Personal details

Blaze T. - Remote full-stack developer

Blaze T.

Based in: 🇵🇱 Poland
Timezone: Warsaw (UTC+2)

Summary

A senior web engineer with a passion for architecture and Agile methodologies. Fast thinker and learner with deep understanding of both front- and back-end of web based systems. Strong sense of design and UX, follower of industry standard practices for API development. Certified ISTQB software tester, currently in the process of acquiring the PMI-ACP certificate in Agile project management.

Work Experience

Freelance
Self Employed | Oct 2015 - Present
HTML/CSS
Python
SQL
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Redis
TypeScript
React
JavaScript
Jest
GraphQL
Apollo
Next.js
Apollo Client
Express.js
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
  • ELEMENTS – Codebase conversion from AngularJS to Angular.io, cross-platform desktop app development with Electron, graphing library integration, UI/UX, WCAG compliance implementation.
    • AngularJS, Angular.io, Python, Electron, MariaDB
  • Crisis: Earth – Multithreaded Instagram scraping, emissions calculation using ML in JS and Python. UI design and implementation, Multivariate testing framework & behaviour tracking.
    • Typescript, Python, NestJS, MongoDB, Firebase
  • Dicom – Business and consumer UI for freight management. Payment processing, image processing, rich reporting, CI/CD. Frontend codebase moved from Coffeescript to Javascript to Typescript.
    • React, GraphQL, AWS, Redis, Memcache
  • Redwood Logistics – Dock management software using central APIs to sync data from handhelds to third party data stores. Visualisation and processing of product expiry, route estimation and GPS tracking.
    • Apollo, Typescript, REST, Azure, ExpressJS GraphQL
  • Johnson & Johnson – Real-time data visualisation, error reporting. Granular access control & chem plant production process configuration UI. Strict code hygiene at 99% test coverage.
    • React, Mocha, jQuery, AWS Cognito, Docker
  • DKMS – Architecture and implementation of HIPAA-compliant donor application frontend and backend w/mobile app support, data visualisation, processing, client API integration.
    • Typescript, PostgreSQL, NodeJS, REST, Jest
  • WhoYouGot – API and backend development, Graphql development and documentation, performance monitoring, sports event and score tracking, API integrations.
    • AWS, Rancher, GraphQL, NodeJS
Lead Software Engineer
Marks & Spencers | Dec 2014 - Oct 2015
HTML/CSS
Node.js
JavaScript
Test Automation
Agile
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Multivariate Analysis
  • Continuous development in an Agile environment – prioritisation, backlog management, story estimation.
  • Business partner risk evaluation and management, integration coordination with close cooperation with offshore teams and third parties.
  • Product Owner assistance, stakeholder management, product showcasing.
  • Leading front-end development of the new International Flagship M&S website.
  • Code reviews, performance analysis, test reporting, junior developer mentorship.
  • Requirement and business case analysis prior to integration. Start-to-finish systems integration.
  • User testing management, A/B Testing, MVT.

Education

Opole University of Technology
Master's degree・Computer Science
Oct 2008 - May 2013

Certifications & Awards

PMI-ACP
ISTQB 3578/2014
ISTQB® - International Software Testing Qualifications Board | Aug 2014