Akira Mori, Senior Web Developer

About

Professional software engineer specializing in both frontend and backend with 9 years of experience. Contributed on an array of projects from small to large for diverse industries. Solid knowledge of various frameworks and several programming languages. Strong problem solving / root cause analysis skills, ability to identify scalability, and improve system processes.

Experience

Scrutnize

Jul 2021 – Apr 2022

US | Remote

Frontend developer

Built reusable components and responsive pages using Tailwind CSS to reduce over 3 months’ development time. Covered 95 % of automation testing following TDD. Worked directly with the CTO and collaborated actively with the product and UI/UX team. Built an MVP using React and Django in 3 months. Accelerated the loading time by 35% for the data analyzing website by implementing Code-Splitting and Optimizing performance. Dramatically improved the user experience for over 10,000 users by optimizing code and refactoring a legacy web app with jQuery to using React and Redux Tech Used: React, React Testing Library, TypeScript, GraphQL, AWS amplify, S3, lambda, Tailwind CSS, Django.

MobCoder

Mar 2019 – Jun 2021

Seattle, Washington, US | Remote

Fullstack Developer

● Implemented SSR (server-side rendering) and SSG (static rendering) on Single Page Applications to increase SEO and initial page loading speed using Next.js. ● Rewrote all class-based components to functional components with hooks and implemented the Context API for global storage. ● Wrote 230 individual tests across 80 test suites to reach 90% code coverage. ● Structured several internal systems comprising production workflow tracking, as well as designed and developed custom REST APIs and GraphQL schemas using Node, Express and Apollo. ● Worked on 3 MVPs while working with young startups and individual clients. ● Developed a real-time chat application for specific company usage using Go, gRPC, and React. It reduced the business time by 10% and much paperwork. ● Implemented enhancements that accelerated search time by 26% using ElasticSearch. ● Tech Used: React, Django, Laravel, PHP, Python, Angular, Kubernetes, Docker, TypeScript, Express.js, GraphQL, gRPC, Go, Django Testing Library, Flask, Socket.io, ElasticSearch.

IMJ

Apr 2015 – Mar 2019

Tokyo, Japan

Software Engineer

● Fixed bugs from existing websites and implemented enhancements that significantly improved web functionality and speed using React. ● Improved performance of the webpage by modularizing components and building tailor-specific GraphQL queries for each module to decrease bandwidth payload and increase shareability. ● Developed user interfaces with Vue.js, which improved user satisfaction by 28%. ● Updated HTML / JavaScript based legacy platform into React/Redux based application. ● Implemented user-facing homepage with JavaScript, and React increasing promotion email sign-up rate by over 6%, generating $400,000 in revenue annually. ● Tech used: React, Redux, Jest, Cypress, Vue.js, Material UI, Node.js, Laravel, Ant Design, jQuery, HTML, CSS, PHP, CI, JIRA, Git.

Netwise

Jan 2013 – Mar 2015

Tokyo, Japan

Web Developer

- Reduced code duplication by using front end design pattern and style guide to keep the code DRY. - Maintained PHP/CodeIgniter-based legacy code base and rebuilt using MEAN stack. - Built user Authentication module and social login using JWT token and OAuth. - Translated wireframed designs into responsive pixel-perfect website pages. - Tech used: Angular, AngularJS, Code Igniter, MySQL, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS.

Education

University of Tokyo

Mar 2008 – Nov 2012

Bachelor, Computer Science

Akira Mori

Senior Web Developer

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