Doug S.

Doug S.

React.js Developer

Calgary, Canada
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About Me

Doug is a Senior Developer with React development expertise, client-side JavaScript experience, React UI knowledge, and familiarity with design patterns and responsive design - providing architectural and design solutions to enhance performance, security, and reliability. He makes high-level design decisions and writes scalable code to satisfy functional and non-functional requirements - implementing reusable UI components based on modern web tools and technologies.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
React.js Developer
2022 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative fronted solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participate in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

XWP
XWP
Senior Software Engineer
2020 - Present (5 years)
United States of America
  • Lead development efforts on multiple projects for XWP - handling dev processes, enhancing quality and evangelizing best practices.

  • Developed solutions to improve the Cloudinary CDN plugin for faster synchronization with websites - enhancing the UI plugin and improved dev flow.

  • Delivered solutions to enhance and bootstrap new projects by 50% and worked on a new performance library for solutions.

Trade Cover Exchange
Trade Cover Exchange
Senior Frontend Engineer
2019 - 2019
Netherlands
  • Developed new solutions on an invoice/insurance-based SaaS - designing and delivering all application pages.

  • Worked on frontend dev processes and workflow using Vue to deliver the MVP for TCE.

  • Executed E2E and unit tests to enhance the stability of UI/UX and improve MVP delivery.

Inpsyde GmbH
Inpsyde GmbH
Software Engineer
2018 - 2019 (1 year)
Germany
  • Collaborated on the design and development of new user-facing SAP websites for clients.

  • Designed and implemented new features and worked on enhancements to existing websites with thousands of daily users.

  • Supervised the migration of SAP TripIt into the Inpsyde infrastructure with enhanced CI/CD flows on the project.

Necara GmbH
Necara GmbH
Software Engineer
2016 - 2018 (2 years)
Germany
  • Helped shape solutions for a B2B no-code platform for developing new web applications - using drag and drop to generate code.

  • Designed and implemented code-generating functionalities and worked on REST API integration for new apps on the platform.

  • Initiated, executed and maintained automated test processes for regression testing of new modules on solutions.

Manaferra LLC
Manaferra LLC
Fullstack Engineer
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Pristina, Kosovo
  • Built the Picasio digital markets web app for users to generate embeddable interactive widgets.

  • Designed an advanced analytics dashboard with scalable solutions to increase product marketability.

  • Kept up to date on new technologies, standards, protocols and tools to improve the Manaferra platform.

WEBINTEL Ltd
WEBINTEL Ltd
Backend Develop
2014 - 2015 (1 year)
Kosovo
  • Designed and built a new web app that uses scraping to generate RSS, JSON, and plain text feeds.

  • Implemented a user-facing app that enhanced how users select portions of the target website they want to scrape.

  • Liaised closely with the designer to deliver a high-performing, user-friendly web application interface on the solution.

Portfolio

React.js Developer - Featured Article Solution
React.js Developer - Featured Article Solution

Designed and implemented the components of a more special article type on a "Featured Article" solution for the client - manoeuvring around complicated design features using Figma to deliver a fully working page. Worked on a custom video player solution and innovative scroll animations that made the page interactive.

Lead Developer - New Blog Page Solution
Lead Developer - New Blog Page Solution

Led dev processes to redesign the blog page for a high-profile client - working on the entire frontend architecture of the blog to enhance performance and accessibility for users. Delivered high scores on Google's Web Vitals for Desktop (99) and mobile (>90) on the solution - focusing on accessibility for a user-focused solution.

Lead Frontend Engineer - Currency Tools Solution
Lead Frontend Engineer - Currency Tools Solution

Worked on dev processes to scope, set up and deliver the base architecture for the solution - designing and creating various currency tools for the website using React and Typescript. Implemented the currency tools to fetch information through the client's internal API for calculation on the currency calculator. Optimized solutions for SEO and handled the complexities of different tasks on the project.

Education

BSc. Computer Science
BSc. Computer Science
University of London