Senior Software Engineer
2016 - PRESENTExo- Worked with a small team to design, build, and maintain a Rails application for securely delivering proprietary data to clients.
- Implemented a Sidekiq background job queue to process thousands of large, high-quality photos with ImageMagick.
- Progressively converted a vanilla Rails application (using server-rendered ERB templates with sprinkles of JQuery) to Vue.js components, powered by a GraphQL API, via TDD with Jest and RSpec.
- Administered services running on AWS, including: S3 for photo storage, RDS for Postgres databases, and EC2 instances running Nginx and Puma.
- Managed deployments to multiple environments with Git and Capistrano.
Technologies: Vue, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR), RubySoftware Engineer
2013 - PRESENTCorporate Technologies Advantage- Created a user management system to sync user account information across various systems using Ruby on Rails.
- Integrated with internal and external data sources to produce call center performance reports using Rails APIs and React.
- Managed a Rails platform for organizing and locating call recordings.
- Administered Postgres databases and Ubuntu servers running Phusion Passenger on Nginx for Rails servers.
- Created numerous proprietary and open-source Ruby gems for logic shared across applications.
Technologies: NGINX, PostgreSQL, React, RSpec, Sinatra, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby
JC Wilcox
Software Developer in Springfield, MO, United States
Member since May 22, 2016
JC has over six years of experience developing in Ruby on Rails. He is an efficient and talented developer who enjoys acquiring new skills and tackling exciting challenges, handles remote work very well, and has fantastic communication skills.
JC is now available for hire
Portfolio
- ExoVue, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby
- Corporate Technologies AdvantageNGINX, PostgreSQL, React, RSpec, Sinatra, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby
Experience
- Ruby 7 years
- PostgreSQL 6 years
- Git 6 years
- Ruby on Rails (RoR) 6 years
- RSpec 6 years
- React 2 years
- GraphQL 2 years
- Vue 1 year
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Git, Sublime Text, MacOS
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on is an online, 2D, multiplayer shooter game called Potato Ship, developed for Rails Rumble in 2014.
Employment
Experience
- Task Helper Gemhttps://github.com/xDAGRONx/task_helper
Ruby wrapper for the MyTaskHelper API, allowing developers to easily read data from MyTaskHelper, and providing a comprehensive ORM layer for retrieving record data and relations.
- PostgREST Gemhttps://github.com/xDAGRONx/postgrest-ruby
Ruby wrapper for PostgREST APIs (https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest). The gem is a work in progress, but the goal is to reproduce the major functionality of the Ruby Sequel gem for PostgREST.
- Potato Shiphttps://github.com/xDAGRONx/potato_ship
Potato Ship is an online multiplayer game built in 48 hours by myself and 3 other developers for the Rails Rumble competition in 2014.
Skills
Languages
Ruby, SQL, Bash, JavaScript, HTML5, HTML, GraphQL, Python, SCSS, Java, Python 3, CSS, CSS3, PHP, CoffeeScript, Unicorn, S-PLUS, R, C++, SassFrameworks
Ruby on Rails (RoR), Sinatra, AngularJS, Prototype FrameworkLibraries/APIs
Ruby on Rails API, React, jQuery, Vue, VuexTools
RSpec, Sublime Text, Git, NGINX, Vim Text Editor, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Apache Tomcat, Capistrano, Bitbucket, GitHub, HipChat, Slack, Google Hangouts, Passenger, ApacheOther
Software Development, Ubuntu Server, Ruby Gems, Ajax, SOAP, ThinAppParadigms
REST, Unit Testing, Test-driven Development (TDD), Behavior-driven Development (BDD)Storage
JSON, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLitePlatforms
MacOS, WordPress, Windows Server 2008, Windows, Ubuntu, CentOS 6, CentOS
Education
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics2010 - 2014Missouri State University - Springfield, Missouri
