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Matt Jenkins Resume

experience

Technology Lead @ Tombras
6/22 - Present | Knoxville, TN (remote)

  • Led development of a web-based game for Casey's using Google AI speech to text libraries to analyze uploaded video and audio to reward users with redemption codes based on their performance and returned Tik Tok ready videos via ffmpeg with watermarking
  • Implemented Node backend and React frontend to create an AI image generation tool on top of DALL-E that allows users to upload images of pets and have the images returned in a themed format
  • Improved performance of Tombras.com by moving from a decade old WordPress site to a NextJS + Tailwind statically generated site powered by Contentful and ISR
  • Mentor junior engineers on frontend technologies like React, Next, and Tailwind, as well as work with project managers and strategists for creating specifications and scopes for new and upcoming projects

Senior Software Engineer @ Tombras
8/19 - 6/22 | Knoxville, TN (remote)

  • Architected a React appointment booking SPA and corresponding Node API for a veterinary chain, with a heavy focus on improving accessibility and legibility which resulted in easier appointment booking for users
  • Engineered a WCAG-compliant frontend for Lodge Cast Iron's e-commerce site using Vue and Salesforce APIs
  • Assisted with formalization and development of an internal component library which helps decrease development time and improve baseline accessibility for new projects
  • Led transition for World Food Program from an Advanced Custom Fields editing experience to Gutenberg using custom React components to give editor's more flexibility in building UIs

Software Engineer @ Tombras
8/16 - 8/19 | Knoxville, TN

  • Responsibilities included frontend and backend development using Vue, Node, PHP, MySQL, WordPress, and Drupal for clients such as NHTSA.gov, OrangeTheory Fitness, and World Food Program USA
  • Helped to integrate Twitter APIs with IBM Watson through a Node backend and Vue SPA to analyze tweets and associated users
  • Built JavaScript-based mini-games for NHTSA's Last Call 360 VR experience using ES6, Redux, RxJS, and SASS
  • Implemented Node and PHP backends for Alexa skills and Facebook chats, which integrated with MySQL databases, Google's DialogFlow, and 3rd party JSON APIs

Developer Intern @ CNS Y-12 National Security Complex
Summer 2015 | Oak Ridge, TN

  • Utilized Adobe LiveCycle to create paperless document solutions with digital signature capabilities
  • Designed interactive PDF documents with extended client-side functionality via JavaScript
  • Built server-side workflow processes using Java and custom proprietary components
  • Assisted in developing a process for revising documents using data from completed PDFs and auto-filling into new and existing products resulting in a simplified user workflow

education

Maryville College '16

  • B.A., Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude, 3.99/4.00 GPA)
  • Jerry L. Pietenpol Computer Science Award, most outstanding senior Computer Science major
  • Russell N. and Frances Lane Edwards and Troy Bell Waggoner Award, most outstanding junior in the Mathematics & Computer Science division

tech & skills

  • tech:
    • JavaScript / TypeScript,
    • React + NextJS,
    • Vue,
    • CSS + SASS,
    • Tailwind,
    • PHP,
    • Node,
    • MySQL,
    • Contentful,
    • WordPress,
    • Drupal
  • design & a11y:
    • Figma,
    • Sketch,
    • Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator,
    • WAVE,
    • Pa11y,
    • Axe
  • other tools:
    • Git,
    • Bitbucket & GitHub,
    • Jira & Confluence,
    • Google Analytics & Tag Manager