SamJeromeScarsella

Skills

• • mastered

  • • CSS/Sass/Less
    • HTML
    • Javascript
    • React
    • UI/UX

• • mastering

  • • d3
    • React Native
    • Vue

• • up next...

  • • A11y
    • Testing

Experience

• PricewaterhouseCoopersRemote from Rochester, NY–

  • July 2020 - Present
  • Senior Software Engineer
  • technologies

    React, Serverless Architecture Model, AWS, Styled Components, microfrontends

  • duties

    Developed internal software solutions in multiple industry spaces. Primarily used React on top of cloud platforms to achieve high performance applications. Teams were large and diverse, typically requiring realtime collaboration between business, design, and technical stakeholders.

• Lonely PlanetFranklin, TN (and remote)–

  • April 2018 - November 2019
  • Front-End Engineer
  • technologies

    React, React Native, Vue.js, Node, Google Firebase, AWS (including API Gateway, Cognito, DynamoDB, and Lambda)

  • duties

    Built numerous proof-of-concept web and mobile apps as part of an internal research & development team. I participated in outlining feature sets and identifying technical requirements for projects, as well as provided technical assessments of frameworks, libraries, and services to meet those needs. Built multiple app (web and native) front ends, as well as one large React-based CMS to support an iOS/Android app.

• CBS InteractiveNashville, TN–

  • October 2015 - April 2018
  • Front-End Developer
  • technologies

    HTML, CSS, React, jQuery, Gulp, Git, LAMP stack, Sketch

  • about

    We operated four media sites: PopCulture, Comicbook.com, Womanista (defunct), WorldWide Gaming (defunct). In 2018, we had about 24 million unique visitors per month and growing fast.
    Company was acquired by CBS Interactive in Q1 2019, just before my departure.

  • duties

    Built out new features, redesigned and streamlined existing pages, and made incremental changes to our advertising system. >80% of traffic was mobile, so effort was focused on balancing user experience with business goals. My work regularly required mediating between business, creative, and editorial aspects of the company to ensure that the dev team's solutions served the overall project goals.

• iDesignNashville, TN–

  • July 2014 - September 2015
  • Front-End Developer
  • technologies

    HTML, CSS/LESS, jQuery, Javascript, Git, LAMP, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, InVision

  • about

    iDesign was acquired by Phase3 Marketing & Communications in January 2015.

  • duties

    Responsible for turning comps and wireframes into code with an emphasis on fully responsive websites. Collaborated with designers and back-end developers to determine the best usability and information architecture for a given client. Learned popular APIs like Google, Twitter and Facebook. Worked to improve workflow and efficiency for the team as a whole, as well as investigated tools to automate and streamline development tasks.

• Tire RackSouth Bend, IN–

  • October 2011 - April 2014
  • Web Designer
  • technologies

    HTML, CSS, CVS/SVN, Adobe Creative Suite, JSP, ExactTarget, Google Doubleclick Campaign Manager (DCM), Commission Junction, Adobe CQ5

  • duties

    Created graphics and markup with attention to cross-browser compatibility all the way back to IE6 and 7, across more than 20 web properties. Maintained Tire Rack's brand identity while integrating the standards and artwork of numerous well-known national and international clients in the automotive industry. Worked with social media (Facebook, Youtube and Google+), email marketing campaigns, and performed usability testing of our mobile redesign.

Education

• Indiana University Bloomington, IN

• 2004 - 2008
• BA Fine Arts - Digital Media
  Art History Minor
  Certificate in Video Game Studies

• An Event Apart San Francisco. CA

• November 2013
• Topics

  Design systems, content strategy, mobile-first design & development

• Hack Nashville 5 Nashville, TN

• May 2014

• Nodevember 2016 Nashville, TN

• November 2016
• Topics

  Attended talks about Docker, Drone CD, Graph databases, React, Service Workers, ES6, Javascript fatigue, nonviolent communication, etc.

• AWS Certifications

• AWS Cloud Practitioner - February 2022
  AWS Associate Developer - Expected Q3 2022