StephenBurgess

Contractor

Remote / Bright Cellars, Inc. / Dec 2022 - Mar 2023

Software Engineer III

Remote (Milwaukee, WI) / Bright Cellars, Inc. / 2 years, Dec 2022

Maintained and developed a mature eCommerce web application in a startup environment.

• Refactored automatic inventory selection
• Refactored tax line item handling
• Implemented VWO integration & trained others on A/B testing
• Created dozens of API endpoints
• A/B Testing (VWO), Marketing, Analytics
• Unit Testing, Quality Assurance

Environment: PHP 8.1, Laravel 9, MySQL, React, JavaScript, Python 3, CSS, Wordpress, WooCommerce, Stripe, VWO, Shopify, Agile, Jira, Kipwise, Rollbar, Papertrail, Cronitor, Docker, AWS, Zendesk, Custom API integrations

Web Developer

Madison, WI / Greenleaf Media / 2 years, 2020

Created and maintained business and organizational websites on a variety of platforms.

• Web Application Developer & Website Developer
• Specialized in responsive redesigns of existing sites
• Laravel 6, WordPress 5, Drupal 7, SQL
• HTML Templating, JavaScript, Vue
• Unit Testing, Quality Assurance, Browser Testing

Contract Web Developer

Remote / Ballotpedia / Two months, 2018

Refactored the "Sample Ballot", Ballotpedia's second most viewed page after the homepage. After the redesign, traffic was over 30k views a week.

• Improved stability, ease of use, and browser compatibility

Environment: PHP 7.1, Twig, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, MediaWiki, jQuery, Google location API, Agile

Web Developer

Madison, WI / Infosec Institute / Six Months, 2017-2018

Maintained and updated the "Student Portal," a highly-trafficked CakePHP web application used by all InfoSec Institute students.

• Improved stability, ease of use, and browser compatibility
• Worked closely with support and sales staff to find and address bugs

Environment: PHP 7.1, CakePHP 3, MySQL, React, JavaScript, CSS, jQuery, Bootstrap, Webpack, Vagrant, Agile, Jira, Twig, API Integrations

Web Developer / Scrummaster

Madison, WI / Widen Enterprises / 1.5 Years, 2016-2017

Worked on Widen's most successful new product offering, “Portals”. Portals is a WYSIWYG web application for marketing professionals.

• Worked in a agile/scrum context to develop a complex web application
• Collaborated highly across silos to build institutional harmony

Environment: Java 7, Groovy, React, ES6+, Redux, LESS, Webpack, Git, Jira, Docker, Gradle, Amazon S3, Cloudfront, NGINX, Jasmine, Enzyme, Jest, APIs

Intern / Web Development

White Plains, NY / NuEnergen / Four months, 2014

Developed an internal-use ZF2 web application.

Environment: PHP 5.6, Zend Framework 2 MVC, SassCSS, MySQL, Git, Wunderground API, AutoHotKey, Twig, PHPUnit

Intern / Graphic Design

McLean, VA / CustomInk / Four months, 2012

Created vector art from raster images submitted by customers for custom printing on t-shirts.

Environment: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Graphic Designer

Rhinebeck, NY / Breezy Hill Orchards / 2008 - 2011

Designed, printed, and distributed Breezy Hill Orchard farmers' market signage and other promotional material.