Isaac Easton's Resume

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Technical Skills

JavaScript/ECMAScript (ReactJS, React Native, Node.js, Express), TypeScript (ReactTS, NextTS, Playwright), Solidity (Smart Contracts, Solidity Compiler), Front-End Libraries & Frameworks (React Query, Jotai, ShadCN, Radix-UI, Next Auth Redux, MobX, Material-UI, Bootstrap), CSS Preprocessors (SASS, LESS, SCSS), Testing Tools (Jest, Enzyme), HTML5, CSS3, AJAX, UI/UX Design, Front End Design, Databases (SQL, NoSQL, Postgres, Sequelize - ORM), Back-End Technologies (Express, RESTful APIs, Web Sockets, JWT Authentication), AWS (AWS Lambdas, AWS CDK, SAM), Containerization & Orchestration (Docker), CI/CD & Version Control (Git, Jenkins, Gradle), NPM Environment, Development Tools & Methodologies (Babel, Vite, Agile Development, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines - WCAG), Analytics & SEO (Google Analytics, GA4, Google Tag Manager - GTM), Error Handling (Sentry.io)

Projects

Website Architecture Overview

My personal portfolio website showcases a modern, serverless architecture. Hosted on an Amazon S3 bucket, it utilizes Amazon CloudFront for efficient content delivery. A key feature includes a real-time visitor count, powered by a serverless backend comprising AWS API Gateway, AWS Lambda, and DynamoDB. This setup ensures high availability, fast performance, and robust security, illustrating my skills in creating scalable cloud-native applications.

Escape The 80s

Software Developer | Project Link

Spearheaded the creation of immersive game levels, dynamic characters, and interactive objects, utilizing Node.js, JavaScript, Phaser 3, Redux, Express.js, and socket.io to bring classic 80s aesthetics and gameplay to life.
Designed and implemented the game’s challenging final boss, programming complex algorithms for randomizing movements and projectile patterns to enhance gameplay difficulty and player engagement.
Engineered real-time multiplayer functionality using web sockets, enabling seamless and synchronous gaming experiences for multiple players.
Developed robust backend systems to securely store and manage user scores, integrating Redux and PostgreSQL with Phaser3 for efficient data handling and enhanced game performance.

Employment

Leadership Connect

Remote, Full Stack Engineer | 3/22-Present

Migrated entire web application from Vite to Next.js, requiring a full-scale rewrite of the codebase. Overhauled state management from MobX to Jotai, transitioned all client-side data fetching to TanStack Query, and adopted Tailwind CSS for a streamlined styling approach, significantly improving performance, maintainability, and developer experience.
Built new Elections Dashboard page from scratch; required knowledge of complex queries and APIs, local state management, and corresponding with key stakeholders. Highly trafficked page on app frequented by people interested in key eleciton updates for 2024 elections.
Implemented error handling across the application using Sentry.io. Required robust knowledge of codebase for proper error documentation
Developed and maintained high-performance, responsive browser and mobile applications using Vite, ReactTS, React Native, Typescript, and MobX, ensuring cross-platform compatibility and optimal user experience.
Engineered data-intensive web and mobile applications, involving complex fetching, parsing, and management of nested JSON objects to enhance data handling and UX.
Orchestrated end-to-end testing for critical user flows in the web app, including scoping, ticket writing, and test scripting with Playwright, improving feature reliability and user satisfaction.
Successfully implemented an infinite scroll feature across the web application, necessitating a strategic refactor of MobX stores to support paginated API calls, efficient data caching, and flexible data management.
Spearheaded the development of a new homepage feature for the React Native mobile app on Android and iOS platforms, enhancing interactive data list displays and user engagement.
Integrated and configured Google Analytics events within various segments of the browser application, aiding in the tracking and analysis of user interactions and app performance.
Refined user experience by refactoring a drag-and-drop table interface to seamlessly integrate TanStack Tables with the react-beautiful-dnd library, enhancing both functionality and aesthetics.
Led the comprehensive redesign of various information cards on the website, utilizing REST APIs, React, and SCSS/SASS to deliver a more intuitive and responsive user interface.
Played a key role in the enhancement and expansion of a d3-org-chart feature, contributing substantial improvements to the d3-org-chart open-source library. My work exemplified a strong commitment to and involvement in community-driven software development projects.
Directed an accessibility overhaul for the web application, aligning it with the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to ensure inclusivity and compliance.
Advocated and practiced agile development methodologies, including managing tickets, facilitating daily scrums, and orchestrating weekly releases, while maintaining stellar communication within the team.

Lucid Motors

Remote, Full Stack Web Developer (Contractor) | 12/18-3/22; 9/22-12/22

Spearheaded various development phases of Lucid Motors’ full-stack website, employing a robust stack comprising React, GatsbyJS, GraphQL, DrupalCMS, and AWS to deliver a high-performance, scalable web solution.
Achieved 100% test coverage for component-level snapshots and image snapshots across the entire codebase, encompassing over 200 webpages, which significantly improved the code quality and reliability of the web platform.
Led the design and implementation of an agile development Epic, meticulously authored Tasks, and adeptly executed the project in line with the defined timeline, demonstrating exceptional project management and execution skills.

Full Stack Academy

Remote, Senior Software Engineering Teaching Fellow (Contractor) | 5/18-12/18

Led and mentored a team of 8 teaching fellows, providing expert guidance and support in instructional strategies and educational content delivery, enhancing the overall teaching effectiveness.
Oversaw and steered 8 teams of 4 developers each, through the full lifecycle of designing, developing, testing, and deploying robust web and mobile applications, cultivating a hands-on learning environment.
Mentored and trained over 100 software engineering students in the NERD stack (Node.js, Express, React/Redux, and Database using SQL), along with core engineering concepts, algorithms, and software architecture. Facilitated group review sessions, one-on-one tutoring, and detailed code reviews to strengthen student understanding and skills.
Conducted technical interviews for prospective students, assessing their skills and suitability for the rigorous software engineering curriculum, thereby ensuring high-caliber student enrollment.

Foundation for American Innovation

Remote, Software Engineer (Contractor) | 1/18-12/18

Build/deploy full-stack browser applications for a variety of clients.
Utilize NextJS and Material UI to enhance search engine optimizations (SEO) and user experience (UX).
Engage agile development practices to support workflow and facilitate communications with project management.

Education

Fullstack Academy

2018 | Certificate in Software Engineering

17-Week full stack JavaScript web development immersive

University of Chicago

09/14-06/18 | BA with Honors

Certifications

AWS Sysops Administrator Associate (see certificate)

AWS Certified Developer Associate (see certificate)

AWS Solutions Architect Associate (see certificate)

AWS Cloud Practitioner (see certificate)

Website Architecture

Hosting and Delivery

This website is hosted on an Amazon S3 bucket, offering reliable and scalable object storage. The content is delivered through Amazon CloudFront, a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely distributes data, videos, applications, and APIs to viewers globally with low latency and high transfer speeds.

Visitor Count Feature

This website includes a dynamic visitor count feature. Here's how it works:

Frontend: A JavaScript snippet in this HTML file makes an HTTP request to an AWS API Gateway endpoint when the page loads.
AWS API Gateway: This service acts as a fully managed entry point to handle HTTP requests, routing them to the appropriate AWS Lambda function.
AWS Lambda: The triggered Lambda function interacts with AWS DynamoDB to retrieve and update the visitor count.
AWS DynamoDB: This NoSQL database service stores the visitor count, which is fetched and updated upon each visit.
Security and Best Practices: The architecture includes essential security practices like IAM roles, API keys, and error logging with AWS CloudWatch to ensure reliable and secure operation.

This serverless setup demonstrates a scalable, managed backend infrastructure with minimal maintenance, suitable for modern web applications.