Morley Tatro
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack and React Developer
Burbank, CA, United States
Toptal member since December 28, 2021
Morley has been a lead software developer for nine years. He specializes in JavaScript-centric workflows focused on front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, and Svelte, in addition to Node-powered back ends dovetailed with REST and GraphQL APIs. He started his career in PHP and WordPress development. Morley is passionate about functional programming and creating elegant, scalable solutions.
Portfolio
Experience
- API Integration - 7 years
- Node.js - 5 years
- Express.js - 5 years
- React - 5 years
- REST - 5 years
- C#.NET - 2 years
- TypeScript - 2 years
- GraphQL - 2 years
Preferred Environment
MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Express.js, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, REST
The most amazing...
...project I've developed is a real estate-centered CRM with a time-scheduled web scraping component on the back end.
Work Experience
Lead Developer
GSRetrofit
- Crafted a custom integration solution, pairing React front end with PostGraphile and GraphQL for managing complex relational data.
- Automated inspection creation through web scraping, saving an average of ten minutes per record.
- Implemented automated email campaigns through a SetCronJob API.
- Integrated a Firestore (NoSQL) database for a custom CRM solution.
Lead Developer
Cambridge LSAT
- Engineered a custom eCommerce solution integrated with Braintree Hosted Fields and PayPal onsite checkout.
- Built a universal JavaScript application with a Svelte front end and Express.js back end as an Amazon affiliate store, pulling live pricing and product information.
- Established one of the first online platforms for downloading and practicing with official LSAT material.
Staff Software Engineer
Figure
- Architected and delivered end-to-end rewrite of the authentication front end with crypto wallet login.
- Led dashboard team and maintained TypeScript/React code quality through thorough code reviews.
- Collaborated closely with marketplace and lending teams to ensure users' unified experience.
- Revamped primary GUI library to support custom whitelabel theming in front-end applications.
- Managed and mentored junior engineers in best practices and functional programming.
Front-end Engineer
Golden Hippo Media
- Transferred the Ionic Angular sales funnel to React and GraphQL for rapid prototyping and split testing.
- Migrated the underlying deprecated Ionic library to Webpack 5, speeding up local and remote builds by up to six times.
- Developed a method for file exclusion leading to a tenfold local development speed increase in the workflow.
- Ensured quality standards through regular code reviews of contractors' codebase contributions.
Lead Instructor
Coding Dojo
- Co-authored and piloted a React curriculum at the home campus and assisted in migrating the three-stack program from Angular (MEAN stack) to the MERN stack.
- Served as a core contributor to the program-wide Discord integration, creating a rapid two-click user sign-up process.
- Created a platform-specific CLI to efficiently track Zoom class attendance and push it to the program's back end. This tool was eventually adopted to track course participants on a broader basis.
- Integrated the Gmail API for sending automated, template-driven emails to students.
- Managed two other instructors on-site, supporting all aspects of instruction and campus upkeep.
Experience
GSRetrofit
https://gsretrofit.comKongrads
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Economics
University of California, Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
Certifications
Full-Stack Developer
Coding Dojo
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, Context API, Puppeteer, Amazon API, Braintree API, React Router, Gmail API, Stripe, Stripe API, Google Sheets API
Tools
Braintree SDK, Cron, Webpack, Postman, Jira, Google Sheets
Languages
HTML, GraphQL, Python 3, CSS, C#.NET, TypeScript, SQL, JavaScript, Python, Java, ECMAScript (ES6), PHP, Ruby
Frameworks
Express.js, Ionic, Ionic 4, Svelte, CodeIgniter 3, Ruby on Rails 4, AngularJS, Next.js
Paradigms
REST, Functional Programming, Automation, MEAN Stack, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Platforms
MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Firebase, LAMP
Storage
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Cloud Firestore, NoSQL
Other
API Integration, Web Scraping, Front-end, Analysis, Economics, Finance, JSDOM, PostGraphile, SparkPost, Scraping, PayPal, Web Development, Code Review, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Email Campaigns, eCommerce, Back-end, MERN Stack, Discord, Gatsby, Email Coding, Firebase Cloud Functions, Data Loader API
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