I am a growing, excited, and passionate software engineer with a wide range of experience solving various programming issues and a certain degree of business acumen that I always try to consider in whatever project I’m working on.
United States
Contributed to the National Geospatial Agency (NGA) open-source mobile awareness platform MAGE, enhancing situational awareness tools for government and defense use.
Upgraded legacy UI and admin panels from semantic HTML to Angular + TypeScript + Material UI, improving maintainability and user experience.
Authored and maintained unit and integration tests using Jasmine and Angular TestBed, ensuring robust front-end reliability.
Led the St. Louis development team, mentoring junior developers, onboarding new hires, and guiding the team through Agile sprints and delivery milestones.
Obtained a Top Secret level security clearance to work in secure cloud infrastructure
Transitioned to the IFPM program supporting the U.S. Air Force Bio Science division, building a data science web app to analyze pilot physiological and aircraft telemetry data.
Serve as Lead Frontend Engineer on a greenfield project, building a responsive web application with React, TypeScript, Material UI, and Highcharts, based on Figma UX/UI designs.
Developed full frontend architecture from scratch, including:
Secure file uploads
Custom chart builder using uploaded flight logs
Dynamic filters and cross-variable visualizations
Collaborate closely with backend and middleware teams to define API contract design, ensuring scalable and performant data pipelines.
Contributed to the Java Spring Boot backend by implementing and refactoring RESTful endpoints and writing optimized SQL queries to pull structured data from PostgreSQL.
Implemented automated CI/CD pipeline for the frontend using GitLab, improving deployment consistency and feedback loops.
Ensured application meets A11Y accessibility standards, integrating automated testing with Google Lighthouse and manual validation.
Integrated OpenAI API using their A.I. models, Agents SDK and DALL-E in python micro service using agents to glean insights from data and DALL-E to generate images
2016 — Now
Saint Louis, Missouri
2023 — 2024
St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
Enhanced existing user experiences by modifying views and controllers within the SFRA (Salesforce Reference Architecture) framework to optimize for increased sales, reduced user friction, ease of use for site managers.
Worked with team to increase the ability for users to find what they’re looking for more efficiently across all devices on PGPs (product grid pages) by adding more options to search and sort based on dynamic product details
Implemented integration of the “Stylitics” AI customer recommendation engine into the New Balance website which personalizing shopping experiences by suggesting complete outfits based on a specific product a user was browsing and displaying them on product detail pages and cart views.
Utilized SFCC (Salesforce Commerce Cloud) to maintain consistent branding and code readability across the dozen New Balance storefronts we had, separated by language or cheaper product storefronts. This drastically sped up development and testing\QA time.
Utilized Einstein recommenders in various places across the site to recommend similar products to users. Also setup content slots within Salesforce business manager so site managers could control when and where these were displayed and based on what types of user data.
Worked in SFMC (Salesforce Marketing Cloud) specifically in the Content Builder, building the tools necessary for site managers to build out the customer journeys and Web Studio/Page Designer so site editors could have the control to create landing pages and forms to enhance UX and data collection.
Made numerous changes to our storefronts UI based on AB testing from the marketing teams
Built out features based on mockups provided by our design team.
Reviewed team members work with code reviews before deploying to staging, QA, and finally product release.
Wrote detailed documentation of new features, tools, etc in Confluence.
Monitor PRs with Jenkins then find and fix errors if found
St. Louis, MO, United States
Recipient of company Rising Star award
Built a scavenger hunt app in React Native used in a marketing campaign for the St. Louis Blues, Anheuser-Busch, and the NHL All-Star Game. Worked directly with the Marketing Directors of both organizations to ensure the product met the needs of their campaign.
Built the UI/UX for our in-house Facebook ad building and reporting SaaS platform using React.js and TypeScript.
Built and tested dozens of UI components and maintained a private NPM frontend library of components, hooks, and services used in multiple apps.
Contributed to the implementation of a role and permission system using Auth0.
Streamlined our complex array of libraries and applications by consolidating them within a mono repository using Lerna
Scrum methodologies for agile software development
GraphQL and REST APIs for seamless data exchange
Redux.js/Context for state management in frontend applications
AWS and Docker for cloud-based deployment
Conducted interviews and created frontend guidelines and interview processes
Lead and managed several special projects working directly with the CEO
Experience building custom React hooks
SQL and PostgreSQL for efficient data management
Front-end Development with React.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, and Material-UI
Microservices architecture to ensure scalability
Testing frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, and Cypress
Proficiency in Node.js, TypeORM, and NestJS for robust backend development
Implemented Redis for caching frequently requested data
Git for version control and collaborative development
Expertise in creating mockups with Figma/AdobeXD (designed 70% of platform UI)
Worked on AWS lambda functions, EC2 instances, cloudwatch, etc.
Maintained legacy PHP/laravel backend system used for email notifications to users
Setup CI/CD pipelines in GitLab for staging, beta, and production environments
2019 — 2019
United States
At Drive Social Media, I joined the web team with a primary objective of addressing a substantial backlog of work, successfully streamlining processes and swiftly catching up on pending projects. As part of my responsibilities, I efficiently managed a portfolio of over 200 client WordPress websites, consistently ensuring optimal performance and seamless user experiences. My expertise encompassed image optimization, keyword and content optimization, dynamic page creation, and fine-tuning load speeds for enhanced website responsiveness across various devices.
Beyond website maintenance, I took the lead in architecting enterprise-grade websites from inception to implementation. Collaborating closely with my teammates, I transformed full-scale mockups into reality, utilizing a wide range of technologies including PHP, HTML, and SCSS to deliver polished, high-performance websites.
Key Skills and Technologies:
Built a sales tool for the Drive sales team that mimicked the popular game Fruit Ninja
Resolved extensive backlog of client web work building out 17 websites in 5 weeks' time
Maintained +600 client websites, optimizing SEO and page speeds using various plugins and tools like SEM Rush, Google LightHouse, and Google PageSpeed Insights.
Developed three core websites for the company using WordPress: joshsample.com, drivesocialnow.com, and marketingmilk.com
Established efficient workflows to ensure the ongoing success of the team.
Proficient in WordPress website management and optimization
Advanced knowledge of PHP, HTML, and SCSS for custom website development
Expertise in image optimization and content-focused SEO techniques
Thorough understanding of website performance optimization
Responsive web design implementation across multiple devices
Collaborative approach to working with cross-functional teams
Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering top-tier websites
Ability to transform mockups into functional and visually appealing web assets
Education
2012 — 2016
Ranken Technical College
Bachelors
2012 — 2016
2008 — 2012
Marquette High School
High School Diploma
2008 — 2012