Michael McDonald

Hi! My name is Mike and I'm a web developer who loves to learn :) I also love to play and record music, and I try to slam one hundred club sodas every day. Thanks for checking out my little website! For now you can find my CV below, and I'll add some more stuff soon.

CV

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Rily

- Web Developer - Freelance

Summer 2021 - Present

  • Implemented various features on rily.co, a food and wellness website made with React, Gatsby, and Typescript
  • Currently working with a small team to create a Storybook component library for the upcoming editorial portion of the site
  • Improved SEO using Google Rich Results
  • Completed tasks on strict deadlines, while making time to help unblock other members of the team when necessary
Dextel.net

- Web Specialist

Fall 2020 - Spring 2021

  • Participate in all stages of development on many projects at a time, across a variety of tech stacks.
  • Act as the point of contact between clients and other developers, both delegating tasks and tackling them myself.
  • Create wireframes for new projects and features to be implemented by other developers on the team.
Upscale Technology

- Front-End Developer

Fall 2018 - Winter 2019 & Summer 2019 - Winter 2020

  • Worked with React Native and Redux to help create and maintain Upscale Technology’s flagship mobile application, Uptune.
  • Worked in an Agile environment, creating and completing tasks with Jira and Git.
  • Created and styled dynamic React and React Native components from UX wireframes.
  • Implemented the current design of the Upscale Technology website.
  • Created the web version and implemented new features for Uptune.

Skills

Front-End: ​React, React Native, Redux, Gatsby/GraphQL, Typescript CSS (SASS, CSS in JS), HTML5

Back-End:​ Node.js, Express, SQL, Firebase

Tools: ​Git/Github, Github Actions (YAML), Vercel, Jira/Notion, Mocha/Chai, Jest, Figma