to track users, employment
applications and status.
• Built with a Node.js and Express back end, MongoDB database and Heroku deployment.
Community Landscaping Service
Ruby on Rails Application
GitHub: Community-Landscaping-Service
July 2021
• Web application used to help senior citizens post landscaping jobs and allow teenage students to apply to the jobs.
• Built with Ruby on Rails and MySQL database.
RELATED ACTIVITIES
Code the Dream
Ruby on Rails Mentor
June 2021- PRESENT
• Mentored 12 students from all over the US via Zoom and Slack. Students were from underserved
communities that included people from immigrant
backgrounds and people of color.
• Reinforced the fundamentals and best practices
when working with Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Express, React.js and Agile Methodology.
SKILLS
Front End:
JavaScript, React.js, Bootstrap,
jQuery, HTML, CSS
Back End:
Ruby, Rails, RSpec, SQL, MySQL,
PostgreSQL, Node.js, Express,
Postman, Mongoose, MongoDB
Other:
RESTful API, MVC Architecture, Git,
GitHub, Docker, Jira, Agile Methodology
HONORS and AWARDS
BAE Systems:
Integrated AB139 FQGS Software
at Aerazur Company
Rouen, France
2003
BAE Systems:
VITAL Team 3rd Quarter FY ’99
Outstanding Achieving Team
Santa Monica, CA
1999
Society of Hispanic
Professional Engineers:
NTCC Academic Olympiad
National Champion
Seattle, WA