Jordan Quinn, React and Full-stack Developer in Denver, CO, United States
Jordan Quinn

React and Full-stack Developer in Denver, CO, United States

Member since September 6, 2021
Jordan is a senior software engineer specializing in the React ecosystem. Most recently, he reduced the GCP spending at GatsbyJS by over 20%. He also launched the first open-source JavaScript library in Alteryx's history and presented it to 20,000 attendees at the global INSPIRE conference. Previously, Jordan was the resident expert on React render cycles at Gaia, where he reduced the number of home renders from 6,000 to 57 and lifted the median minutes watched by 80% through the share feature.
Jordan is now available for hire

Portfolio

  • Gatsby
    Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, Node.js, GraphQL, React
  • Alteryx
    React, Redux, GitLab CI/CD, GraphQL
  • TeamSnap
    React, Redux, Ruby, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Elixir, Microservices

Experience

Location

Denver, CO, United States

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Slack, Visual Studio Code, iTerm2, MacOS

The most amazing...

...thing I've done at Gaia was reducing the number of member home renders by over 98% (from 6,000 down to 57) and lifting the median minutes watched by 80%.

Employment

  • Senior Backend Engineer

    2021 - PRESENT
    Gatsby
    • Delivered three of the top five most required features by our customers in my first four months.
    • Created more than 20% savings on our GCP compute spend through my pod idler work.
    • Managed and stood up our new log drain service providing integrations with multiple log drain services.
    Technologies: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, Node.js, GraphQL, React
  • Senior Software Engineer

    2020 - 2021
    Alteryx
    • Developed and launched the first open-source JavaScript library in Alteryx's history and presented it to 20,000 attendees and the global INSPIRE conference.
    • Instructed third-party contractors at Persistent Systems on the use of React, Redux, and internal libraries, driving their successful delivery of new connectors.
    • Interacted with and maintained relationships with developer partners, teaching them how to use the UI SDK and create useful tools for the Alteryx ecosystem.
    Technologies: React, Redux, GitLab CI/CD, GraphQL
  • Full-stack Software Engineer

    2019 - 2020
    TeamSnap
    • Led the development of the Hockey Canada integration, enabling one of our largest partners to successfully enroll and manage members of their youth leagues.
    • Served as a versatile employee, working across multiple teams and areas of the architecture to help shore up knowledge gaps.
    • Mentored and upskilled two junior React developers to develop more productive team members.
    Technologies: React, Redux, Ruby, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Elixir, Microservices
  • Full-stack Software Engineer

    2018 - 2019
    Gaia
    • Lifted the median minutes watched (our most important business metric) by 80% through the development of our share and portals functionality.
    • Reduced the number of React lifecycle re-renders from 6,000 to 57 by employing my expertise in the framework.
    • Rewrote the scaffolding of Gaia's application to allow for code splitting and server-side rendering, which reduced our Google Lighthouse time to meaningful content from five seconds to less than 1.5 seconds.
    Technologies: JavaScript, React, Redux, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Sequelize
  • Software Engineer

    2018 - 2018
    AlsoEnergy
    • Created an in-depth star chart (using HTML canvas) that calculated the zenith and trajectory of the sun to help illustrate the most effective times to utilize solar panels.
    • Developed the first suite of unit tests for the UI at the company, thus improving the stability and ability to deploy to production more rapidly.
    • Led the development of kiosk and dashboarding applications to create beautiful UIs for our paid partners.
    Technologies: C#, JavaScript, React, SQL, GitLab CI/CD

Experience

  • Movie Tracker
    https://github.com/JordanPQuinn/movie-tracker

    A React Redux and PostgreSQL application for tracking and saving your favorite films. The application deals with multiple layers of roles and permissions, authentication, and RESTful API practices. I served as the lead UI developer and mentored other developers on Redux best practices.

Skills

  • Languages

    JavaScript, HTML, GraphQL, CSS, TypeScript, Ruby, Elixir, C#, SQL
  • Frameworks

    Redux, Ruby on Rails (RoR)
  • Libraries/APIs

    React, Node.js
  • Tools

    GitLab CI/CD, Slack, Sequelize
  • Paradigms

    Agile, REST, Microservices
  • Storage

    PostgreSQL
  • Platforms

    Visual Studio Code, Amazon Web Services (AWS), MacOS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes
  • Other

    iTerm2

Education

  • ACCET Accredited Program in Front-end Engineering
    2017 - 2018
    Turing School of Software & Design - Denver, CO, USA

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