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W. Jamie Vaughn
Frontend Engineer

About

A React and D3 developer who loves the JAMStack

Work Experience

October 2019 – Present
Frontend Software Engineer
PingThings.io is a platform to store & visualize high sample rate time series data.
Highlights
  • React, D3, GraphQL, Web Sockets
  • Node.js
  • AWS / Kubernetes / Docker
  • Used React + D3 for responsive, real-time data visualizations
Rochester, NY
October 2019 – Present
Instructor of Frontend Development
Teaching modern web technologies & React development tools/techniques.
Highlights
  • HTML, CSS, JS, ES6+, Design Patterns, React
  • Instructional Design
  • Bring students from zero HTML to novice React developers in 22 weeks
Rochester, NY
November 2018 – October 2019
Frontend Software Engineer
Tattle is a customer experience improvement platform.
Highlights
  • Stencil.js, Web Components, SASS
  • Node.js
  • AWS / Lambda / SQS / Serverless
  • Used native Web components for 3rd party npm packages
September 2017 – November 2019
Frontend Developer
A digital Entertainment company where I Worked on consumer subscription web app UI's.
Highlights
  • CSS / SASS, CSS Grid, Javascript, ES6
  • UI / UX, Conversion Optimization, Marketing Funnels, Adtech
January 2017 – October 2018
Developer
Worked with multiple clients on frontend projects
Highlights
  • HTML5, CSS3, Javascript
  • Client Management

Contact

Rochester NY
linkedin
github

Education

  • 2017 2017

    Monroe Community College

    Professional Certification

    Frontend Software Development

  • 2010 2012

    Rochester Institute of Technology

    Masters of Science (Thesis Incomplete)

    Systems Engineering

  • 2004 2009

    Case Western Reserve University

    Bachelors of Science

    Materials Engineering

Skills

Frontend Senior
HTML JSX CSS Javascript Ecmascript React Redux Git Web Components D3 GraphQL ESBuild
Backend Intermediate
Node Deno Elixir NoSQL Serverless
Devops Junior
AWS Docker Kubernetes

Publications

Challenges in meeting all of India's electricity from solar: An energetic approach
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
07 October 2017

A model was analyzed of the dynamics of net electricity input and output from a photovoltaic electricity (PV) system as it is built out to provide India's entire electricity demand by 2050.

Interests

Energy
Systems
Economics
Open Source

References

James is very good at putting together and executing a test plan as well as presenting results. He learns quickly, asks good, pertinent questions, and works hard. I have an easy time recommending him.