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Gabriela Menkiewicz

Gabriela Menkiewicz

Front-end Web Developer

ul. Przejazd 32B, Blizne Łaszczyńskiego, mazowsze, PL, 05-082
+48 507 165 188
English, Japanese, Polish

Background


About

About

Front-end web development is the main direction of my career path. Lately I’ve also taken interest in leadership since it has a more significant impact on how a large project develops. I enjoy learning and honing new skills, both technical and soft. Leading a team has taught me quite a lot and gave me a whole new perspective which doesn’t mean I would mind getting closer to the codebase. Having worked with AngularJS for a while, I’ve been moving towards ReactJS but I stay open-minded and thrive on innovation. From what I’ve noticed in comparison with my colleagues, I’m quite diligent and pay much attention to detail — I read every e-mail I get, follow each corporate procedure and always check my work, twice. I’ve been told that editing my code is a pleasure since it’s cleanly formatted and legible — I won’t deny it, I do take pride in my work!

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Front-end Developer, 

    May, 2020 - Present

    I’ve joined a dynamic team of great developers working on an evolving startup project creating an app for workspace users and managers. My role is focused on bringing new designs to life in our web app.

    • translating new design requirements into Angular code

    • thoroughly testing my implementation

    • keeping our codebase at top quality and efficiency

    • taking active part in discussions about our organisation of work and technologies used

    • technologies: Angular 6, TypeScript, Sass, HTML5

    • tools: VS Code, Fork, Chrome DevTools, Jira, GitHub

  • Team Leader, 

    Jun, 2019 - Apr, 202011 months

    Over two years into the project gave me enough insight to take over a leadership role in my team. I still design most of our prototypes but leave the development to my team and take on the responsibility for delivering whole functionalities. My focus is set on managing and meeting attainable business expectations while keeping high coding standards.

    • keeping up to date with the big picture of the whole development process

    • consulting development progress with architects to minimise technical debt

    • doing peer review as well as keeping correct merge order

    • configuring continuous integration environment and keeping it stable

    • building and deploying newly developed code to the dedicated environment for testing

    • holding meetings for the team (daily scrum, review/retro/planning/refinement sessions)

    • building sprint plans based on material refined with the team

    • coordinating work with other team leaders and development leader

    • explaining and discussing effects of our work with the BI team

    • supporting pre-release QA and UAT process in terms of environment maintenance, feedback gathering and scheduling improvements

    • keeping my team members focused on our goals as well as their career progress

    • additional tools: Confluence, Azure DevOps, TeamCity, Octopus

  • Front-end Developer, 

    Jan, 2017 - May, 20192 years 5 months

    I’ve joined a rapidly growing number of contractors working on a comprehensive platform designed to enhance planning, registering and administrating examination sessions. My primary role was to develop front-end applications in coordination with the back-end code being developed at the same time. As my experience and business knowledge grew, I transitioned to designing parts of the user interface from the scratch as well.

    • proactive research on readily available technology applicable in the project

    • implementing given prototypes and proposing corrections whenever needed

    • ensuring the proper user experience as well as accessibility

    • writing unit tests for my code

    • debugging font-end code and support in debbuging back-end code

    • estimating time needed for front-end tasks

    • creating high-fidelity UI prototypes

    • doing peer reviews

    • technologies: AngularJS, ReactJS, TypeScript, Sass, Bootstrap, Semantic UI, HTML5

    • tools: VS Code, GitKraken/Fork, Chrome DevTools, SQL Server Management Studio, Jira, Bitbucket

  • Software Developer, 

    Nov, 2014 - Dec, 20162 years 1 month

    The division I worked in, the ECC (EMEA Customization Center), was responsible for deployment and technical support of Nexxus Mobile Intelligence — a leading customer relationship management system dedicated to life sciences on the market. We provided our technical skills as well as deep knowledge of the CRM in all of its supported versions to our pharmaceutical clients around the globe.

    • frontend configuration of the CRM

    • writing reports in PL/SQL and applying them in the CRM

    • optimizing and correcting existing PL/SQL queries

    • enhancing user experience using server-side (C#) and client-side (Javascript) scripts

    • finding and applying best solutions to user-reported requests

    • data analysis

  • Tester / Front-end Developer, 

    Mar, 2014 - Oct, 20147 months

    Plum is a small but feisty interactive agency specialized in e-commerce. Although I was officially employed as a tester, I quickly started doing daily tasks of a front-end developer.

    • pre- and post-release tests

    • Magento system management and configuration

    • design, preparation, tests and sending newsletters using Freshmail

    • product photos enhancement

    • CSS code enhancement

  • , 

    Sep, 2010 - Feb, 20143 years 6 months

    As a freelancer I used to design, build and install websites (using WordPress for content management), set up and manage Google Analytics and AdWords accounts, design logos, leaflets, business cards and documents.

  • , 

    Jul, 2010 - Aug, 20102 months

    Univox is an on-line shop selling music on CDs and DVDs where I helped managing the product database as well as the sales process and created advertising content.

  • , 

    Jul, 2009 - Sep, 20093 months

    I worked as a receptionist in a language school — providing customer service, carrying out entrance exams, helping with the image campaign with my picture editing skills.

Skills

Skills

  • Development

    HTML5, CSS3 { Bootstrap, Semantic UI }

    Javascript { ES6, AngularJS, ReactJS }

    SQL

  • Platforms

    Jira, Confluence

    Bitbucket, Azure Devops

    Team City, Octopus

  • Development software

    Visual Studio Code

    Oracle SQL Developer

    SQL Server Management Studio

    Enterprise Architect

  • Image editing software

    Adobe Photoshop

    Adobe Illustrator

  • Documentation software

    MS Office

    LaTeX Editor

Education

Education

  • Computer Science, Software Engineering, Master of Science, Warsaw University of Technology

    Oct, 2007 - Dec, 2013

    5.0

    Master thesis: "Requirement model transformation into presentation layer in Flex technology"

    Bachelor thesis: "Web application project and mock-up — multimedia catalogue"

Interests

Interests

  • Technology & Science

    youtube.com/user/scishowgizmodo.comsciencealert.com
  • Role-playing games

    The Witcher, World of WarcraftMagic The GatheringVarious cardboard games
  • Fantasy & Sci-Fi

    books, movies, tv series — you name it :]
  • Japanese

    languageculturemanga & anime