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Nessa Nguyen

Verified Expert in Engineering

Software Developer

New York, NY, United States

Toptal member since September 2, 2014

Expertise

Python AngularJS JavaScript PostgreSQL MySQL Git Ruby Software Development AWS Elasticsearch Flask Linux CSS MacOS Sass

Bio

Nessa is a full-stack developer specializing in Python, Ruby on Rails, and JavaScript. She has experience working on distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and stats processes. She also enjoys designing a seamless user experience.

Portfolio

Narrativ

MySQL, JavaScript, AngularJS, Flask, Python

Bedrocket Media Ventures

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Angular, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby

Waywire Networks

Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, Sass, JavaScript

Experience

AngularJS - 3 years
JavaScript - 3 years
Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 2 years
PostgreSQL - 2 years
Elasticsearch - 1 year
Ruby - 1 year
Ruby on Rails (RoR) - 1 year
Python - 1 year

Preferred Environment

MacOS

The most amazing...

...thing I've coded is a news aggregator that brings readers articles from RSS feeds and Twitter streams.

Work Experience

Software Engineer

2016 - PRESENT

Narrativ

Led the development of the admin dashboard and client-side widgets.
Built and maintained API endpoints for the dashboard.

Technologies: MySQL, JavaScript, AngularJS, Flask, Python

Full-stack Developer

2015 - PRESENT

Bedrocket Media Ventures

Built Ruby workers as part of a distributed system that uses Amazon SNS and SQS to queue and complete tasks.
Added features (endpoints/functionality) to the Rails API and maintained its SDK.
Built features on the front-end Angular application.
Contributed to the video player (Angular) and Angular SDK.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Angular, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby

Junior Full-stack Developer

2014 - 2015

Waywire Networks

Built and optimized front-end plugins and pages.
Constructed mobile-responsive sites.
Built an internal Rails API to store channel information.
Built internal front-end Backbone app to enable editors to update video channel information.

Technologies: Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, Sass, JavaScript

Email Marketing Associate

2013 - 2014

Vendome Group

Produced and tested HTML emails across different clients. Oversaw campaign scheduling.
Maintained and segmented a database of 200,000+ contacts.
Leveraged email campaign analytics to devise audience targeting strategies.

Technologies: CSS, HTML

Experience

Personal Portfolio

A variety of small-scale web applications I have worked on from front-end to back-end.

Education

2014 - 2014

Professional Degree in Web Development Immersive

General Assembly - New York, NY

2008 - 2012

BA Degree in Marketing Communications

California Lutheran University - Thousand Oaks, California, USA

Skills

Libraries/APIs

Facebook SDK, X (formerly Twitter) API

Tools

Git

Languages

Python, Ruby, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Sass

Frameworks

AngularJS, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Angular, Flask

Storage

PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch

Platforms

MacOS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux

Other

Software Development, Offshore Development, Caching

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