Jacob Swartz

Full Stack Developer

Mountain View, California, USA
jacob@swartz.id
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobswartz

§ EXPERIENCE

EdCast — Mountain View, California
- Present
  • Developed responsive front-end experiences using Node, ES6, React, Redux, D3.js, SCSS
  • Agile environment with bi-weekly production deployments to over two million monthly active users
  • Present feature demos directly with customers, assist requirements gathering & analysis
  • Maintained code ownership of numerous repositories with hundreds of contributors
  • Replaced Drupal CMS with static solution using React, supporting seven languages hosted on AWS EC2
Walmart Labs — Sunnyvale, California
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  • Played key role implementing Walmart.com multi-tentant site redesign (Mobile + Web), on an agile team owning all Customer Accounts components
  • Implemented code coverage analysis using Istanbul, automation & unit testing with Karma/Mocha/Enzyme, Nightwatch.js, orchestrated Magellan
  • Defined strict and sensible acceptance criteria for pull requests/code reviews
  • Collaborated closely with design team & product designers to author UI/UX style guides
Freelance Consultant — The Internet
- Present
  • Build websites using Node.js, PHP7, HTML5, CSS3, ES6 JavaScript
  • Set up Apache/nginx servers for front- and back-end services
  • Generate ad-hoc reports using MySQL data from ecommerce solutions
  • Create and manage email campaigns using MailChip/Campaign Monitor
Bluestone Creative — Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Created websites using HTML5, PHP, JavaScript, Sass & Foundation
  • Managed in-house web, DB, storage, and FTP servers
  • Spearheaded and trained team on tools for project management and bug tracking
Ask.com (InterActive Corp) — Oakland, California
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  • Front- and back-end on an agile team owning over twenty domain-specific search results pages (SERPs)
  • Repaired revenue-generating sites penalized by Google’s ranking algorithm "Panda"
  • Made Questions & Answers product mobile friendly using responsive design practices
  • Assisted designers and creative directors in authoring unified style guides
FontShop International — San Francisco, California
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  • Helped organize & run TYPO San Francisco - one of Europe’s most successful design conferences - for its U.S. premiere at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
  • Created responsive e-commerce experiences with PHP5, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
  • Developed font rendering tool for sampling over 100,000 typefaces using php-gd
  • Implemented internationalization & localization supporting four languages
  • Created a shopping cart & checkout system using CyberSource, Ogone, and PayPal
  • Migrated from Flash typography hacks by early-adopting webfonts via TypeKit
  • Maintained self-hosted WordPress blog extended with custom features
Fish Flirt Marketing — Dayton, Ohio
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§ EDUCATION

Sinclair Community College — Dayton, Ohio -
AAS, Computer Information Systems