Aaron Appel
Lakewood,CO
Summary
Software Engineer with 11 years of experience in a variety of technologies and industries, specializing in product development. Provides strong technical direction and leadership. Excellent communication, mentoring, and problem-solving skills. Passionate about user experience. Seeking a position on a team that's full of brilliant, hard-working people who want to make a difference.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Chord
02.2021 - 08.2023
- Architected, created, and supported key product, which drove sales
- Tech lead for onboarding initiative, which enabled company to stand up demo stacks for customers in minutes
- Worked with project managers, developers, designers, and sales to create quality products and improve user experience
- Led software team by planning, estimating, and defining API contracts to improve team efficiency
Lead Front-End Software Engineer
Yaguara
11.2019 - 02.2021
- Created component library to streamline feature creation and enforce consistent user experience
- Mentored Front-End team by reviewing code, pairing, and regular 1 on 1 meetings
- Improved architecture by rewriting state management and normalizing component structure
- Worked with product owner and designer to improve user experience
Lead Front-End Software Engineer
MarketOnce
03.2018 - 07.2019
- Planned and estimated work-load for Front-End team
- Architected Front-End solutions
- Worked closely with Back-End team, negotiating contracts and providing feedback to improve team processes
- Worked with product and design team to improve user experience and resolve discrepancies in specs
- Ensured that deadlines were met while producing high quality code
Full-Stack Software Engineer
MarketOnce
01.2016 - 03.2018
- Ramped up quickly on existing projects as consultant
- Developed library of reusable, common UI components
- Wrote Back-End application to efficiently query large sets of data
- Gave feedback to peers through PRs and paired programming
- Wrote complex drag and drop feature which significantly improved user experience
Software Engineer
Omnitech, Inc
06.2012 - 01.2016
- Improved efficiency and load times of applications
- Developed console applications and websites
- Architected and manage SQL databases
- Improved code by making it readable, reusable, and efficient
- Improved user experience based on conversion rates of A/B tests
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics
Northwestern College
Orange City, IA05.2012
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Northwestern College
Orange City, IA05.2012
Skills
- JavaScript/TypeScript
- Node
- React
- Redux
- Remix
- C#
- SQL
- GraphQL
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Chord
02.2021 - 08.2023
Lead Front-End Software Engineer
Yaguara
11.2019 - 02.2021
Lead Front-End Software Engineer
MarketOnce
03.2018 - 07.2019
Full-Stack Software Engineer
MarketOnce
01.2016 - 03.2018
Software Engineer
Omnitech, Inc
06.2012 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics
Northwestern College
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Northwestern College
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