Personal details

Charlie G. - Remote full-stack developer

Charlie G.

Based in: 🇺🇸 United States
Timezone: Central Time (US & Canada) (UTC-5)

About

I am a versatile technology leader with a passion for fostering innovation and collaboration. My journey through the dynamic realm of software development has been marked by both technical excellence and the ability to inspire teams. Throughout my career, I've not only championed a developer-centric approach but have also remained deeply connected to my roots as a hands-on, hardworking individual contributor. Guided by a pragmatic problem-solving mindset, I've led and mentored teams, turning segmented groups into cohesive, high-performing units. I am known for my interpersonal skills, upbeat attitude, and the ability to balance client demands with developer needs. My extensive experience spans web application development, CI/CD pipelines, development processes, code standards, and agile methodologies. With me, you'll find not just a leader but a seasoned coder and catalyst for success, dedicated to transforming challenges into opportunities."

Work Experience

Principal Software Engineer
PARKCHIRP | Sep 2022 - Oct 2023
Node.js
MySQL
TypeScript
React
JavaScript
React Native
GraphQL
Next.js

ParkChirp is an enterprise software platform that is transforming an antiquated, analog parking industry. As a Principal Software Engineer, I provided expertise and guidance on software development best practices, led the development team, set up Jira project from scratch, integrated tooling for efficiency, built development teams, implemented and contributed to automated testing, and was a full stack contributor to all code bases.

Director of Software Delivery
EXOSITE | Feb 2017 - Jul 2022
Node.js
Erlang
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
Amazon EC2
Jenkins
Redis
Docker
Robot Framework
Elixir
Jest
GraphQL
Postman
Cuba
Grafana
Mocha chai
InVision
Aws Fargate
Cypress
GitHub Actions

As the Director of Software Delivery at Exosite, an Industrial IoT Remote Condition Monitoring company, I ensured the delivery of high-quality, performant, and scalable code. I collaborated with the Product Management team and stakeholders, oversaw and collaborated daily with engineering teams in multiple countries, designed and built out CI/CD pipelines and process automation tooling, and coordinated releases using various strategies.

Projects

StartingGate
2018
MongoDB
Meteor
CSS3
LESS
Handlebars.js
JavaScript
- Designed and developed local Ski Resort ski school private lesson scheduling application with real-time airport-like lesson schedule displays around the ski school, scheduling conflict protection, lesson time slot limiting, recurring lesson tracking, etc. - UI/UX – Wireframes, High-fidelity mocks, UX workflows, etc. - Front End – Handlebars (dynamic HTML templating), LESS (CSS styling) - Backend – Meteor.js full stack API framework, User authentication, Node.js - Database – Designing and implement No-SQL database (MongoDB)

Education

University of Wisconsin–Stout
Bachelor's degree・Technology Education w/ emphasis in Telecommunications
Sep 1997 - May 2001