William R Pope
Millburn, NJ *****
****.****@*****.***
https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-r-pope/
SUMMARY
Seasoned Senior UI and Full-stack developer with 11+ years of experience specializing in front-end development and React JS.
OO JavaScript - Node JS - HTML5 - Typescript - CSS/SCSS/LESS - React – Angular(18) – Next JS
Material UI - Bootstrap - Git - Docker - Webpack/Gulp – Kubernetes - Jenkins - Java Spring - C#/.NET Python
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior React Developer
Net Creative
Jan 2024 - Present (1 year 1 month)
Designed web and interactive content, focusing on UI/UX for web and landing page development.
●Utilize new AI tools like co-pilot, and ChatGPT to streamline development processes.
●Troubleshoot existing performance issues in React components and refactor using new hooks
●Reduce React bundle size using code-splitting techniques such as lazy-loading and universal react components
●work with GraphQL for fetching pages with large content requirements
Senior React Developer
Bank of America
May 2023–Nov 2023 (7 months)
Part of the Global Tenants team supporting all web and mobile technology for the bank and third parties.
●Streamlined feature-creation and Jira ticket tracking processes, boosting productivity by 50%.
●Successfully migrated code to Sparta 2.0 and React, reducing merge conflicts by 30%.
●Resolved mobile and web issues for BOA hybrid web app, ensuring a seamless user experience.
Lead React Developer
Hyatt In-stay technology group
Mar 2021 – Apr 2023 (2 years 2 months)
As part of the In-Stay group, worked with the application team building guest experience software for the web. In charge of building a modern React/next application that allows guest services to generate/edit branded QR codes
●Led the development of a modern React/Next application for guest services, saving 20% project time.
●Transitioned older node apps to NextJS with Typescript, achieving first-page ranking on Google search.
●Presented React Native advantages to Front-end Guild, leading to 20% development time savings.
Senior Full-stack (Python & React) Developer
Johnson & Johnson
Aug 2020 – Mar 2021 (8 months)
UI React architect responsible for the design and construction of J&J’s internal, HR search engine using react 16+ and material UI components. Finished core UI work one month ahead of schedule. Also completed additional work added to the scope.
●Designed and constructed J&J's internal HR search engine using React 16+ and Material UI components.
●Completed core UI work ahead of schedule, anticipating use-cases not in original requirements.
●Implemented innovative UI solutions to enhance user experience and streamline search functionalities.
●Implemented AWS Lambdas to enable real-time editing of high-resolution images, boosting productivity by 30%.
Senior React/NodeJS
API Tech
Mar 2020 – Jul 2020 (5 months)
Led design and development of the Network Privilege Gateway (NPG) project. (NPG is a federated, secure access gateway for enterprises and service providers. See Press Release)
●Led design and development of the Network Privilege Gateway (NPG) project, implementing Nodejs API endpoint safety measures.
●Collaborated on UI design enhancements, including secure SMS login procedures, utilizing React, Redux, and Material UI.
●Developed innovative solutions for UI functionality, enhancing user experience and security measures.
Angular Developer and Team Mentor
Fiserv
Jan 2019 – Mar 2020 (1 year 3 months)
Senior Engineer on ECS3 (e-commerce site, third generation) team.
●Build features and support code in Angular 16 as part of online banking software for twenty banks.
●Test-driven development using Jasmin for unit testing.
●Upgrade entire application to Spanish-speaking version.
●Refactored the entire application; removed lots of template code so it could be tested.
●Utilized technologies such as Jasmine, Angular 16 (and angular 6)
Front-End Developer
Bed Bath & Beyond
Dec 2015 – Jan 2019 (3 years 2 months)
Responsible for new project development on the Bed Bath & Beyond ecommerce site. Worked on site redesign and style guide.
●Complete redesign of e-commerce website from older JSP to new React.
●Added new features like menus and other promotional elements.
●Implemented custom style-guide using Webpack and Babel
●Collaborated with an efficient team to improve download speed and separation of tasks (make site modular)
●Utilized technologies such as JSP, React, Webpack, Babel
Web Developer
Verizon
Jan 2013 - Nov 2015 (2 years 11 months)
On the cloud development team at Verizon supporting the Backup Assistance Plus web application and developing the new Cloud Backup Assistances application. Developed each component of the website based on the design document.
●Focused on custom design of HTML5 audio/video player.
●Patent granted for multi-media cloud uploaders.
●Troubleshoot complex performance issues when substantial amounts of data were uploaded.
●Utilized technologies such as JavaScript, Backbone JS, Include JS, jQuery, and HTML5.
Additional experience furnished upon request.
Education
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Associates of Science, Web, and Interactive Media Design
2006 - 2009