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Hire DanielDaniel Nakhla
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Software Developer
Location
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Toptal Member Since
July 17, 2014
Daniel is a full-stack JavaScript web developer with over a decade of professional experience. He holds a BS in computer science with a minor in business, which provides him with the context necessary to understand the nexus between business and technology needs.
Portfolio
The Action Network
Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Lambda, Hapi.js, React
Mindful Education
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Vue, React, Node.js
NDA
PostgreSQL, Redux, React
Experience
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
JavaScript, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Node.js, React, Svelte
The most amazing...
...and noteworthy project I've developed is the website for Jerry Seinfeld's creative endeavor, Comedians in cars getting coffee.
Work Experience
Consultant
2018 - 2018
The Action Network
- Extended the back-end API on Hapi.js.
- Created a dynamic image processor for use in targeted ads built on AWS Lambda.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Lambda, Hapi.js, React
Lead Developer
2017 - 2018
Mindful Education
- Led the development of website projects for Mindful Education.
- Updated VLE using React and Express.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Vue, React, Node.js
Principal Engineer
2016 - 2017
NDA
- Built an education and testing platform in the financial sector.
Technologies: PostgreSQL, Redux, React
Senior Front-end Developer
2014 - 2017
Hearst Corporation
- Worked on the international technology team, leading a team of five offshore developers in the migration, implementation, and development of a universal technology stack.
- Launched products in six countries that have helped expand our brand reach (Cosmopolitan, Sugarscape, and Elle) and increase advertising options.
- Handled architecture, training, hiring, code reviews, sprint planning, and PHP/JavaScript development.
- Developed a non-blocking distributed system data migration tool in Node.js and AWS.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), eZ Publish, WordPress, Grunt, Sass, JavaScript, PHP
Senior Developer
2013 - 2014
Ammirati Creative Agency (acquired by IBM)
- Developed Jerry Seinfeld’s responsive comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com in collaboration with Sony’s Crackle.
- Developed prolofinder.com on AngularJS with a Laravel RESTful API back end and OAuth2.0 as a standalone SaaS application.
- Completed a delivery.com/Yelp integration system, which allowed users to place orders directly on Yelp through delivery.com on mobile and desktop. The system was built using CakePHP, Backbone.js, Underscore, and Handlebars.
- Completed various projects for clients like Sweet’N Low and Forex in WordPress and PHP.
Technologies: REST APIs, RESTful Development, AngularJS, Underscore.js, Laravel, CakePHP
Front-end Lead
2012 - 2013
Thrillist Media Group (Thrillist/JackThreads)
- Coded a new content delivery site for Thrillist.com running on CakePHP and using SOLR as its data source for high speed reads, while still allowing admin users to use Drupal as the back office CMS for content creation and management.
Technologies: CakePHP, JavaScript, Solr, Git
Consultant, Developer
2010 - 2012
NorthPoint Solutions (acquired by Ernst & Young)
- Developed on-site at Hearst, Inc. for the Car & Driver and Elle brands.
- Succeeded in more than tripling the site speed for ~80% of visits and increasing the Google PageSpeed by ~20 points.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Git, CruiseControl, Memcached, APC, Akamai, jQuery, JavaScript, Solr, MySQL, WordPress, PHP, Zend Framework, Scrum
Founder, Developer
2009 - 2012
Closetbank
- Founded and developed closetbank.com on top of a LAMP stack.
- Used Ajax and jQuery UI elements to create a virtual closet application with special consideration towards interaction design using Google Web Optimizers and Analytics.
- Worked alone on all aspects of design, development, marketing, and maintenance of the website.
- Featured in the New York Times and the Art Institute as well as on various blogs.
- Attracted thousands of daily users before being eventually decommissioned.
Technologies: LAMP, Ajax, PEAR, ImageMagick, MySQL, jQuery UI, JavaScript, PHP
Web Producer
2007 - 2010
The Council on Foreign Relations
- Handled Cfr.org and Foreignaffairs.com as well as associated production tasks and projects.
Technologies: WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, CSS
Analyst
2007 - 2007
AT&T
- Contributed to a rotational in-house consulting and analyst program.
- Worked primarily on web design, Java development, and test support for UAT/JST environments on a central database project.
Technologies: MySQL, Java
Experience
Prolofinder
http://prolofinder.comProlofinder.com, developed on AngularJS and a Laravel RESTful API back-end with OAuth2.0 as a standalone SaaS.
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Worked with the Crackle.com team to build Jerry Seinfeld's personal web series website.
Car & Driver
http://www.caranddriver.com/My team and I developed a Zend-based C&D site and hosted it in the cloud using Amazon’s EC2 service with autoscaling and load balancing. The project utilized Zend, WordPress, MySQL, various APIs, jQuery, Solr, Memcached, APC, Akamai, CruiseControl, and SVN/Git. We more than tripled the site speed for ~80% of visits and increased the Google PageSpeed by ~20 points.
Thrillist
https://www.thrillist.com/Led the development and architecture of a front-end layer for Thrillist.com. The project involved a migration from Drupal to CakePHP, with an API on Solr. Through the change in architecture, we made the site scaleable, decreased the site load time by orders of magnitude, redesigned and updated the UI/UX, established better separation of concerns, and modularized the site for faster development. I also worked on the sister site Jackthreads.com in a similar capacity.
New Worlder
A food blog and website built on Angular
Bitcoin Run Super Bowl Pool
https://medium.com/@danielnakhla/https-2018squares-com-one-bitcoin-pool-75ed82a7fb13Created an online "superbowl boxes" game that used bitcoin for payment and was built on Vue.js.
GrowTogether.app
I build a community events PWA using Gatsby/React and Firebase for a co-living brand based out of France.
Skills
Languages
JavaScript, PHP, Java, Sass, HTML5, CSS
Frameworks
Express.js, CodeIgniter, Laravel, CakePHP, Next.js, PEAR, Zend Framework, AngularJS, Hapi.js, Svelte, React Native, Redux, Foundation CSS
Libraries/APIs
Amazon EC2 API, Node.js, jQuery, ImageMagick, React, jQuery UI, Underscore.js, REST APIs, Vue, React Redux, Socket.IO
Tools
Git, AWS SDK, Solr, Grunt, Vim Text Editor, GitHub, Jira, Trello, Slack, Webpack 2, NPM, Atom, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Apache Solr, Sublime Text
Platforms
AWS Lambda, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2, LAMP, WordPress, MacOS, Messenger Bots, Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
Amazon S3 (AWS S3), JSON, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Memcached
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, RESTful Development, MEAN Stack, Kanban, Scrum
Other
Application State Management, Data Structures, Ajax, Akamai, APC, CruiseControl, eZ Publish, GitFlow, Slackbot
Education
2003 - 2007
Bachelor's of Science Degree in Computer Science
Siena College - New York
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