Holger Schmitz

Pampered Chef is a marketing company selling food products and kitchen utensils. I was a full-stack developer working in a team. I was tasked with extending the functionality and resolving issues. The technology stack was based on Node.js, Express.js, and Angular 7.

The workflow was based on Agile principles with daily standup and biweekly sprints.

As the senior JavaScript engineer for Push Technology (Pushtechnology.com), I was responsible for porting their Diffusion client from JavaScript to TypeScript, implementing new features, and fixing bugs.

The Diffusion Intelligent Data Platform™ synchronizes, manages, and distributes data among applications, devices, and systems via the web, mobile, and satellite networks.

This is an online formula book.

PROJECT SPECIFICS
• Front end: A single-page application using Angular 7, RxJS, and Material Design.
• Back end: A REST API using Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB.
• Deployment: Used Digital Ocean Ubuntu 18.04 Droplet.

This is a demo written in my spare time showcasing some of my React skills. It is a Solitaire Game with a flexible rule system. Game rules can be specified as JSON-like objects, which allows me to add more games easily. The drag-and-drop feature for the playing cards has been implemented from scratch using no external libraries.

I worked as the lead product developer of a platform that matches students with tutors. I analyzed the requirements and chose the technology stack that consisted of PHP, MySQL, Apache, and the PRADO framework. I also implemented the front end and back end.

Schnek is a C++ library for developing parallel simulations on Cartesian grids.

FEATURES
• Set up a file reader with C-style syntax.
• Implemented extendable formulas in the setup files.
• Constructed a hierarchical structure of simulation components.
• Possesses multidimensional grids.
• Initialized the grid from formulas in a setup file.
• Contains boundary cells and ghost cells.
• Provides MPI support for parallelization.
• Installed an MPI update of ghost cells to neighboring processes.
• Contains easy-to-use parallel and serial HDF5 output of grids.
• Developed a literature reference system to encourage the collaborative development of large codes.

I designed and implemented a complete risk analysis framework. It has cash flow generation, pricing, and stress testing of financial products using C++ and QuantLib. The product was designed for high throughput.

This tutorial guides the reader through the steps to produce a single-page CRUD application. It focuses on authentication, both in the front end and back end, using Okta single sign-on.

PROJECT SPECIFICS
• Front end: Used an Angular 7.0.2 release.
• Back end: Built with Node.js, Express.js, and TypeScript.

ROLE
Lead WordPress developer

TASKS ACCOMPLISHED
I developed a plugin that allows content editors to assemble pages based on pre-designed blocks. The plugin hooks into the edit post page and displays a React-based user interface with drag-and-drop functionality. I also implemented the design based on templates.