Ruby on Rails Developer Resume

SUMMARY:

Software developer with a particular expertise in Ruby on Rails, including back - end and front-end development.
Also a quick and enthusiastic learner of new methodologies, frameworks, and languages.

STRENGTHS

Quick and enthusiastic learner
Works well independently
Learns new programming languages quickly
Efficient and tenacious debugger
Excellent oral and written communication skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, RSpec, Javascript, jQuery, CoffeeScript, XML, C/C++, Visual Basic, HTML

Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLITE3, SimpleDB, DynamoDB, Neo4J

Tools: Microsoft Visual Studio, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Open Office, Subversion (svn), JIRA, Redmine, Git, PivotalTracker, Heroku, Aptana Studio 3, AWS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry

Platforms: Linux (Fedora/Ubuntu), Microsoft Windows (NT/2000/XP/Windows 7/Server 2000/Server 2003/Windows 10), Mac OSX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Rails Developer

Responsibilities:

Created and maintained internal web applications for immigration services
Wrote RoR backend with Javascript and jQuery frontend for rich user experience
Coordinated with small teams on multiple projects
Worked on building applications from the ground up as well as upgrading existing applications
Met with customers to iron out finer details on projects

Confidential

Rails Developer

Responsibilities:

Sole developer on the project
Wrote RoR backend with Javascript and jQuery frontend for rich user experience
Wrote scripts to process huge amounts of product data into database to be used by site
Created Buyer and Seller models for creation of auctions
Worked with Braintree API, Best Buy API, Amazon API
Regularly met with owner and managers

Confidential

Developer

Responsibilities:

Came in to fix up the RoR backend for iOS app
Coordinated with managers, front end, and iOS developer, all of which were remote
Completed backend transaction process for the app, which included accepting credit cards
Worked with Braintree API

Confidential

Developer

Responsibilities:

Design and maintain RoR code. Implement upgrades, patches, code releases, and database changes
Creating web presentation tool for bee researchers at the University of Maryland
Revamping Bee Informed’s database. Cleaning up their relational database and migrating it over to a graph database (Neo4J)
Created Question Suggestion tool
Created charts to display data stored in Neo4J database using both GoogleCharts and D3.js

Confidential

Rails Engineer

Responsibilities:

Design and maintain RoR code. Implement upgrades, patches, code releases, and database changes
Working on an online gradebook
Reproducing PHP (Yii) application as a Ruby on Rails application with some added features
Learned and mastered CoffeeScript
Created Reports feature that shows data gathered from grading assessments
Created Question and Assessment Libraries to store organized Questions and Assessments to give/deny access to certain groups
Implemented ThinkingSphinx to allow for searching
Implemented tagging system for Questions
Implemented new Administration area of the app

Confidential

Developer

Design and maintain RoR code. Implement upgrades, patches, code releases, and database changes
Developed codebase from bit one on my own
Sole developer on the project
Learn new technologies and/or languages as they come along (SimpleDB, DynamoDB, D3, etc.)
Work independently and efficiently on all features
Communicate and brainstorm with creator during weekly video conferences

Confidential

Developer

Responsibilities:

Add new features to existing electronic lab notebook software
Design and maintain RoR code. Implement upgrades, patches, code releases, and database changes
Debug RoR and other Ruby code
Write Javascript to create “widgets” for users (ie. spreadsheet, activity feed, etc.)
Write jQuery for a rich user experience
Use AJAX for a rich user experience

Confidential

Developer

Responsibilities:

Design and maintain RoR code. Implement upgrades, patches, code releases, and database changes
Wrote code to interact with Facebook’s Graph API to write on walls, gather friends lists, and other Facebook tasks
Created entire “Admin” section for the project. Can manage anything in the database from a Netzke (Rails implementation of ext-js) interface.
Added many Classes to interface with payment-processing APIs (e.g. Cashstar)
Automated payment processing using mechanize gem
Debug RoR and other Ruby code
Write jQuery for a rich user experience
Use AJAX for a rich user experience
Use Facebook’s Graph API
Learn and use other languages and frameworks as need arrives (JavaScript, ext-js, etc.)

Confidential

Ruby on Rails Developer

Responsibilities:

Design and maintain RoR code. Implement upgrades, patches, code releases, and database changes
Created a site similar to Groupon that used “Listings” to make “Flyers”
Created “Admin” section to manage Users, Listings, and Flyers
Meet daily with project managers and developers to meet needs

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