Daniel Weiner

Contact Information

Objective

To contribute my own passion for web development to a web development team that truly cares about quality software.

Skills

Front-end
  • JavaScript / HTML / CSS
  • jQuery
  • Knockout
  • Angular 1 & 2
  • Sass
  • Bootstrap
Back-end
  • PHP / Laravel
  • AWS Lambda / Node.js
  • Express
Databases
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • ElasticSearch
  • AWS DynamoDB
Web Servers
  • Apache
  • Node.js
Other Tools
  • AWS
  • Grunt
  • Git

Work History

  1. Senior Software Engineer

    Shotfarm — Chicago, IL -

    I help design and develop software solutions for our platform, as well as manage and mentor other developers on the team.

    • Helped architect a data storage solution in ElasticSearch that gives us maximum search flexibility
    • Led a team of developers to build new portions of UI in Angular 2 and Typescript
    • Worked with another Senior developer on the specification of a Swagger-based REST API
  2. Software Engineer

    Shotfarm — Chicago, IL -

    I helped build and design pages for the Shotfarm app

    • Built out several pages in Laravel with Blade and Bootstrap and implemented the UI logic using Knockout
    • Helped design a structure for developing features and pricing associated with those features
    • Provided input into the design and specification of these pages
    • Re-developed older code to fit with a newer data pipeline
    • Created a query builder that worked much like the existing Laravel query builder, but for DynamoDB
    • Gained an extensive knowledge of ElasticSearch
  3. Junior Developer

    Shotfarm — Chicago, IL -

    I helped test and build out pages and UI elements for the Shotfarm app

    • Helped test the functionality of the existing pages in the app
    • Built out several pages in Laravel with Blade and Bootstrap and implemented the UI login using Knockout
    • Gained a breadth of knowledge of several AWS services, including S3, Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, and DynamoDB
  4. JavaScript Tutor

    Chicago, IL -

    I tutor JavaScript on a weekly basis. We've covered the following topics:

    • Basic Syntax
    • JavaScript Objects & Native Objects
    • DOM Manipulation
    • DOM Events
    • Web Audio API
    • Prototypal Inheritance & OOP
    • Modular Software Design
  5. Front-End Web Developer

    Dream Town Realty — Chicago, IL -

    I helped develop and maintain the websites provided to real estate agents for themselves and buildings they manage.

    • Created a web interface for internal use that allows us to create new websites in seconds flat
    • Spearheaded a project to migrate hundreds of websites to new Linux servers
    • Created a platform for creating new websites to allow maximum code reuse
    • Created a REST API to perform real estate searches, view agent information, among other things
    • Developed custom websites for our high-profile agents and groups
    • Constantly fix bugs and refactor procedural code to OOP code
  6. Web Development Intern

    Integrated DNA Technologies — Coralville, IA -

    I helped fix issues in the web gene ordering system, as well as helped devlop internally-facing web apps using ASP .Net MVC

    • Coded and applied a major security patch
    • Provided support and fixed issues with the website
    • Developed several internal web apps
    • Created a Windows 8 app to monitor the health of our servers
    • Added new functionality and updated a PHP web app for marketing