Seattle, WA | amanda@amandakoster.com
TL;DR: Building React Component Library/production code for > 50 global products.
Highly driven and passionate software developer, UX minded and lover of React, Redux, Node. Hailing from a powerhouse visual, creative background with a relentless focus on user needs and scalable systems. I thrive on seasoned Agile development teams, working side-by-side with back-end developers and designers toward successful implementation and shipment of products.
I believe software is a team sport and have a knack for leadership, efficient execution, troubleshooting and collaboration.
On a personal note my grandfathers were refugees, immigrated to NY via Ellis Island and through the WPA helped build the NY State highways. This drives me to carry the torch and work very hard in their honor.
JAVASCRIPT: REACT, REACT NATIVE, JQuery, D3, REDUX, EXPRESS, NODE
CSS: SASS, CSS, LESS, JSS
Mongo DB, AJAX/JSON, REST API, Postman, OAuth
Jest, Enzyme, Selinium - CI Testing
Adobe XD, Zepelin, Sketch
Jira, GitLab
T-MOBILE Software Engineer, UI | Oct 2020 – Present REACT/TYPESCRIPT/D3/REDUX/REACTQUERY/MOBX/SVELTE/MAPBOX.GL/DECK.GL/TURF.JS
- Build dashboards with geospatial/visualization libraries: MapboxGL, DeckGL, TurfJS, d3.
- Work with a cross-functional team of developers, data scientists, UX/UI designers, sales, and support analysts daily.
- Build and design frontends for a variety of personas and use cases, both customer-facing and internal.
- Own Frontend development for a variety of POCs
- Quick and dirty UX design & prototyping (someone had to do it)
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment with sprints and daily stand-ups.
- Work with an interdisciplinary team of engineers including data scientists, UX, product and software engineers.
- Strong communication skills along with the ability to work well as a team and enjoy constantly learning and adaptin
IQVIA: Front End Engineer
Jul 2018 – Present
REACT / REDUX / NODE / JEST / ENZYME / D3 / CUSTOMIZING MATERIAL UI
- Core-contributor for IQVIA's React component library and style guide utilizing Material-UI, Style-guidist, and D3
- Participat in full development lifecycle: requirements gathering, framework choices, prototyping, implementation, testing, examples/documentation, and adoption/support∙ Build, test and deploy reusable React component library for use with large data sets for newly acquired products and world-wide consumption
- Initiated and defined a systematic 'menu of options' for development of our acquisitions with varying code base
- Implemented a JIRA template to reduce churn by 60%
- Helped define a design system pipeline for UX -> UI -> DEV to reduce churn and deploy faster
- Initiated and defined multiple POCs for exploration, testing and templating our reusable component library for base React/Redux/Salesforce products, Salesforce Corporate partners and contract teams
- Researched the costly accessibility tools, alternatively sourcing free tools for design to audit designs for our reusable components library before submitting for development. This reduced rework and churn, streamlined our accessibility process and increased our accessibility compliance.
- Presented reusable D3/React components in order to communicate the various nuances of building in D3 to clarify the process between design and engineering.
BLOCKxStudio, Full Stack Web Developer
June 2018 - October 2018
REACT / REDUX / NODE / MONGODB/ MATERIAL UI / FIREBASE/ REMIX / SOLIDITY / METAMASK / ROPSTEN
- .sol Smart Contract creation and deployment
- Write Solidity code in Remix and test on the JavaScript VM environment
- Deploy Smart Contracts on the Ethereum Ropsten Testnet
- Wire Smart Contracts into React using Metamask as an intermediary
- Build original React/Redux components
- Implement Sketch, Adobe Xd UX red-lines and prototypes
- Implement Material UI component, Firebase Mongo DB and authentication
MICROSOFT Azure Blockchain - Contract: Software Development Engineer | 2018
REACT / REDUX / NODE
- Drive front end fit and finish, from pixel perfect layouts that match Adobe Xd UX red-lines and prototypes
- Implement new Microsoft-wide TypeScript Design System & reusable components
- Make multiple Node.js backend API integrations
- Collaborate with Product Managers UX Designers and Back-end Engineers on extremely tight deadlines.
- Build original React/Redux components
LookFitFeel: Jr. Full Stack Javascript Dev / UX
SEPTEMBER 2017 - MARCH 2018
- 1-month: Designed future Full Stack mobile app. [React Native, Mongo, Express, Node]
- 2-months: Developed new content standards for Reviewers
- 3-months: Redesigned and rebuilt existing UI into a fully responsive site partly resulting in a cost-per-click decrease of 11%.
- 3-months: Built iterative feature designs that are validated by customer feedback and live-site A/B tests.
- 3-months: Implemented cookie-based A/B testing that resulted in an increased click-through rate.
- 3-months: Built prototypes and lead customer testing to inform web and mobile app design and functionality.
- 3-months: Redesigned entire deployment workflow to prepare for scaling.
- Ongoing: Organize existing PHP codebase into one effective repo team-wide. [Git, GitHub, Bitbucket]
AMAZON Kindle: Sr. Content Producer | 2015 - 2016
- Led the full lifecycle of product development; including ideation, design, development, implementation, and testing and launched Amazon’s inaugural "Kindle In Motion" eBooks (all of my titles have a 4.5 out of 5 star rating).
- Developed ideas through creating scenarios, sketches, storyboards, wireframes, motion studies, mockups, and prototypes.
- Collaborated with editors, developers, designers, product managers, internal business partners, and other subject matter experts.
- Collected and analyzed data to support further iteration and decision-making. Authored extensive RFPs, SOPs, Creative Briefs, author goals, templates, and systems to scale the program.
- Recruited and developed junior creatives and identified, on-boarded, and built a nationwide roster of creative vendors.
- In addition to Kindle in Motion, led a think-tank that re-imagined the future of the eBook. My leadership resulted in 7, pre-patent application for Amazon Publishing.
MICROSOFT, Content Strategist, Producer, and Project Manager
(Contractor), 2012 - 2015
- Created multimedia tutorials and online content modules for eLearning to support various software applications.
- Utilized Articulate Storyline and Quizmaker eLearning development tools to create technology-based learning modules for critical certifications.
- Led team of producers. Worked directly with Microsoft clients, software engineers, and Academy.
RESOURCES ONLINE: CARE (Computer-Assisted Risk Education)
Content Producer and Project Manager, 2007 - 2011
- Producer and Project Manager for CARE software, a complex project with little lead-time and a limited budget
- Worked with teams from University of Washington-Global Health, NYU School of Nursing, FHI360, AMPATH/Moi Hospital (Kenya), Treatment Research Institute, George Washington University Medical Center, and Division of Infectious Diseases at Miriam Hospital/Rhode Island Hospital
- Managed international teams, script writing, photo and video/audio capture and editing.
- Refined workflow efforts, resulting in significant cost reduction
SALAAMGARAGE
Founder, Product Designer, UX, 2007 - 2012
- Personally led, managed, and produced global projects in Ethiopia, India, Guatemala, Morocco, South Africa, Kenya, and Vietnam.
- Sponsored by Blurb “Blurb for Good”, website ‘editors pick’, 3 exhibitions resulted in matching the NGO with Microsoft’s Employee Giving Program.
- Articles: Huffington Post, Social Documentary, First Post, aCurator, Cluster Munition Coalition, Seattle Post Intelligencer.
Southern Connecticut State: University, New Haven, CT Bachelor of Science: Anthropology
- Code Fellows: Advanced Software Development.
- Coursera: Human Centered Design, HCD and Agile Development
- Chronos Academy: 360 video production
- General Assembly: Digital Marketing Intensive Program
- Leadership Tomorrow Program
- Landmark Education Programs: Leadership, communication, and project management
- International Center for Photography