New York, NY 10040

(714) 333-6725

vanceleon44@gmail.com

https://www.vanceleon.com

I am a Financial Analyst turned Software Engineer, the perfect pairing of full-stack development and knowledge of financial services. Making me the ideal candidate for product-focused technology.

Vance LeonSoftware Engineerhttps://github.com/vanceleon

Relevant Experience for Software Development

· Current Project: Financial Calculator | An all in one React.js financial calculator web

application utilizing React-Hooks, React Class Components, and Semantic-UI for

styling. I have constructed high order functions for forms and inputs, which will make

for scaling the application more efficient as functionality continues to build out.

· Learned Facebook Messenger codebase during a two week iteration to produce a

demo that was presented to Marc Randolph, founder of Netflix

· Created a chat bot, a persistent menu, and links to Amazon bookstore

· Built scrapers utilizing Nightmare and Cheerio to gather dummy content for

application and pass through the Node.js back-end

· Designed and executed using dbdiagram.io for DB design visualization, then knex

migrations, and PostgreSQL for implementation

· Back-end and all environmental variables were deployed using Heroku

· Contributed to a dietary application: Back-end routes in Express.js for AWS post

requests, front-end React.js components and Redux state management, with styled

components

· Worked with Restful API’s that we built in our Node.js back-end and other

specialized companies that provided aggregate nutritional data

· Built a news application using Restful API’s and web scrapers to extract content from

multiple news sites

Contract Software Engineer

Lambda School, New York, NY | Feb 2019 - Present

Languages

Databases

Other Skills

Web Designer

Anaheim Automation, Anaheim, CA | Nov 2009 - July 2013

Education

Lambda School | Feb 2019

CSUF | Mihaylo College of Business and Economics | May 2017

· Revamped entire website providing it with a fresh new professional look highlighting

precision and quality. This all included user guides, specification sheets, photos, data

verification using vendor and internal data

· Launched design and implementation of photo room for high-quality photography

heavily utilizing photoshop for lighting effects, blemish removal and image sizing

· Generated new website marketing consisting of product pairing, shopping cart, SEO

optimization, ad placements, and product specific websites