Taylen Nettles

Experience

• 2023 - Present

  Software Engineer II @ Bumperactive

  Austin, Texas - Hybrid

  Responsibilities:

  • Developed key UI/UX features on campaign merch store using HTML, SASS, TypeScript and Handlebars, increasing user conversion rates by 35% overall.
  • Refactored theme code to target accessibility according to WCAG 2 Level AA standards, increasing Lighthouse scores to 90+ across all pages.
  • Maintained an internal data collection/analysis tool built with Laravel to track an internal database of 150+ client stores.
  • Implemented and tested a third-party hosted payment gateway to process upward of $46M in campaign donations.
  • Wrote and executed unit testing in Jest and automated browser testing in Puppeteer, aiming for 80% code coverage.

  Achievements:

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  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Node
  • BigCommerce
  • Git
• 2021 - 2023

  Full Stack Engineer @ It's Plein Air

  Austin, Texas - Remote

  Responsibilities:

  • Developed and tested web application features for 14+ client websites across various modern technologies, including but not limited to: Vue, React, Express, Node and WordPress.
  • Handcrafted web pages and components according to designs sent in Figma.
  • Built and configured reusable Storyblok CMS components for a team of 20+ account and project managers.
  • Leveraged RESTful APIs and developed key API integrations to improve analytics and collect user data through loyalty programs.
  • Utilized Git, Jenkins, Netlify and AWS to develop and maintain a CI/CD pipeline.
  • Addressed critical unhandled errors as identified by Bugsnag, maintaining an average of 97% user session stability or greater.

  Achievements:

  • Successfully implemented a feature that enhanced user authentication, improving security measures.

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  • Vue
  • React
  • Express
  • MongoDB
  • Node
  • WordPress
  • Git
• 2019 - 2021

  Software Engineer @ North Loop Solutions

  Austin, Texas - Remote

  Responsibilities:

  • Constructed online portal for commercial real estate listings in Texas, myelisting.com, designing and creating UI changes such as image and document upload utilizing JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
  • Researched, designed, and developed a drag-and-drop-assisted PDF creation tool for internal clients using JavaScript, React, and Craft.js.
  • Redesigned landing page for The Bistro at Lark & Owl restaurant group utilizing JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, reducing initial page load time from 9 seconds to 4 seconds (over 50% improvement).
  • Developed mobile ordering system with JavaScript Toast API, generating over $100,000 annually through implementation of online orders.
  • Created mockup of front-end redesign and content management system (CMS) for article authors for nonprofit online publication American Muslim Today utilizing JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and Ghost CMS.
  • Architected and deployed splash page with custom Stripe checkout integration using JavaScript, Node.js, Express, and Heroku as landing page and ecommerce integration for eBook about commercial real estate.

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  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Node
  • Express
• 2022 - 2022

  Test Engineer & Front End Engineer @ TekSavers

  Austin, TX - Onsite

  Responsibilities:

  • Developed front end components in JavaScript and React (header and footer, drop down menu, login button, and carousel slider), designed to improve customer acquisition/retention through enhanced UI/UX.
  • Designed market price comparison tool to assist sellers in making more informed purchasing decisions to maximize profit using JavaScript, D3.js, and internal API serving price over time data.
  • Engineered scripts for automating testing of Cisco routers and switches using Python, reducing average test time by over 33% (from 15 minutes to 10 minutes).

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  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • React