Doug S.

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.

Frontend

Backend

Other

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.

Showcase

React.js Developer - Featured Article Solution
React.js Developer - Featured Article Solution
  • Developed a new article type component for a 'Featured Article' solution.

  • Implemented a custom video player solution with innovative scroll animations.

  • Created interactive page elements through design and animation.

Lead Developer - New Blog Page Solution
Lead Developer - New Blog Page Solution
  • Redesigned the blog page for a high-profile client, encompassing the entire frontend architecture.

  • Achieved high scores on Google's Web Vitals for Desktop and mobile, emphasizing accessibility.

  • Focused on performance and user experience improvements through the redesign.

Lead Frontend Engineer - Currency Tools Solution
Lead Frontend Engineer - Currency Tools Solution
  • Designed and created currency tools using React and TypeScript for the website.

  • Implemented currency tools to fetch data from the client's internal API for calculation.

  • Optimized solutions for SEO and addressed complex project tasks.

Education

BSc. Computer Science
BSc. Computer Science
University of London