Software developer with over 11 years of software development experience specializing in a variety of business applications and websites, building both frontend and backend. Using technologies such as NoSQL, Node.js, and other modern tools of web stack. Interested in building frontend oriented applications, while caring about speed and presentation, yet as experienced on the backend with focus lean and well organized code and performance of all moving parts.
Tools of trade:
• Advanced JavaScript
• Angular
• Backbone.js
• jQuery
• Node
Also:
• PHP
• Oracle 11g
• NoSQL Couchbase, MongoDB, Riak; learning Cassandra and ElasticSearch)
• MySQL
• HTML5
• CSS3
• WordPress
• many other
Software Developer @ Architecture, development and support of strategic projects and functionalities facing internal teams and external clients.
Responsibilities:
• Support and feature development for tracking and recruitment systems
• Support and feature development for internal systems
• Feature development for survey system
• Frontend architecture and development for internal systems
• Integration of custom publisher functionality into tracking systems (Yahoo, Google Delivery Network, DoubleClick, AOL, Pandora, and others)
• DevOps of systems running on Amazon Web Services and some on internal virtualization platform, such as clusters of Couchbase, web servers, load balancing and automatic scaling
• SQL query performance audit and optimization in different internal systems
• Management of learning materials in the team
• Modern technologies research and evaluation
• UI development and support for internal systems
• Privacy consulting
• Analysis of survey system usage and performance around the world
Notable Projects:
• Re-architected frontend for surveys in pure JS to achieve smaller footprint, faster page delivery, use of modern technologies instead of reinventing them in JS and create a unified interface for all survey applications (JS, HTML5, CSS3; 2011-2012)
• Architected and developed frontend for dashboard application (JS, Backbone, jQuery, Highcharts; 2012-2013)
• Architected, developed and successfully launched a new tracking platform on NoSQL backend (JavaScript, PHP, Couchbase, AWS; 2012-2014)
• Re-architected backend for surveys to reduce bottlenecks and inefficiencies by optimizing code and SQL, and created a better platform for future feature development (PHP, Oracle 11g; 2013-2014)
• Introduced various solutions to unify internal system look, improve coding standards, utilize more efficient approaches to coding problems and organization
• Introduced team to PHP coding standards and Composer package manager (Summer 2014)
• Various work with Angular (Summer - Fall 2014) From November 2010 to Present (5 years 2 months) Greater New York City AreaPartner, Web Developer, DBA, OPS @ ChossonKallah is a popular, unique wedding planning website in the Orthodox Jewish community in USA and Canada.
Responsibilities:
• Architecture & design, maintenance, SEO
• Design and maintenance of blog Jewish Wedding Info
• Development of multiple microsites
Technologies:
• Current generation: PHP, MySQL; Joomla CMS, Wordpress, CodeIgniter, Slim PHP; jQuery
• Next generation: in-browser JavaScript application + Amazon Web Services + other external services From 2006 to Present (9 years) Greater New York City AreaSoftware Developer @ From 2015 to 2015 (less than a year) Software Developer @ From 2015 to 2015 (less than a year) Web Developer @ From July 2011 to December 2011 (6 months) Web Developer @ From November 2007 to October 2010 (3 years) Greater New York City AreaWeb Developer @ From February 2008 to May 2008 (4 months) Greater New York City AreaWeb Developer @ From March 2007 to October 2007 (8 months) Greater New York City AreaWeb Developer @ From June 2007 to August 2007 (3 months) Greater New York City AreaWeb Developer, SEO Specialist @ From 2006 to 2007 (1 year) Project Manager, Web Developer @ From June 2005 to December 2005 (7 months) Greater New York City AreaWeb Developer, System/Network Administrator @ From October 2004 to May 2005 (8 months) Saratov Region, Russian Federation
Websites:
http://www.chossonandkallah.com,
http://twitter.com/shimon