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Devin Weaver

Proficiency

JavaScript, TypeScript, Node, Deno, Google Lit, Ember.js, jQuery, CSS, HTML5, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, JSON, Shell scripting, SQL, XML, PostGIS, Git, BDD/TDD, Unix/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows

Very proficient on command line using TMUX, Bash, Git, and Vim

Strengths

• I am able to analyze systems on a wholistic level leading to a well balanced understanding of things from several angles
• I have a mature communication style and I am able to articulate my thoughts well
• I focus my development practises towards documentation and testing (TDD)
• I am self-motivated to teaching myself computer science and engineering skills to improve my output and efficiency
• I have ambition to explore new ideas and a knack for applying old ideas in new ways

Work History

04/2019 - Present
Senior Engineer, CrowdStrike

Drove change to modern software practises and code patterns for the entire team. Handled technical interviews for new hires. Taught modern JavaScript and Ember to co-workers. Managed several projects that had tight coupling between each other. Designed and implemented complex UI patterns. Was a technical lead on major initiatives that spanned multiple disciplines within the company. Built and deployed internal tools to help manage the team process better. Was a mentor to several co-workers.

• Introduced WebAssembly and WebWorkers to the code base using Go and TypeScript
• Introduced Statechart to help manage complex multi-step modal dialogs
• Introduced Model Based Testing to help manage complex and branching test scenarios
• Designed certificate extraction and parsing logic for client side display of Portable Executable signatures
• Coordinated learning book club with co-workers
• Was the lead developer in many customer facing projects
• Provided architecture guidance and planning for several customer features
• Contributed solutions to the back-end code to help during resource constraints
• Taught clean coding practises and Object Orientated Design frequently to my teammates
• Designed and implemented multi-team modules, utilities, and Developer Experience improvements
• Continually identified and offered actionable suggestions for process improvement
• Invented a ways to reduce complexity with our legacy code base
• Ported back-end algorithms to the front-end that helped lessen the network load and improved the User Experience
• Designed and implemented an editor style form input used to help customers better visualize valid data input
• Researched and contributed several internationalization utilities and solutions
• Taught good internationalization practises among our team
• Implemented several modules to lower boilerplate code
• Implemented solutions for long-polling of data and provide frequent feedback to the user
• Excel at finding ways to decouple code and present clean interfaces and designs to increase efficiency of our work and decrease confusion and cognitive load

08/2017 - 02/2019
Senior Software Developer, Communication Services for the Deaf, Inc.

Maintained and grew several EmberJS applications focused on managing work tickets and assignments for ASL interpreters and interpreter agencies. Requirements gathering for features and implementing appropriate refactoring for both new features and bug fixes. Helped with back end development using Ruby on Rails. Provided mentoring to others through text communications, pair programming, and Pull Request reviews. Built custom ember-data transport layer between Discus and WordPress. Developed several production ready Ember Addons. Studied and mentored the use and implementation of JSON:API. Refactored legacy code to harness modern Ember and Application design patterns.

04/2013 - 08/2017
Senior Software Developer, SeeClickFix, Inc.

Was a lead EmberJS developer. Maintained and developed their administrative, client facing., web application written entirely in EmberJS and interfaces with our Ruby on Rails API. Maintained an iOS application written in Appcelerator Titanium (JavaScript → native). Wrote several Node based build system using Gulp, Browserify, Ember. Wrote several (in-house) stream based plugins for Gulp. Helped maintain a Native Android application. Maintained and enhanced the back end with Ruby on Rails. Wrote a test suite frame work in Jasmine for Titanium code and later ported the same system to Mocha.

• Senior EmberJS Engineer
• Ruby on Rails developer
• Study in Node.JS, Bash, Vim, and Git
• iOS / Appcelerator Titanium developer

03/2010 - 04/2013
Simulation Specialist, Yale New Haven Health System

• Linux system administration
• Document technical manuals, process and procedures
• Fix computer hardware and software installs
• Develop flowchart based programs for medical simulations
• Developed scheduling software (see above)
• Developed equipment tracking software (see above)
• Administer bug tracking and issue tracking software.
• Management experience

09/2003 - 03/2011
Emergency Medical Tech ­ Paramedic, AMR and American Ambulance

• Provided medical care to patients
• Leadership skills
• Studied computer programming (Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Objective­C, and more) in between calls

Portfolio

• FancyPants A performant JavaScript Micro-lib for Custom Elements with reactive updates via dirty tracking [Custom Elements, JavaScript]
• Ember Quine An Ember addon which bundles your apps as a single HTML file along with a service to save the full app to a single HTML file for use offline [EmberJS, JavaScript]
• Instant Chat An end-to-end secure chat system for the Deaf [EmberJS, JavaScript, Encryption, Websockets]
• Timer App A simple timer to track speeches and talks [EmberJS, JavaScript, CSS]
• Confirmed Ember Addon An Ember asynchronous confirmation addon [EmberJS]
• Confirmed NPM Module A framework agnostic asynchronous confirmation module [EmberJS]
• Escape Room Mainframe Disable a self-descruct sequence with a CRT-themed mini game [EmberJS, JavaScript, CSS]
• Virtual Diceware Create human readable secure passwords with dice and EmberJS [EmberJS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Random numbers, Entropy]
• ember-jsend-api Ember addon for working with jsend API endpoint without ember-data [EmberJS, JavaScript]
• ember-promise-talk A slot machine using EmberJS, Promises, and Timers [EmberJS, Promises, JavaScript]
• ember-cli-select-picker An Ember based reinvention of the select picker for Bootstrap 3 [EmberJS, Bootstrap]
• SkiQuery A clone of a text based game [JavaScript, jQuery]

Education

• Associate of Computer Science Degree, Three Rivers Community Technical College, 2006

Associations

• Member of Oakdale Volunteer Fire Department
• Technology Committee Chairman at local church
• Contributing Member to NewHaven.io Meetup
• Git instructor for local A100 apprenticeship program
• Technical Reviewer for Jasmine Cookbook ISBN: 9781784397166

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