Jesse Martin, Developer in Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Jesse Martin

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Serverless Developer

Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Toptal member since October 27, 2021

Expertise
CSSJavaScriptNode.jsReact.jsNext.jsGraphQLRetoolFull-stackServerlessTailwind CSS
Bio

Jesse is a full-stack developer and tech educator with 12 years of experience in GraphQL and React since their respective beginnings. He delivers clean and modern code, prioritizing readability over cleverness. In addition to expertise in development, Jesse's extensive background in project management and brand development help him understand and deliver on project goals beyond the code he writes. His industry tech experience is backed by a bachelor's degree in advertising and marketing.

Portfolio

Consultant
JavaScript, Next.js, React, GraphQL, Hasura, Node.js, Branding, Tailwind CSS...

Experience

  • JavaScript - 12 years
  • Node.js - 10 years
  • React - 8 years
  • Serverless - 5 years
  • Next.js - 4 years
  • GraphQL - 3 years
  • Tailwind CSS - 2 years
  • Hasura - 1 year

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

JavaScript, Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, GraphQL, Hasura

The most amazing...

...thing I've coded, architected, and designed was a headless eCommerce prototype that used static pages plus client-side fetching from a federated data source.

Work Experience

Tech Consultant | Freelance Developer | Developer Education

2008 - PRESENT
Consultant
  • Designed and developed a color-compliance utility for WCAG accessibility checking, which I built in React.
  • Consulted on data model strategy for a government department to adopt headless content management.
  • Designed and developed a prototype interface for a telematics and fleet management startup using Angular.
  • Delivered numerous presentations and workshops on designing headless CMS schemas, adopting static site generation, and working with advanced React topics.
Technologies: JavaScript, Next.js, React, GraphQL, Hasura, Node.js, Branding, Tailwind CSS, CSS, Full-stack, Serverless

Experience

GraphQL Fit

https://dev.to/graphcms/hasura-fit-complete-guide-start-here-3cp4
A 7-part demo application to teach developers how to create a federated data graph between Postgres and a headless content management service to store user workout sessions in a PWA built in React with Next.js. I built the application with continuous deployment principles, and it was hosted on Vercel.

Education

2006 - 2009

Bachelor's Degree in Advertising and Marketing

Western Washington University - Bellingham, WA, USA

Skills

Libraries/APIs

React, Node.js

Tools

Hygraph (GraphCMS), Retool

Languages

JavaScript, GraphQL, CSS

Frameworks

Next.js, Tailwind CSS

Storage

Hasura

Industry Expertise

Marketing

Platforms

Shopify

Other

Advertising, Branding, Headless Software, Gatsby, Full-stack, Serverless, Task Automation

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