Larry Jacobs, Frontend Developer

About

Self-driven and easily adaptable with a passion for front-end development. Quick learner, who enjoys challenges and resolving problems. A graduate from Bottega University with a certificate in Front-end Web Development and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Independent, organized, motivated, detail-oriented, and have a special skill at React.js.

Experience

Semantic Bits

Feb 2020 – Present

Remote

Frontend Developer

• Designing and developing the web pages using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, SASS, React.js, Redux. • Worked on React JS Virtual Dom and React views, rendering using components that contain additional components called custom HTML tags. • Responsible for React UI and architecture Building components library, including Tree, Slide-View, and Table Grid. • Implement various screens for the frontend using React.js and used various predefined components from NPM (Node Package Manager) and redux library. • Worked in using React JS components, Forms, Events, Keys, Router, Animations, and Flux concept. • Implemented stable React components and stand-alone functions to be added to any future pages. • Used React JS for templating for faster compilation and developing reusable components. • Developed the React container and presentational components (as Stateless and Functional components when applicable). • Experienced in RESTful web services to integrate between Server-side to Client Side. ⁃ Worked with Mocha, Jest, Enzyme unit test frameworks to write tests for JavaScript code. • Collaborated with other engineers to evaluate and identify solutions to complex problems • Participated in peer reviews of pull requests and provide productive feedback to improve quality of work • Implemented highly interactive and modern web interfaces with React that will be used by healthcare providers across the country • Used human-centered design to implement highly modern, usable interfaces

Suntek Systems

Jan 2018 – Jan 2020

Irvine, CA(Remote)

Fullstack Developer

Improved 6 Microservices, engineering, and development practices across several applications. • Built, test, and recommend software improvements relevant to 10+ React component libraries to ensure strong functionality and optimization. • Performed and participated in code reviews, application builds, CI/CD pipelines, unit tests plan, automated build, and release definitions. • Assessed the impact of functional requirements’ changes on the technical design by effectively communicating with project managers, business analysts, offshore teams, and other cross-functional teams.

Halogen Media Group

Jan 2015 – Jan 2018

San Francisco, CA(Remote)

Web Developer

Maintained and debugged social media campaigns for Lexus, Williams-Sonoma, 3M, and other companies using the Facebook and Twitter APIs through NodeJS. • Trouble shot APIs which initially indicated 20,000+ requirement tracing errors, reducing the count to <150 requirement errors, which could then be manually verified and corrected, reducing manual verification by 99.25%.

Risk Placement Services

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015

Scottsdale, Arizona(Remote)

Developer/Analyst

Wrote SQL procedures for insurance quotes, and various types of insurance data collecting activities. Also wrote an application using C++ and Microsoft SQL Server for the personnel director that allowed her to keep track of current and past employee information, including classes taken, vacations, address information, salaries, etc. • Wrote a program for HR using C++ and Microsoft SQL Server, allowing the user to keep track of employee information which saved 75% research time on each employee. • Wrote form documents using Microsoft Word that used Stored Procedures and Views from Microsoft SQL Server that filled in boiler plate data, helping Underwriters write up new Insureds, creating a 90% savings in time writing up a new insured

Education

Bottega University

Jan 2018 – May 2018

Front-end Development Certificate, Frontend Development

Dandong Science Technology Qingbao Institute

Jan 2008 – Jan 2012

Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science

Larry Jacobs

Frontend Developer

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