Tyler is available for hire

Tyler Standley

Verified Expert in Engineering

Software Developer

Location

Seattle, WA, United States

Toptal Member Since

August 3, 2018

Along with strong communication skills and an exemplary work ethic, Tyler brings his hands-on experience with a wide range of programming languages. Recently, though, his focus has been directed towards JavaScript libraries. Throughout his career, he’s worked on multiple agile teams as a core developer and is now interested in working on anything JavaScript-related.

Serverless Amazon API Gateway MySQL Amazon Web Services (AWS)AWS Lambda Node.js React Redux CircleCI Amazon Aurora REST APIs Amazon S3 (AWS S3)Amazon EC2 Security Agile Software Development PHP JavaScript

Portfolio

Variant Bio

Amazon Web Services (AWS), MySQL, Node.js, React

Ad Exchange Group

PHP, Angular, Redux, React, Node.js

Ad Exchange Group

CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL

Experience

JavaScript - 6 years MySQL - 6 years React - 4 years AWS Lambda - 4 years Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 4 years Node.js - 4 years Amazon S3 (AWS S3) - 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), MacOS

The most amazing...

...thing I've built is a custom tool that uses AWS Lambda, API Gateway and SQS to optimize S3 storage class transitions for maximum cost efficiency.

Work Experience

Software Engineer

2019 - PRESENT

Variant Bio

Designed and implemented AWS network architecture supporting multiple workloads (web app, analytics pipeline, database) and environments.
Built an internal use admin web application from scratch using React and AWS serverless backend (API Gateway, Lambda, and SQS).
Implemented automated and event-driven cloud security controls in AWS using Cloudtrail, Cloudwatch, SNS, and Lambda.
Integrated custom tools into web application for batch data import, AWS S3 custom storage management and analytics process launching.
Discovered and implemented general AWS best practice cost savings actions.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), MySQL, Node.js, React

Software Engineer

2018 - PRESENT

Ad Exchange Group

Maintained and upgraded applications on a microservice infrastructure.
Implemented client dashboards/reporting for the internal sales team (React/Redux).

Technologies: PHP, Angular, Redux, React, Node.js

Senior Sales Engineer

2015 - 2018

Ad Exchange Group

Managed an internal operations team of two.
Launched and maintained 500+ pieces of internal marketing.
Troubleshot and triaged client traffic issues via internal logging (MySQL).
Built, managed, and reported on A/B split testing.
Developed custom pixel-tracking solutions which directed the traffic from the network to the advertiser (JavaScript, jQuery).
Increased operational efficiencies by up to 50%.

Technologies: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL

Technical Manager

2016 - 2017

SCS Funding

Provided technical oversight for an eCommerce venture.
Managed the hosting for 100+ templated sites on Rackspace cloud sites.
Maintained and implemented all site customizations and updates (PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS).
Interacted daily with the client via Skype to ensure that all sites were functioning properly and domains/SSLs were all up-to-date.
Managed a remote web design team.
Maintained and implemented site customizations and updates (PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS).

Technologies: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Rackspace

Experience

Great White Buffalo

https://github.com/prop-papi/great-white-buffalo

A social web app where users can create prop bets for sporting events with virtual tokens.

Technologies: React, Redux, Express, Socket.IO, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis

Cryptocurrency Asset Manager

An accounting/trading platform for managing personal crypto-currency assets.

Technologies: React, Node.js, Express, MongoDB

Codesling

A multiplayer game where coders race each other to complete toy problems.

Technologies: React, Node.js, Express, Socket.IO, PostgreSQL

Facebook Clone

A Facebook clone incorporating basic site functionality.

Technologies: React, Redux, Node.js, Express, MySQL

Skills

Languages

JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, Python

Frameworks

Serverless Framework, Redux, Express.js, Angular, Express.io, JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

Libraries/APIs

Node.js, REST APIs, React, Socket.IO, Chai

Tools

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), CircleCI, NGINX, Webpack, Babel, Git, Mocha

Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2, MacOS, Rackspace, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Storage

Amazon Aurora, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL, Redshift, MongoDB

Other

Serverless, Amazon API Gateway, Cost Management, Security

Paradigms

Serverless Architecture, Functional Programming, Agile Software Development, REST

Education

2018 - 2018

Certificate of Completion in Software Engineering

Hack Reactor - Playa Vista, CA, USA

2011 - 2015

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems

Chapman University - Orange, CA, USA

Certifications

APRIL 2020 - APRIL 2023

AWS SysOps Administrator — Associate

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

DECEMBER 2019 - DECEMBER 2022

AWS Security — Specialty

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

MAY 2019 - MAY 2022

AWS Developer — Associate

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

MAY 2019 - MAY 2022

AWS Solutions Architect — Associate

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

AUGUST 2018 - AUGUST 2019

AWS Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

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