April Leone, Developer in Seattle, WA, United States
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April Leone

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JavaScript Developer

Location
Seattle, WA, United States
Toptal Member Since
December 24, 2015

April is a senior front-end web developer with over 15 years of experience at companies like Starbucks, Rosetta Stone, and Livemocha. She specializes in building front-ends for JavaScript web applications and has deep expertise in the nuances of cross-platform development.

Portfolio

Rosetta Stone
CSS, HTML, AngularJS, JavaScript, React, Scrum Master, Remote Team Leadership
Livemocha
WordPress, SproutCore, CSS, HTML, JavaScript
Starbucks
Sitecore, HTML, Visual Studio

Experience

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

React, Implementation, User Interface (UI), Team Mentoring, Scrum Master

The most amazing...

...app I've built was a themed web app that could display the user's language left to right or vice versa. This enabled one site to launch worldwide.

Work Experience

Senior Front-end Engineer

2013 - PRESENT
Rosetta Stone
  • Built a language-learning app for Arabic learners in AngularJS.
  • Constructed a reporting tool so administrators could see their students' progress in real-time.
  • Developed custom AngularJS services and corresponding tests.
  • Created custom exact-target email templates and data extensions and a tool to allow administrators to email users at the click of a button.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, AngularJS, JavaScript, React, Scrum Master, Remote Team Leadership

Senior Front-End Engineer

2011 - 2013
Livemocha
  • Helped build the website Livemocha's language-learning platform from scratch using SproutCoreJS (EmberJS 1.0) and a designer mockup.
  • Built a custom content-editing tool so that a content creator can create their own language lessons for use in the Livemocha application.
  • Created custom CSS animations for a language learning app.
  • Integrated an application with a NoSQL database using JSON endpoints and also added a custom font icons for use throughout the application.
  • Supported the marketing team with WordPress website issues.
Technologies: WordPress, SproutCore, CSS, HTML, JavaScript

Senior Front-End Developer

2011 - 2011
Starbucks
  • Built custom pages for the Starbucks' website and pages for iOS devices for their store music downloads.
  • Integrated Starbucks' pages with a Sitecore content service.
  • Constructed the April 2011 day of service portion of the website. This allowed volunteers to sign up to help with various community-service projects worldwide.
  • Made periodic updates to the corporate website using an Agile Scrum team.
Technologies: Sitecore, HTML, Visual Studio

Livemocha.com

http://learn.livemocha.com
This is a custom language-learning site. It was originally built in SproutCore in 2012, but rebuilt in AngularJS in 2015.

The site uses Grunt/Node for the server, Bower for package management, and custom font icons.

Livemocha has a history of a 11 million users worldwide.

Languages

CSS, HTML, Sass, PHP, JavaScript

Frameworks

Unity3D, Unity, SproutCore, AngularJS, Jasmine

Tools

Bower, Git, Karma, Grunt, Sublime Text 2, Visual Studio

Paradigms

Agile Software Development

Platforms

iOS, WordPress, WordPress Theme Design, MacOS

Storage

NoSQL, MySQL

Other

PSD to HTML, PSD Slicing, Freelancing, Programming, ADK, IT, Virtual Reality (VR), Front-end Development, Software Development, Embedded Software, User Experience (UX), Sitecore, Localization, Scrum Master, Remote Team Leadership, Implementation, User Interface (UI), Team Mentoring

Libraries/APIs

React, Lodash, Underscore.js, jQuery

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