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Seth C Whiting
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Portland, ME, United States
Toptal member since March 6, 2019
Bio
Seth is a creative and efficient full stack developer specializing in WordPress and React. With six years of full-time development experience and counting, Seth has made everything from fully responsive marketing websites in WordPress to cross-platform React Native applications for iOS and Android. Seth is very driven to learn new things and expand on his existing knowledge in technologies already familiar to him.
Portfolio
Friends Indeed, LLC
Redux, Expo, Firebase, React Native
Anchour Creative, LLC
Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, MySQL, WordPress, Vue, jQuery, JavaScript, Blade, PHP...
Golden Spiral Marketing
Bootstrap, MySQL, WordPress, jQuery, JavaScript, PHP, Sass, Gulp, Git
Experience
- PHP - 6 years
- Laravel - 6 years
- MySQL - 6 years
- Sass - 5 years
- WordPress - 5 years
- Node.js - 5 years
- React - 1 year
- React Native - 1 year
Work Experience
VP of Engineering
2018 - PRESENT
Friends Indeed, LLC
- Acted as lead developer and chief architect, utilizing React Native and Google's Firebase to build out most of the features of the app from the ground up.
- Acted as product manager, creating and assigning tasks on our kanban board to myself and the rest of the team in order to meet business goals for the app.
- Utilized Node.js and Google's Cloud Functions platform to build out dozens of user and chronologically triggered serverless functions for purposes of in-app messaging, push notifications, client lead generation, and data reporting, among others.
- Utilized Expo and several Firestore databases to develop multiple environments and processes for testing staging and production versions of the application on both iOS and Android.
- Devised and executed a hyper efficient process for white-labeling entire application, cutting our path to revenue down by dozens of hours per client.
- Built out data visualization analytics dashboard in order to get a full picture of how people are using the application.
Technologies: Redux, Expo, Firebase, React Native
Developer
2017 - 2019
Anchour Creative, LLC
- Conceptualized and developed a parent and child theme boilerplate which included frequently used custom field modules, saving the company several hours of development time per project.
- Became intimately familiar with developing shortcodes, filters, and custom post types.
- Gained experience using Laravel’s Blade templates and Vue.js.
- Became proficient with Shopify theming and using the Liquid templating language.
- Played a lead role in testing, vetting, and training a newly hired developer.
Technologies: Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, MySQL, WordPress, Vue, jQuery, JavaScript, Blade, PHP, PostCSS, Sass, Gulp, Yarn, Git
Developer
2015 - 2017
Golden Spiral Marketing
- Contributed to the development of over 20 different client websites, often acting as lead developer, building sites from the ground up and taking them through to completion.
- Overhauled and automated the company’s development workflow, introducing tools like Grunt, Gulp, SASS, Bower, and Node Package Manager.
- Played an instrumental role in the company’s decision to use Wordpress as our primary content management system, allowing much more freedom and efficiency in our site development process.
- Built out custom WordPress starter template, including workflow automation tools, that saved several hours of setup and general development time on all subsequent projects.
- Wrote out full documentation for custom WordPress starter template.
- Suggested and implemented search engine optimization (SEO) improvements to client sites, often including.
- improvements that eliminated several seconds of page loading time.
- Gained experience working with Stripe’s eCommerce platform.
Technologies: Bootstrap, MySQL, WordPress, jQuery, JavaScript, PHP, Sass, Gulp, Git
Full Stack Developer
2014 - 2015
BKON Connect, LLC
- Created a content management system using the MEAN JavaScript application stack.
- Worked extensively with JavaScript and jQuery to enhance all facets of user experience on several applications.
- Developed a native iOS application with Swift to communicate with the aforementioned MEAN stack CMS API.
- Built out mobile responsive company website in both the MEAN stack and WordPress.
- Used SASS, Twitter Bootstrap, and font based icons to build out a responsive user interface.
- Worked closely with a graphic designer to get a responsive user interface perfect.
- Created a data visualization dashboard by integrating the D3.js library with the AngularJS framework.
- Worked with a team of experienced developers, collaborating on Git repositories.
- Gained experience in a Scrum/Agile work environment.
Technologies: PHP, Sass, WordPress, CSS, HTML, D3.js, MongoDB, AngularJS, Node.js, Git
Developer/Lead Designer
2013 - 2014
Music Pub Works
- Helped build out a suite of music publishing applications.
- Utilized front-end JavaScript frameworks, such as Knockout.js and AngularJS.
- Worked extensively with JavaScript and jQuery to enhance all facets of user experience.
- Gained back-end experience using PHP, Laravel, and MySQL.
- Designed music player used in the song management portal.
- Built out entire front and back end of the customer relationship management portal.
- Gained experience working remotely and collaboratively using Git version control.
Technologies: CSS, AngularJS, Knockout (Knockout.js), jQuery, Laravel, MySQL, PHP, Git
Project History
Pleasant Street Dental
https://www.pleasantstreetdental.net/I built out this website while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Maine International Film Festival
https://www.miff.org/A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Six String Country
A website I built out while working at Golden Spiral Marketing. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Fortified Health Security
https://www.fortifiedhealthsecurity.com/A website I built out while working at Golden Spiral Marketing. They brought the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Epicentric Consulting
http://www.epicentricconsulting.com/A website I built out while working at Golden Spiral Marketing. They developed the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Chasse & Co (Home Page Only)
https://mainecpa.com/A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They created the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Community Food Bank of Central Alabama
https://www.feedingal.org/A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Cornerstone Wealth Planning
https://www.cornerstonewp.com/A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They developed the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
DaVinci’s Eatery (Home Page Only)
https://www.davinciseatery.com/A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They created the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Dirigo FCU
https://www.dirigofcu.com/A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They brought the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Dragonfly Staffing
A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Freeport Camping
https://www.wolfesneck.org/A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Good Shepherd Food Bank
https://www.gsfb.org/A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
GTO Electric
A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Hebert Construction
https://www.hebertconstruction.com/A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Karen Gallagher Interiors
A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Lighting Concepts
https://www.lightingconcepts.com/A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Richardson and Associates
https://www.richardsonassociates.com/A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Team Misfit
A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Greater Nashville Technology Council
https://technologycouncil.com/A website I built out while working at Golden Spiral Marketing. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
J Bouchard and Sons
https://jbouchard.com/A website I built out while working at Golden Spiral Marketing. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Trost Financial
A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Wolfe’s Neck Center
https://www.wolfesneck.org/A website I built out while working at Anchour Creative, LLC. They made the design and I implemented the build on WordPress.
Education
2007 - 2012
Bachelor of Business Degree in Entrepreneurship
Belmont University - Nashville, TN
Certifications
JUNE 2012 - AUGUST 2012
Web Development Bootcamp
Nashville Software School
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, React, Node.js, D3.js, Vue
Tools
Git, Basecamp, Jira, PostCSS, Gulp, WP-CLI, Expo, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe InDesign, Sketch
Languages
Sass, CSS, HTML, PHP 7, JavaScript, PHP, Less, TypeScript
Frameworks
React Native, Bootstrap, Laravel, Express.js, Angular, AngularJS, Material UI, Tailwind CSS, Yarn, Chrome, Knockout (Knockout.js), Redux, Jest
Platforms
WordPress, Meteor, Firebase, Shopify, Amazon EC2, Pantheon, OS X, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Paradigms
Agile Software Development
Storage
MySQL, MongoDB, Cloud Firestore, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Industry Expertise
Project Management
Other
Communication, Remote Work, User Interface (UI), Data Science, Command-line Interface (CLI), Blade
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