James Gould
[the programmer]
Contact
Send me a message on my linkedin or email me at jamesagould123 (at) gmail.com.
Objective
Pursuing full-time, remote employment as a web developer.
Work Experience
SSDP Contract Web Developer
July 2020 to November 2021
- HTML, JS, CSS - Developed, polished, and maintained website and content.
- Ruby on Rails - Maintained and updated ruby on rails application with CRUD capabilities.
- Wordpress - Used the Wordpress CMS to create website managed by non-technical staff.
- SEO, Design - Followed best practices in modern web design to improve organic website traffic.
May 2015 to March 2017, August 2018 to December 2019
- HTML, JS, Sass - Developed clean, restructurable user interfaces with API connectivity for websites and applications.
- C#, SQL - Created full database driven web applications with Sitecore support, implemented Restful APIs
for serving up database content in easy to access XML and JSON formats.
- Sitecore - Used the Sitecore CMS to build full, customizable web apps with a component-based design.
August 2017 to August 2018
- Design - Assisted with design and modifications to existing and new websites.
- HTML, Sass, PHP, Wordpress - Assisted with wordpress management and implementation. Implemented custom child theme, plugins, and modules for websites.
- Web Development Consulting - Consulted on a variety of technology related areas, including SEO, web security, and website analytics software.
March 2017 to August 2017
- HTML, Sass, JS - Designed and developed front end interface for a custom web application.
- C#, Python - Implemented well-thought out back end interface with unit testing and API following SOLID principles.
- OCR - Integrated with Optical Character Recognition framework to process data from paper to electronic formats.
Studio 5 Full-Stack Web Developer
Nov 2013 to April 2015
- HTML, CSS - Helped with initial design and implemented designs using descriptions and images provided to me, introduced SCSS/Sass preprocessing to follow DRY principle and increase ease of maintenance.
- Javascript, jQuery - Built UI algorithms and various features, improved design patterns to increase code maintainability, ensured proper UX, hooked AJAX up with back-end controllers.
- ASP, ASPX, ASP.NET MVC with C#, SQL - Created full database driven web applications, upgraded existing systems, refactored code for greater versatility and reusability.
- SEO - Followed best practices relating to modern SEO, assisted with social media management.
Triiline Full-Stack Platform Developer
Jul 2013 to Nov 2013
- HTML, CSS - Designed and executed full e-commerce system.
- PHP, SQL - Engineered login and authentication system, intra-site messaging system, product management system, and integrated with Paypal API.
- Information security - Implemented protections against CSRF, SQL Injection, and other security vulnerabilities.
Work Portfolio
I've helped create dozens of websites. Some highlights:
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aspensnowmass.com
- Built out full browser support for componentized design with HTML/Sass/jQuery with Require
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repairnow.org
- Built front end algorithm for displaying flowcharts, back-end interface for managing questionnaires and designed and implemented user-facing website.
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limelighthotels.com
- Built out full site with Sitecore, implementing componentized design with various data-driven features
Personal Projects
I've developed some things on my own time, examples include:
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CSS Loading Icons
- On my codepen you can find various loading spinners, this one is my favorite!
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jsdiff module
- A javascript text differencing implementation I've contributed to.
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Full Screen Slides jQuery Library
- A jQuery library for developing websites using Full Screen Slides that can slide in any direction - left, right, up or down.
But wait! There's more!
- My Website - My website includes my full personal portfolio and more information about me.
- Github Account - I also contribute to various Atom Editor packages and NPM packages on Github.
- Stackoverflow Account - I ask a lot of questions, and I also like to help other programmers out with their questions.
- Codepen Account - I have some pretty cool things on codepen, if you want to check out my knowledge of css and maths.
Languages
- English - Native Speaker
- Spanish - Approaching Native Level Fluency (C1)
- French/Catalan - Survival Level/In Progress