JT McHorse, Developer in Spokane, United States
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JT McHorse

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React Developer

Location
Spokane, United States
Toptal Member Since
May 18, 2022

James is a highly skilled software developer with 10+ years of professional experience building startups from scratch to fully established enterprise repositories. Proficient in different technologies, programming languages, and frameworks, his focus has recently revolved around React and React Native, where he's managed to ship multiple projects within tight deadlines. James is willing to leverage his experience to help clients build out the best possible solution.

Front-endUI DevelopmentRESTful Web ServicesBootstrap 4MacOSJSONCSSHTML5REST APIsGitCSS3GitHubPHPNode.jsSass

Portfolio

Smartsheet
React, Drupal, Git, JavaScript, HTML, Slack, Jira, MacOS, ECMAScript (ES6)...
Embrace
React, Redux, React Redux, Redux-Saga, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ECMAScript (ES6)...
Taste
React, React Native, Git, JavaScript, HTML, Slack, Jira, Trello, MacOS...

Experience

REST APIs - 11 yearsGit - 10 yearsNode.js - 8 yearsReact - 6 yearsTypeScript - 5 yearsReact Native - 5 yearsData Visualization - 4 yearsAWS Amplify - 3 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

MacOS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Trello, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Git, React, JavaScript, TypeScript

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on was an enterprise B2B product lifecycle management software with multiple-level access control.

Work Experience

Senior Front-end Engineer

2014 - PRESENT
Smartsheet
  • Developed a software as a service (SaaS) application empowering teams to rapidly build no-code solutions, align across the entire enterprise, and move with agility to launch everyone's best ideas at scale.
  • Helped internal stakeholders plan, design, create and launch both large and small scale customer-facing projects.
  • Showcased new features within the SaaS application.
  • Provided mentorship on project guidance and project-driven development.
  • Built marketing pages aligning campaigns, creative operations, and more.
Technologies: React, Drupal, Git, JavaScript, HTML, Slack, Jira, MacOS, ECMAScript (ES6), REST APIs, CSS, SCSS, HTML5, CSS3, Redux, React Redux, Redux Thunk, Web Dashboards, Charts, Chart.js, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Front-end, UI Development, Agile, RESTful Web Services, PHP, Amazon Web Services (AWS), React Router, JSON, Sass, APIs, Docker, JavaScript Testing, Behavior-driven Development (BDD), CI/CD Pipelines

Senior Front-end Developer needed at YC, Series A SaaS company

2021 - 2022
Embrace
  • Developed a custom autocomplete module with multi-select, preview, tagging, filtering, custom layout, and pop-out options.
  • Developed cross-platform, responsive email templates using Twillio on Daily Digest, Network Error, and First Seen cases.
  • Worked directly with the Design team to collect UI/UX requirements to meet end client needs.
Technologies: React, Redux, React Redux, Redux-Saga, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ECMAScript (ES6), Figma, Jira, Slack, Node.js, HTML5, CSS3, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Bootstrap, Responsive Email Templates, Data Visualization, Git, GitHub, Front-end, UI Development, Agile, RESTful Web Services, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Mobile, React Router, JSON, Sass, APIs, JavaScript Testing, Cypress, CI/CD Pipelines

Senior React, React Native Developer

2021 - 2021
Taste
  • Developed profile, reaction, and rating pages, which are cross-browser, responsive, and live updating on level up and new comments.
  • Built several React components that support interactive visualizations of community reactions and analysis.
  • Created level-up animations on the mobile application and fixed API integration issues using Trello.
  • Participated in UX improvement discussions and made suggestions on better product design.
Technologies: React, React Native, Git, JavaScript, HTML, Slack, Jira, Trello, MacOS, TypeScript, Node.js, Redux, Express.js, ECMAScript (ES6), REST APIs, GraphQL, CSS, SCSS, Redux-Saga, React Redux, GitHub, HTML5, CSS3, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Front-end, Back-end, UI Development, Agile, RESTful Web Services, Amazon Web Services (AWS), MongoDB, Mobile, React Router, JSON, Sass, APIs, JavaScript Testing, CI/CD Pipelines, Netlify

Senior React Engineer

2021 - 2021
Riviera Partners
  • Developed a Sutro dashboard with a world-class machine learning proprietary to find the best chief experience officer (CXO) candidates in engineering, product, and design on a retained basis.
  • Upgraded the platform UI framework version from three to four and migrated the styling system from Less to Sass.
  • Replaced Bootstrap JavaScript-powered components with React-Bootstrap components, which purges unnecessary dependencies like jQuery.
  • Run migration against enterprise-scaled projects, frequently rebasing to newly developed features.
Technologies: React, Redux, React Redux, Redux-Saga, Bootstrap, SCSS, Git, JavaScript, HTML, Jira, Trello, MacOS, Node.js, Express.js, ECMAScript (ES6), REST APIs, CSS, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 4, Bootstrap 5, GitHub, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Slack, Front-end, UI Development, Agile, RESTful Web Services, Amazon Web Services (AWS), React Router, JSON, Sass, APIs, Docker, Cypress, CI/CD Pipelines

T-Mobile Prepaid

https://prepaid.t-mobile.com
It's a .NET-based application for launching new phones and offers for existing clients. I liaised with design teams within the organization and external teams to create launch plans with many moving targets.

Smartsheet

https://www.smartsheet.com
Acted as a senior front-end engineer working directly with internal stakeholders to help plan, design, build, and launch large and small scale customer-facing projects. I showcased new features within the SaaS application, helped clarify existing features, and helped drive analytics-driven customer software adoption.

Atlanta Media Services

https://atlantamediaservices.com
An AWS Amplify, React-based application helping clients broadcast live events and analyze user traffic on each event session and breakout room. A core-architected re-usable system capable of monitoring thousands of users streaming simultaneously.

Mizzen

https://www.mizzen.org
A Quasar-based web app designed to bring high-quality, vetted content to teachers and students in afterschool programs across the country. I was the core front-end developer for building cross-browser tools to manage accounts, contents, and payments.

Languages

HTML, JavaScript, TypeScript, ECMAScript (ES6), GraphQL, SCSS, CSS, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, Sass

Frameworks

Redux, Next.js, React Native, Express.js, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, MUI (Material UI), Ant Design, .NET, Cypress

Libraries/APIs

React, Node.js, REST APIs, AWS Amplify, React Redux, Redux-Saga, React Router, jQuery, Chart.js, Vue, MobX, Vuex, ApexCharts.js

Tools

Slack, Jira, Trello, Git, GitHub, Webpack, JavaScript Testing, Firebase Authentication, Microsoft Teams, Figma, Redux Thunk

Paradigms

HTML DOM, Agile, Behavior-driven Development (BDD)

Platforms

MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Mobile, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, Drupal, Netlify

Storage

MongoDB, JSON

Other

Gatsby, Responsive Email Templates, Bootstrap 4, Bootstrap 5, Front-end, UI Development, RESTful Web Services, Web Dashboards, Charts, Data Visualization, Back-end, APIs, Serverless, Semantic UI, CI/CD Pipelines, Storybook, Apollo, DOM

2008 - 2010

Associate's Degree in Graphic Design

Seattle Central College - Seattle, WA, USA

AUGUST 2020 - PRESENT

Professional Certificate in Coding: Full Stack Development with MERN

MIT xPro

JUNE 2018 - PRESENT

Full-stack Development with Javascript

University of Washington

DECEMBER 2017 - PRESENT

Full Stack Web and Mobile App Developer

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