Daniel is available for hire

Daniel Morris

Verified Expert in Engineering

Software Developer

Location

Evansville, IN, United States

Toptal Member Since

May 29, 2018

Daniel is a software developer who for more than nine years has relished working with all sorts of different technologies such as Node.js, JavaScript, Embedded C, C++, Java, .NET, and some Ruby scripting. He is also capable of quickly adapting to new environments, is a great communicator, and he sees his role as not only as a code monkey but also as a technical adviser. Challenging new problems are his favorite part of the job.

jQuery SQL Node.js Underscore.js Meteor PostgreSQL MongoDB Web Scraping Linux HTML5 Git Kendo UI Java AngularJS Lodash Embedded C Puppeteer AVR

Portfolio

Talent Logic, Inc.

Web Scraping, Chrome Extensions, MongoDB, Meteor, PostgreSQL, Node.js

ProSAAS

PostgreSQL, Vue, Node.js, Chrome Extensions

Ciholas, Inc.

Embedded Linux, ARM, AVR, Linux, C++, Embedded C

Experience

SQL - 5 years CSS3 - 4 years HTML5 - 4 years Node.js - 3 years ECMAScript (ES6) - 3 years AngularJS - 2 years MongoDB - 2 years Vue 2 - 1 year

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, Vim Text Editor, Linux

The most amazing...

...thing I've coded was an algorithm for tracking a devices position at high frequencies using a minimum number of RF packets.

Work Experience

Software Developer (Contract)

2016 - PRESENT

Talent Logic, Inc.

Built a custom CRM with Node.js, JavaScript, and Angular.
Developed a highly scalable web scraper that scraped over 1 million job listings a day; Used Google Puppeteer and AWS.
Automated emails to connect Talent Logic with potentially viable companies.
Created a Chrome extension to bring CRM user data into the local browser tab and simplify the recruitment process.

Technologies: Web Scraping, Chrome Extensions, MongoDB, Meteor, PostgreSQL, Node.js

Software Engineer

2015 - 2016

ProSAAS

Built a web application and chrome extension to create a contextual process documentation system; used Node.js, Vue.js, and PostgreSQL.
Enabled employers to create web tutorials and share them and also enabled them to follow those tutorials and subsequently skip the other parts of the training.
Aided employee guidance via the build of the above browser extension. It was intended to run continually and guide employees through processes as needed; that way when the process changes, employees follow the latest process from right within the browser.

Technologies: PostgreSQL, Vue, Node.js, Chrome Extensions

Embedded Software Engineer

2011 - 2015

Ciholas, Inc.

Developed an underground communication system for mining safety equipment.
Integrated a low-level IP stack into an AVR32 microcontroller.
Built a USB driver to communicate with custom RF network used underground.
Created highly accurate location tracking system to keep people from being run over inside mines.
Built sports tracking equipment with high frequency and high accuracy player tracking; I have a patent with my name on it for this.
Wrote factory acceptance tests for a location-tracking device.

Technologies: Embedded Linux, ARM, AVR, Linux, C++, Embedded C

Web Developer

2009 - 2010

Ridge Tool

Added features to an internal CRM; used Apache Struts (Java).
Debugged classic ASP applications.
Created a media upload application for an Android phone.

Technologies: C#, ASP.NET, Active Server Pages (ASP), WebSphere, Java, Android

Computer Programmer

2009 - 2009

Mitchell Sales

Developed an equipment tracking system using Visual Basic for applications in Microsoft Access.

Technologies: Microsoft Access

Entrepreneur | Software Developer

2005 - 2006

Self-employed

Created a highly automated business application using Visual Basic .NET.
Developed a web scraper to retrieve the addresses of foreclosed houses.
Retrieved phone numbers based on the street address.
Automated the emailing of foreclosure lists and bills to customers.

Technologies: VB.NET

Experience

ProSAAS

http://prosaas.net

This is a browser extension that makes it easy to build intuitive workflows for employees and guides them through the workflow from within the browser.

Skills

Languages

JavaScript, ECMAScript (ES6), Embedded C, SQL, Java, HTML5, CSS3, C++, VB.NET, Ruby, Active Server Pages (ASP), C#

Libraries/APIs

Vue 2, Node.js, jQuery, Underscore.js, Lodash, Vuex, Puppeteer, Vue, Mandrill API, Google Maps API, Twitter API

Tools

Node Version Manager, NGINX, Git, Vim Text Editor, Microsoft Access, VirtualBox, NPM, Vue CLI, CoinGate

Paradigms

Functional Programming, Object-oriented Programming (OOP)

Platforms

Meteor, Linux, Amazon EC2, AVR, Embedded Linux, Android, DigitalOcean, Linode, WebSphere

Storage

PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Relational Databases, JSON

Other

AVR32, Embedded Development, Front-end Development, Web Scraping, Chrome Extensions, ARM, System Administration

Frameworks

JSON Web Tokens (JWT), AngularJS, Kendo UI, Bootstrap 3+, ASP.NET

Education

2008 - 2011

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering

University of Toledo - Toledo, OH, USA

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