Alexa Nunes SOFTWARE ENGINEER New York, NY 949.701.2899 alexaraenunes@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/alexanunes github.com/A13xaNunes TECHNICAL SKILLS TypeScript ∙ JavaScript ∙ React ∙ Redux ∙ Next.js ∙ Node.js ∙ Express ∙ HTML5 ∙ CSS ∙ Sass ∙ Tailwind ∙ MongoDB PostgreSQL ∙ DynamoDB ∙ Jest ∙ Chai ∙ React Testing Library ∙ SuperTest ∙ webpack ∙ Git ∙ GitHub ∙ Docker EXPERIENCE PARALLEL ∙ Software Engineer ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ July 2023-Present Implemented React to build a shared library of reusable and extensible components across user input forms and dashboards, allowing the frontend architecture to scale with ease as the app becomes more feature rich Configured DynamoDB tables to manage chat history and user data securely, leveraging its serverless system for extensive scalability and drastically reducing latency during machine to machine communication Leveraged Node.js with Express to develop a high-performance RESTful application architecture, creating a real-time data streaming platform to integrate with the proprietary machine learning model and service Employed Next.js to establish the foundation of the core client-facing interactive dashboard application, using SSR to improve performance while configuring dynamic, client-side rendered components Integrated the OpenAI API into the Express.js server, enabling real-time data streaming, delivering dynamic and context-aware chat conversations, and enhancing user engagement and interaction quality Applied Tailwind CSS's utility-first approach to faithfully replicate Figma designs and streamline the styling process, resulting in faster development cycles and consistent visual elements throughout the application Built innovative client projects, established engineering standards and processes, and contributed to decision making regarding architecture, planning, and design as an early member of the engineering team CS ENGINEERING ∙ Software Engineer ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ July-Dec 2022, Apr 2023 Utilized React with Redux to build front-end components and implement global state management in developing a client-facing learning platform with 170k+ annual visitors, internal tooling, and public website Wrote unit tests with Jest and Chai to test users’ code, ensuring proper application of targeted techniques and providing specific and detailed feedback in order to improve user experience and retention Designed challenges for a UI dev course, leading users to develop an under-the-hood knowledge of fundamental concepts including data binding, the virtual DOM, UI composition, and hooks by building them from scratch Led technical training and onboarding for junior developers in full-stack development principles and technologies, including Node.js/Express, REST API design, React, Redux, client-server architecture, and authentication Mentored teams of junior engineers through development of full-stack open source products, facilitating ideation, project execution strategy, and successful launches, to foster continued technical and professional growth SWELL ∙ Software Engineer (open source) ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ Apr-July 2022 Implemented Redux Toolkit to redesign state management for a more compartmentalized store architecture and more efficient React re-renders, reducing front-end code by 27% and accelerating developer onboarding Applied custom React Hooks to define local UI state and simplify the global Redux store, increasing encapsulation and composability of components for more reusable, maintainable, and understandable code Expanded TypeScript coverage by 80% to prevent runtime errors, strengthen compile-time type safety, simplify debugging, improve code quality and readability, and streamline the development process Added testing with Jest and React Testing Library, increasing front-end test coverage by 12% to prevent regressions and ensure codebase stability, maintainability, and ease of scaling BOB’S WATCHES ∙ Purchasing ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ Jan 2019-June 2021 Leveraged specialty knowledge of vintage Rolex and other luxury timepieces to increase purchase conversions Collaborated with internal Engineering Teams in structuring CRM software based on the sales team’s needs Interfaced with SQL database through GUI to update, sort, and extract data for optimized lead management FREELANCE ∙ Web Development ⬡ 2016-2019 Employed HTML and CSS to develop user-friendly and attractive websites for local small businesses EDUCATION ⬡ ⬡ University of Southern California ∙ Bachelor of Arts, Theatre Codesmith ∙ Advanced Residency for Software Engineering 2014 2022 TALKS & PUBLICATIONS ⬡ ⬡ Introduction to Design Patterns ∙ SingleSprout Software Engineering Speaker Series Swell: The Latest Updates With 1.11.0 ∙ Medium.com INTERESTS Tall ship sailing, craft cocktails, Dungeons & Dragons, solo traveling, dance and aerial arts, puns
