Seth MacPherson
- JavaScript 21 years
- HTML 21 years
- CSS 21 years
- React 11 years
- TypeScript 10 years
- PHP 13 years
- iOS (Swift) 4 years
- Android (Kotlin) 2 years
- Bash 21 years
- Java 2 years
- NodeJS 13 years
- Deno 4 years
- GraphQL 3 years
- Redux 10 yearsRTKQuery, Redux Sagas, Redux Thunks
- tailwindcss 8 years
- Playwright 7 years
- Jest 9 years
- VS Code 10 years
- Git 20 years
- MongoDB 6 years
- Build tools 12 yearsVite, Webpack, Babel, SWC, ESBuild. Previously: Gulp, Grunt, Create React App, Custom build tools.
- Dev Tools 20 yearsBrowser dev tools, React dev tools, Redux dev tools. Previously Firebug.
- Figma 8 years
- CMSes 13 yearsPreviously WordPress, Drupal, CakePHP, Joomla, DotNetNuke, DotCMS, Custom, Google Sheets.
- MongoDB 6 years
- MSSQL 3 years
- PostgreSQL 4 years
- MySQL 13 years
- Senior Software Developer2021 - 2026Quote FactoryResponsibilities:
- Develop features from development to deployment.
- Investigate and resolve any issues or concerns of customer support.
- Develop tools that improve developer experience during development and testing.
- Document feature implementations and share knowledge throughout the team.
- Educate the team on various React patterns and upcoming changes to dependencies.
Favorite accomplishments:- Incrementally implemented an E2E test suite covering the critical parts of the system.
- Incrementally improved the codebase through documentation and JSDoc style TypeScript types.
- Increased throughput of the design team by implementing a live UI design mockup tool.
- Developed various custom UI inputs.
- Created a system to auto-generate frontend types from the live javascript backend code.
- Software Engineer2018 - 2021DMPResponsibilities:
- Create estimates, develop and deploy features, collaborate with the team, and communicate feedback for various client applications (web and mobile).
- Develop tools that improve developer experience during development, testing, and deployment. (web, electron, and mobile)
- Refactor legacy codebases to remove technical debt and improve maintainability.
- Document feature implementations and share knowledge throughout the team.
Favorite accomplishments:- Developed and deployed features that improve ROI for the business and customers.
- Developed and maintained a custom CI server to optimally match the internal processes of the business and increase performance of various teams.
- Developed internal tools that resemble physical hardware allowing rapid testing and performance improvements.
- Regularly participated in sessions about how our team can positively impact the business, customers, and end users.
- Setup monorepo and merged multiple clients, including legacy codebases, to allow for client code reuse and better team collaboration.
- Proposed and revised ideas that would serve end users needs in the industry.
- Senior Web Developer2017 - 2018Trip MateResponsibilities:
- Develop full features, including all aspects of the stack, for current systems.
- Explore, document, explain best front-end practices and tools for all projects.
- Estimate front-end requirements for rebuild of critical internal systems.
- Communicate with a variety of employees to determine requirements of features for the new system.
- Refactor codebases to remove technical debt and improve security.
- Discuss, research, and develop resources to allow for automatic deployments.
Favorite accomplishments:- Developed a proof of concept platform using React, TypeScript, and Redux, to use with rebuilding internal systems.
- Created multiple presentations to explain the new system and how newer JavaScript technologies function.
- Documented the new system as well as most internal processes.
- Lead a team of three developers to complete a large end user communication feature used for every new claim received for the company.
- Developer2014 - 2017Barkley / 40DigitsResponsibilities:
- Communicate with all project constituents, external and internal, for every project, informing them on scope, design decisions, progress, and possible ideas.
- Resolve technical issues by troubleshooting, problem solving, and collaboration.
- Translate requirements and designs into fully developed sites, apps, and web apps.
- Understand how each project build-system, environment, and codebase functions.
- Collaborate with diverse internal and client teams.
- Adapt to clients preferred methods of communication and project style.
Favorite accomplishments:- Developed templates and functionality for a large range of CMSes.
- Developed an underwriter decision making prototype for an international insurance company.
- Developed complex UI recipe filters for a database of 1000s of user recipes.
- Developed a native iOS app to gamify fan reactions at live NFL games.
- Developed a user friendly system for creating customized marketing content for a financial institution.
- Implemented and educated clients on analytics strategies unique to their business.
- Worked with QA teams to make sure backend and frontend functionality, accessibility, and visual rendering of projects met or exceeded expectations.
- Developed and interacted with a wide range of build systems.
- Collaborated to build custom open source development tools.
- Developer2013 - 2014EthodeResponsibilities:
- Communicate directly with clients to understand their needs and determine requirements, and desired functionality.
- Work closely with clients to develop their desired functionality on time and budget.
Favorite accomplishments:- Worked independently as the only remote worker on a central team.
- Communicated directly with vice presidents and marketing directors to help gauge our partnership and clarify their desired development objectives.
- Improve large pre-existing codebases to be responsive and display better on mobile and tablet devices.
- Troubleshot and resolved various bugs throughout the tech stack from CSS, JS, and HTML, Velocity or the DotCMS admin, to parts of the Java business logic.
- 2012 - 2013Multiple positionsMission University
- Technical Pastor2011 - 2012First Baptist Church Medina, Ohio
- 2006 - 2011Multiple positionsMission University
