Arman Simonyan, Developer in Yerevan, Armenia
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Arman Simonyan

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Bio

Arman is a passionate software engineer specializing in web development and service-oriented architecture (SOA). He thrives on solving complex challenges, optimizing systems for efficiency, and fostering innovation-driven environments. With a strong problem-solving mindset, he consistently finds ways to do more with less, improving scalability and performance. A lifelong learner, Arman is always eager to embrace new technologies and tackle exciting opportunities that push boundaries.

Portfolio

Toptal Client
Node.js, Python, Kubernetes, Back-end, Back-end Development, Migration...
Toptal Client
JavaScript, React, HTML, Chrome Extensions, Google Play Store, Web Scraping...
Adobe
Apache Kafka, GitLab CI/CD, Agile Software Development, Microservices, GraphQL...

Experience

  • JavaScript - 8 years
  • React - 8 years
  • MongoDB - 5 years
  • Software Testing - 4 years
  • Node.js - 4 years
  • Microservices - 3 years
  • Leadership - 3 years
  • GraphQL - 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

MacOS

The most amazing...

...I've built products loved by thousands, from powerful Chrome extensions to resilient microservices, seamless web apps, and high-performing mobile apps.

Work Experience

Senior Developer

2024 - 2024
Toptal Client
  • Upgraded the Node.js version to enhance security, performance, and long-term maintainability.
  • Replaced outdated dependencies, ensuring compatibility and reducing technical debt.
  • Fixed critical bugs, improving system stability and reliability.
  • Optimized performance, leading to faster response times and better resource utilization.
  • Integrated new tooling to streamline development workflows and enhance overall efficiency.
Technologies: Node.js, Python, Kubernetes, Back-end, Back-end Development, Migration, TypeScript, React

Chrome Browser Extension Developer

2022 - 2024
Toptal Client
  • Built a Chrome extension from scratch to provide comprehensive company insights, including profiles, news, contacts, financials, acquisitions, and more.
  • Implemented advanced functionalities such as scraping LinkedIn company and people profiles and LinkedIn Sales Navigator profiles to extract valuable data.
  • Enabled seamless communication with APIs to process extracted data and generate relevant, actionable content for users.
  • Leveraged LLMs (large language models) to craft tailored sales emails using input from extracted data and user-provided details, streamlining outreach efforts.
  • Delivered a highly impactful product that brought in thousands of paid users, effectively solving business problems for targeted professionals and boosting productivity.
Technologies: JavaScript, React, HTML, Chrome Extensions, Google Play Store, Web Scraping, Linkedln, Salesforce Sales Cloud, HubSpot, Web, Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Engineering Manager

2020 - 2024
Adobe
  • Built teams from scratch. Hired, onboarded, and coached members. Solved complex business problems and constantly delivered excellent value.
  • Put together the critical parts of the application. Built resilient microservices that handle millions of requests.
  • Set up the architecture for solutions for Adobe's whole digital experience business.
Technologies: Apache Kafka, GitLab CI/CD, Agile Software Development, Microservices, GraphQL, JavaScript, Java, Datadog, Splunk, React, MongoDB, Node.js, Cypress, Selenium, Jest, SuperTest, Architecture, Technical Leadership, Software Testing, Leadership, Public Speaking, TypeScript, Algorithms, Data Structures, Docker, Swagger, HTML, CSS, Agile, CI/CD Pipelines, System Design, REST, REST APIs, WebStorm, Fastify, Team Leadership, Remote Team Leadership, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Front-end Architecture, Back-end Architecture, ECMAScript (ES6), DOM, Web Development, Software Development, Software, Project Management, CTO, SaaS, HTML5, User Interface (UI), Extensions, Manifest V3, Team Management, Google Chrome, Figma, Front-end Development, Software Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Full-stack Development, API Integration

Browser Extension Developer

2023 - 2023
Toptal Client
  • Upgraded an outdated Chrome extension by revamping the UI for a modern, user-friendly experience.
  • Fixed critical bugs, improved performance, and ensured stability across different browser versions.
  • Migrated the extension to Manifest V3, enhancing security, efficiency, and compliance with Chrome’s latest standards.
  • Addressed and resolved policy violations, ensuring full compliance with Chrome Web Store requirements.
Technologies: JavaScript, DOM, HTML, CSS, jQuery, MongoDB, Python, Chrome Extensions, JavaScript Libraries, Jinja, Flask, HTML DOM, GitHub, Extensions

Senior Software Engineer

2019 - 2020
Workfront
  • Led the efforts and rewrote one of the core product functionalities using JavaScript. Improved the performance exponentially, bringing a multimillion-dollar accounting rate of return (ARR).
  • Built a microservice to store user request drafts, similar to Gmail's draft functionality. Handled about 10 to 15 million weekly requests and significantly impacted user experience.
  • Overwrote about 15 pages from legacy JSP architecture to React and micro-front ends.
Technologies: JavaScript, Java, React, Node.js, Datadog, MongoDB, Microservices, TypeScript, GraphQL, Redux, Apache Kafka, Jest, SuperTest, Cypress, Selenium, Architecture, Technical Leadership, Software Testing, GitLab CI/CD, Agile Software Development, Leadership, Algorithms, Data Structures, Docker, Swagger, Full-stack, Front-end, Back-end, React Router, HTML, CSS, Mongoose, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Adobe Workfront, Web Development, CI/CD Pipelines, Webpack, Rollup, Babel, ESLint, Agile, Scrum, REST APIs, REST, Fastify, WebStorm, Styled-components, JSON, Team Leadership, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Front-end Architecture, Back-end Architecture, ECMAScript (ES6), DOM, Software Development, Software, Project Management, SaaS, HTML5, User Interface (UI), Team Management, Figma, Front-end Development, IndexedDB, Software Architecture, Full-stack Development, API Integration

Senior Software Engineer

2019 - 2019
Globbing
  • Created mobile apps using React Native for iOS and Android, significantly affecting the business's success.
  • Created a Chrome extension for staff to request any inventory. Helped eliminate the manual job of handling the requests.
  • Organized a team for maintaining mobile applications and Chrome extensions for the company.
Technologies: JavaScript, React, React Native, Node.js, Chrome Extensions, MongoDB, Technical Leadership, Leadership, Ionic, Architecture, Full-stack, Front-end, Back-end, HTML, CSS, CI/CD Pipelines, REST APIs, REST, WebStorm, Webpack, Front-end Architecture, Back-end Architecture, ECMAScript (ES6), DOM, Extensions, Web Development, Software Development, Software, Project Management, SaaS, Material UI, HTML5, User Interface (UI), Manifest V3, Team Management, Google Chrome, Figma, Front-end Development, IndexedDB, Software Architecture, Full-stack Development, API Integration

React and React Native Developer

2018 - 2019
Ginosi Apartels and Hotels
  • Built two highly efficient mobile applications using React Native for iOS and Android.
  • Built Chrome extensions for employee productivity. Reached the goal of increasing employee productivity and eliminating third-party software needs for our employees.
  • Found a solution for PDF editing after negotiations. Found a solution and integrated it, saving months of engineering time.
Technologies: React, React Native, GraphQL, Chrome Extensions, Node.js, MongoDB, Firebase, Bugsnag, Sentry, Front-end, Back-end, Serverless, WebStorm, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Front-end Architecture, Back-end Architecture, ECMAScript (ES6), DOM, Python, Extensions, Web Development, Software Development, Software, Digital Transformation, SaaS, Material UI, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), User Interface (UI), Internet of Things (IoT), Manifest V3, Google Chrome, Front-end Development, IndexedDB, Full-stack Development, API Integration

Software Engineer

2015 - 2018
Digitain
  • Constructed multi-monitor gaming terminals using Electron. Brought great value to the product, as they were one of a kind at the time.
  • Increased mobile version performance by implementing code-splitting before React offered it as an option.
  • Experimented with a web worker for doing calculations and converting binary data to JSON. Helped to increase page performance.
Technologies: JavaScript, React, MobX, Redux, Electron, Sass, Front-end, WebStorm, ECMAScript (ES6), DOM, jQuery, Web Development, Software Development, Software, SaaS, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), User Interface (UI), Front-end Development, API Integration

Experience

Toptal Client Project: AI-powered Sales Intelligence Chrome Extension

Chrome extension that provides real-time company insights, automates data extraction from LinkedIn profiles, and generates personalized sales content using AI, where I built the extension from scratch to aggregate company details, including profiles, news, contacts, financials, and acquisitions and implemented advanced scraping capabilities for LinkedIn and LinkedIn Sales Navigator to extract valuable company and people data. Integrated APIs and LLMs to generate tailored sales emails based on extracted data and user inputs, streamlining outreach efforts. Ensured compliance with browser policies, optimized performance, and delivered a seamless user experience. The extension became a major success, attracting thousands of paid users and effectively solving business challenges for sales professionals.

Timeline Calculation Engine for Workfront

I led efforts to rewrite a core functionality for Workfront, a timeline calculation engine. I came up with a solution for moving the calculation part to the front end to solve performance problems for the client. It has a considerable impact on the business bringing multimillion contracts. As it was a core functionality for the product, we put a lot of effort into test coverage and reached 98.7% coverage.

Request Draft Microservice

I built a microservice to store user request drafts, similar to Gmail draft functionality. For this project, I chose Node.js and MongoDB stack as we had a requirement to have a high-request-per-second capacity. The service handles millions of weekly requests and brings a great user experience to our clients.

Globbing Mobile App

A mobile application for an Armenian startup focused on logistics. The app allows adding and tracking your orders, accepts payments by cards, and gives an ability to manage your profile data. I was the only engineer in the team working on the application. Globbing is an industry leader with about 60–70% of the whole market.

Gazar.am

https://gazar.am/
An online shop in Armenia focused on fruits and vegetables. It includes a client portal and an admin panel and allows users to log in order goods and enjoy fresh products. We were a team of two, I and the co-founder.
The tech stack included React, Node.js, MongoDB, and GraphQL. The product was a massive success in Armenia as it was unique at the time.

Ginosi Gemini

Ginosi Gemini is intended for Ginosi employees, contractors, and suppliers to help in their daily work. The app allows you to assign tasks to your employees, track their progress, have workflows for them, and much more. I worked on this project from the beginning, contributing to architecture design, participating in decision making and adding features, etc.
The app is built with React Native for both Android and iOS platforms.

Jinx Chrome Extension

I designed and created a Chrome extension for managing inventory requests where I built the app using React, Node.js, and MongoDB tech stack and this application allows the company to eliminate manual job and third-party software usage and gives a joyful experience to employees and their managers.

Education

2008 - 2012

Bachelor's Degree in Political Science

Yerevan State Univerity - Yerevan, Armenia

Skills

Libraries/APIs

React, Node.js, REST APIs, jQuery, MobX, React Router

Tools

SuperTest, Figma, GitLab CI/CD, WebStorm, Splunk, Bugsnag, Sentry, Mongoose, Webpack, Rollup, Babel, Jenkins, Salesforce Sales Cloud, GitHub

Languages

JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, ECMAScript (ES6), GraphQL, HTML5, Java, Sass, Python

Frameworks

Redux, Jest, Cypress, Selenium, Material UI, React Native, Ionic, Electron, Swagger, Express.js, Fastify, Jinja, Flask

Paradigms

Software Testing, Agile Software Development, Microservices, Back-end Architecture, Agile, Scrum, REST, HTML DOM

Platforms

Google Chrome, Apache Kafka, Firebase, MacOS, Docker, Android, iOS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linkedln, HubSpot, Web, Kubernetes

Storage

MongoDB, IndexedDB, Datadog, JSON

Industry Expertise

Project Management

Other

Leadership, Chrome Extensions, Architecture, Technical Leadership, Full-stack, Front-end, Back-end, Web Development, Team Leadership, Remote Team Leadership, Front-end Architecture, APIs, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), DOM, Extensions, Software Development, Software, CTO, SaaS, User Interface (UI), Manifest V3, Team Management, Front-end Development, Software Architecture, Full-stack Development, API Integration, Public Speaking, CI/CD Pipelines, Digital Transformation, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Algorithms, Data Structures, Serverless, Adobe Workfront, ESLint, System Design, Styled-components, Google Play Store, Web Scraping, JavaScript Libraries, Back-end Development, Migration, Design

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