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title = "Web Résumé"
post_title = "Dan Jones"
toc = true
layout = "web-resume"
Description = "Experienced web developer"
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<section id="workhistory">

## Work Experience

- [**GRIN**](https://grin.co)   
  *Principal Software Engineer/Back-end Architect*   
  <span class="work-period"><time datetime="2021-08">August 2021</time> - present</span>
  
  Principal full-stack developer for SaaS company in creator marketing. Built out unit testing in Laravel project. Coached junior developers. Helped set standards for back-end architecture.
  Built microservices in go.
  
  Laravel, PHP, go, microservices, PHPUnit, MySql, mongodb, Vue
  {.tech}
- [**BubbleUp**](https://www.bubbleup.net/)   
  *Senior Web Developer*   
  <span class="work-period"><time datetime="2020-02">February 2020</time> - <time datetime="2021-07">July 2021</time></span>
  
  Senior Developer for marketing firm with clients in multiple industries. Sites range from low traffic, to extremely high.
  
  Yii, WordPress, PHP, MySQL, AWS, Drupal, custom sites
  {.tech}
- [**Starfish**](https://www.raven.com/)   
  *Project Manager/Tech Lead*   
  <span class="work-period"><time datetime="2017-10">October 2017</time> - <time datetime="2020-01">January 2020</time></span>
  
  Lead for API project. Developed Laravel-based API for document management service. Managed team. Set goals. Ensured development was on track.
  
  Laravel/Lumen, PHP, PHPUnit, MySQL, Google Cloud Platform, Google App Engine, Google Cloud SQL, mongodb, redis, Google Datastore, Google Cloud Storage
  {.tech}
- [**Analyte Health**](https://www.analytehealth.com/)   
  *Senior Full-Stack Developer*   
  <span class="work-period"><time datetime="2016-07">July 2016</time> - <time datetime="2017-10">October 2017</time></span>
  
  Full-stack development for multiple websites in the health industry, including [STDCheck](https://www.stdcheck.com/), [HealthLabs](https://www.healthlabs.com), [UTI Treatment](https://www.utitreatment.com/).
  
  PHP, PHPUnit, MySQL, Laravel, Eloquent, Javascript, jQuery, AngularJS, React
  {.tech}
- **Trilogy Education in association with the University of Texas**   
  *Bootcamp Instructor*   
  <span class="work-period"><time datetime="2016-10">October 2016</time> - <time datetime="2017-05">May 2017</time></span>
  
  Taught Full-stack coding bootcamp. Six month program to introduce students to basics of full-stack <abbr title="Mean, Express, React, Node">MERN</abbr> development.
  
  Eucation, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, APIs, AJAX, Node, Express, MySQL, sequelize, MongoDB, mongoose, PHP, Laravel, Python, React, React Native
  {.tech}
- [**Server Monkey**](https://servermonkey.com/)   
  *Back-end web developer*   
  <span class="work-period"><time datetime="2015-11">November 2015</time> - <time datetime="2016-07">July 2016</time></span>
  
  Develop Magento-based eCommerce site <span class="tech">PHP, MySQL, Magento, XML, Javascript, jQuery</span>

  + Extend functionality of current site
  + Modify existing site plugins to better fit workflow of sales team.
  {.noprint}
- **Hubbard Radio** &ndash; [**WTOP**](https://wtop.com/)/[**Federal News Radio**](https://federalnewsradio.com/)   
  *Back-end web developer*   
  <span class="work-period"><time datetime="2010-07">July 2010</time> - <time datetime="2015-11">November 2015</time></span>
  
  Web developer (primarily focused on back-end) for two major news organizations.
  
  PHP, WordPress, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, MySQL, Memcache
  {.tech}
  
  + [*WTOP StormDesk Closings*](https://wtop.com/closings-and-delays/)
    * Wordpress plugin to display school, business, and government closings during inclement weather.
    * Includes login system for schools to close schools without newsroom involvement
    * Permission system to give users specific rights to modify individual closings, all closings, or administer the system
  + [*NewsQ*](https://web.archive.org/web/20120113121324/https://wtop.com/?sid=2185984&nid=719&node=1)
    * Designed MySQL database to store data about social ranking of stories on website.
    * Wrote application to fetch data from various social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc.) in order to rank stories according to popularity.
    * Created front-end resources to display data.
- [**University of Texas &ndash; Mechanical Engineering Department**](https://www.me.utexas.edu/)   
  *Programmer*   
  <span class="work-period"><time datetime="2008-05">May 2008</time> - <time datetime="2010-05">May 2010</time></span>
  
  PHP, XHTML, HTML Forms, Wordpress, CSS, Writing
  {.tech}
  
  Maintained website, wrote news stories, and oversaw a number of projects to improve the website<span class="noprint">, including:</span>
  
  + [*Senior Design Projects Database*](https://web.archive.org/web/20090326150754/https://www.me.utexas.edu/sdp/previousprojects.php)   
    Designed MySQL database to hold information about past Senior Design Projects. Built from scratch front-end to search database and display information.
  + &ldquo;Intranet&rdquo; site   
    Built Wordpress site to host department updates, and information specifically for faculty and staff. Created custom Wordpress theme to match theme of the main site.
  + [*About Section*](https://web.archive.org/web/20100609155029/http://www.me.utexas.edu/about/)   
    Created entire section of website for recruiting purposes. Did extensive research.
  {.noprint}
- Selection of assorted freelance projects
  + [*Dave's Pest Control*](https://web.archive.org/web/20010719153431/http://www.davespestcontrol.com/)
  + [*Dan and Kali*](https://web.archive.org/web/20110201140251/http://danandkali.com/)
  + [*Joe Stryker*](https://web.archive.org/web/20090428115520/http://joestryker.com/)
{.history}

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