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Hire JamesJames Lentini
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Salesforce Developer
Location
New York, NY, United States
Toptal Member Since
July 27, 2020
James has a broad technical skillset with a professional background in full-stack development and over a decade of experience on the Salesforce platform. Proficient in Apex/LWC, he’s also coded front ends from design compositions, built interactive data-driven websites, written ops-related tooling and integrations, and developed features in complex domains such as language parsing, 3D graphics, and computer vision. James learns quickly and thrives on projects with multi-tech needs.
Portfolio
Nucleus Technologies (Rapid Logistics)
JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Lightning Components, Apex, Node.js
Rapid Logistics
CSS, JavaScript, HTML, Lightning Components, Apex, Node.js
2U
Python, Visualforce, Apex
Experience
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
MacOS, Windows, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Atom, Sublime Text, IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, PyCharm, Bitbucket, GitHub, Git
The most amazing...
...product I've written was a custom Salesforce email templating system which was more flexible than anything on the market at the time.
Work Experience
Salesforce Developer and Consultant
2019 - 2020
Nucleus Technologies (Rapid Logistics)
- Created a parametric Rules engine to deep-parse SOQL WHERE clauses and apply custom data context, adding custom functions and other syntax extensions.
- Ported the Ace code editor for use as a Lightning Web Component to support syntax highlighting for the Rules Engine parser,.
- Supported the development team when using the Rules Engine to dynamically select shipping methods.
- Created a system to use NPM for dependency management between modular SFDX feature-sets. Ported codebases from MDAPI to SFDX format.
- Implemented scripts to make SFDX jest unit tests dependency-aware via a package.json file.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Lightning Components, Apex, Node.js
Salesforce Developer and Consultant
2019 - 2020
Rapid Logistics
- Wrote an automatic allocation system to match outbound orders with available inventory across multiple warehouses.
- Created a system to scan barcodes and record scans into a scan session audit trail.
- Developed a system and API to associate scanned values with any record for easy lookup later.
- Built a dynamic user interface to pack orders in a warehouse.
- Created an API that uses organizational data to ensure that asynchronous jobs are run in-order.
Technologies: CSS, JavaScript, HTML, Lightning Components, Apex, Node.js
Salesforce Developer and Consultant
2011 - 2018
2U
- Created an automatic license expiration and re-activation system to manage user accounts across more than 20 organizations.
- Implement bulk scripted-deployment and data-migration tools before the advent of SFDX.
- Created Apex-based parametric data sharing across more than 20 organizations using Salesforce-to-Salesforce.
- Generated RSVP links that update campaigns when clicked.
Technologies: Python, Visualforce, Apex
Full-stack Developer and Engineer
2010 - 2018
International Awards Group
- Collaborated with a graphic designer to convert design compositions into functional web pages.
- Implemented the You Be the Judge website, where users could register an account and judge competition entries.
- Implemented a winners’ showcase website which displayed video and image entries from the company database.
- Created a Gimp plugin for generating bulk graphics from database output.
- Wrote a dynamic UI for uploading files to a media server.
Technologies: C, C++, Python, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux
Salesforce Developer and Consultant
2015 - 2016
Chabad.org
- Created the email templating engine for Chabad.org’s Scribe product, which renders Visualforce components with arbitrarily configurable data context.
- Implemented JWT-based authentication to an external payment system.
- Provided implementation ideas, consulted on coding best practices, and helped less experienced developers.
Technologies: SOQL, Visualforce, Apex
Salesforce Administrator and Developer
2009 - 2010
TheInfoPro
- Wrote a WordPress plugin for Salesforce lead capturing.
- Used Apex to implement a custom opt-out system for outgoing emails.
- Helped ensure data integrity on a database of 120,000+ leads and 10,000+ contacts.
Technologies: PHP, SOQL, Visualforce, Apex
Technical Writer
2007 - 2009
Shoap Technical Services
- Wrote user manuals for numerous point-of-sale devices.
- Composed user manuals and help-desk training material for networking hardware, online web interfaces, and software APIs.
- Edited and maintained content for an online learning management system.
Technologies: MadCap Flare, Adobe FrameMaker, Microsoft Word, CSS, HTML
Software Developer and Research Assistant
2004 - 2006
Georgia Tech Research Institute
- Created a prototype system that combined thermal images, visual images, 3D laser offset data, and temperature probe data to assess the core temperature of food on a moving conveyor belt.
- Developed a real-time imaging system that used color segmentation to detect foreign particles in food process streams.
- Coded a hardware control system that used actuators, cameras, and lasers to generate 3D profiles of objects.
Technologies: I/O, OpenCV, Python, Visual Studio, C++, C
Experience
Front End of a Company Website
https://web.archive.org/web/20190825002526/http:/arclabusa.com/I developed in collaboration with a graphic designer a company website. It was a fully-optimized static site that was built using Webpack for optimization and Jekyll for content generation. It also included a custom build of the Bootstrap library.
Skills
Languages
JavaScript, Python, Apex, HTML, CSS, Java, C, SOQL, C++, PHP, Ruby
Frameworks
Lightning Components, Visualforce, Django, OAuth 2
Tools
Salesforce DX, Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, PyCharm, WebStorm, IntelliJ IDEA, Sublime Text, Atom, Visual Studio, Microsoft Word, Adobe FrameMaker, Apache
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, jQuery, OpenCV, React Redux
Platforms
Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Windows, MacOS, Linux
Storage
MySQL
Other
I/O, MadCap Flare
Education
2002 - 2007
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA, USA
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