Kado Damball
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Berlin, Germany
Toptal member since August 5, 2014
Kado is a JavaScript developer with a keen interest in data and data visualizations. He is also a machine learning and data mining hobbyist, a by-product of his BA in Economics. He currently works as a freelance developer.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Node.js, GitHub
The most amazing...
...project has been building an entire real-time product as a co-founder while being responsible for both business and technical decisions.
Work Experience
Software Developer
Cofundraising (via Toptal)
- Took over support for the main Chrome extension.
- Managed a web-scraping project for 200+ sites.
- Ported the main extension to Firefox, Opera, and Safari browsers after developing a clean abstraction for business logic vs. browser logic.
- Managed various product related data analysis/tracking projects.
- Updated a legacy admin panel to a modern SPA.
Web Developer
Perisphere Media
- Created, implemented, and documented an automatic request submission system.
- Developed an interactive web map for an advocacy organization against the death penalty.
- Enforced HTML5 standards for legacy websites, improving efficiency and data load.
Full-stack Developer
Nichekie
- Developed the full website from scratch, with an emphasis on cross-browser/cross-device support.
- Established a TDD approach with Mocha.js.
- Created a messaging platform using Twilio API.
- Created a site load budget for maintaining site performance.
Front-end Engineer
MarkaVIP (via Toptal)
- Implemented a new site for general customers.
- Cleaned out old styling using LESS.
- Established a new design system differentiating between two versions of the site.
Senior Front-end Developer
ConsumerAffairs (via Toptal)
- Developed the blog section for the website.
- Researched and developed an image loading system, halving data and page load.
- Created a new social login, allowing access through third party social networks.
Experience
Soundbum
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Statistical Economics and Mathematics
Clark University - Massachusetts, USA
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, Underscore.js, jQuery, D3.js, Twilio API
Tools
GitHub, Chrome Developer Tools, Git
Languages
HTML, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, PHP, JADE, Ruby, Python
Frameworks
Ember.js, Sails.js, AngularJS, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Angular
Storage
JSON, MySQL
Paradigms
Agile, Functional Programming
Platforms
Unix
Other
Web Extensions, GitFlow, Product Management, Chrome Extensions, Safari Extensions, Firefox Extensions
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