Andy Nguyen
Skills
- Front End development - HTML5/CSS3, SCSS/SASS. Javascript, TypeScript, React, Vue, and Angular. Responsive design with and without existing frameworks (ie from scratch, or bootstrap/tailwind)
- Back End development - Custom applications in PHP and MySQL/PostgreSQL from scratch or with Laravel. And Python with Django. As well as NodeJS with Express.
- Wordpress - Custom themes and plugins. Gutenberg blocks. Headless integrations with a static/React/Vue frontend.
- E-Commerce - BigCommerce, Shopify, and Magento. Integration of payment services: Stripe, Paypal, Braintree.
- Testing - Automate backend testing with Selenium and PHPUnit. Front end: Cypress, Jest, Mocha, Puppeteer
- DevOps - Knowledge of the AWS ecosystem. Integrate CI/CD pipelines. Create/customize Docker environments.
- Climbing rocks - Usually sandstone or granite. Splitter cracks preferably.
Experience
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FKA Brands (https://www.fkabrands.com)
Sr. Software Engineer June 2021 - March 2024
Ema Ode (ema.ode@fkabrands.com)
- Revamp the tech and ecommerce side of the company to become more modern and self sufficient. Identify and execute cost saving initiatives, such as automation and getting rid of unnecessary APIs/services/vendors.
- Standardized and created developmental workflows/SOPs/etc for our ecommerce sites (BigCommerce) and smaller static sites.
- Developed and implemented CI/CD processes for all sites in order to drastically speed up development and reliability. Work with QA to plan and develop automated unit and integration tests.
- Oversaw, managed, and advised several developers. Conduct code reviews, QA, merges, deployments, etc.
- GraphQL and API queries to display and manipulate data. Working towards moving our sites to an eventual headless stack
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Blndspt Consulting (https://www.blndspt.com)
Sr. Full Stack Developer December 2021 - March 2022
Scott Tate (scott.tate@blndspt.com)
- Responsible for research and developing methods, plans, and workflows to successfully update accessibility (A11Y) issues on multiple different websites.
- Initiated two different phases of development, to meet WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 compliance respectively.
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Kin + Carta/Spire Digital (https://www.kinandcarta.com)
Sr. Software Engineer July 2018 - December 2021
Krysta Hunt (krysta.hunt@spiredigital.com)
- Responsible for scoping requirements, initial architecture, and eventual development of custom websites and web applications. From simple business websites to high traffic scalable web applications. Usually independently or occasionally leading 1-2 devs for bigger projects.
- Automating unit/integration testing. With Selenium, PHPUnit, Cypress
- Work with countless third party vendors and APIs, such as Salesforce, Google maps, social media. As well as developing internal APIs for frontend consumption (React/Next.JS/Vue)
- Create various bash scripts to automate frequently used processes, cron jobs, and custom CI/CD deployment processes. As well as automating other things like migrations, backups, testing.
