Resume - Devon Powell.tex

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\email{djp460@nyu.edu} \\
(+1) 321-356-5260

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\smash{\textbf{\huge Devon Powell}} \\
\url{https://devon.is-a.dev}

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\url{https://github.com/D-Pow} \\
\url{https://linkedin.com/in/devon-powell}
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\ressection{Employment}

\ressubsection{Home Depot - Senior Software Engineer: Store Systems}{Spring, Java, React}{Oct 2023 -- Present}

\ul{
    \item \textbf{Introduced WSL configuration to department} for enhanced dev experience for Windows users.
    \ul {
        \item \textbf{Reduced dev effort for local utilities} via aggregation and conversion of common Postman, zip file, and batch processes into Bash scripts for easy execution.

        \item Added configs, scripts, and .profile logic to the onboarding docs for current and future devs to reference.
    }

    \item \textbf{Added HD Wallet/Pass} features for both point-of-sale and self-checkout.
    \ul {
        \item Allowed applicable customers to log in and use their saved payment information.

        \item While still a WIP, this included the back-end wiring for logging in as well as the front-end displays for executing HD Pass payments.
    }

    \item Improved customer-lookup functionality, WebSocket communication, Mixpanel event logging, and Cypress end-to-end tests.
}


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\ressubsection{Nextdoor - Lead Front-end Architect}{React, TypeScript, Flow, RTK, AWS, Bash, Docker}{June 2021 -- Sept 2022}

\ul{
    \item Served at the intersection between front-end, back-end, pipelines, Bash/dev env, and Docker configuration, flowing wherever needed.

    \item \textbf{Founded isomorphic SSR/CSR codebase} for entire site, accelerating build speed, client performance, and pipeline parallelization.
    \ul {
        \item \textbf{Reduced local dev resource consumption by 70\%} via novel dev-server to replace cumbersome Docker/Python/Webpack combo, improving dev experience and productivity across the entire company.

        \item \textbf{Unified state and file structure}, aggregating common needs for many departments into a single source of truth.

        \item \textbf{Solved org-wide unit-test issues plaguing devs for years} in a matter of weeks via customizable util functions for async logic, user interactions, redirects, and mocks.
    }

    \item \textbf{Mediated org's lack of QA} by building a custom system utilizing Docker for running the prod environment locally with your own code injected, allowing sensitive logic to be verified before CD deployment.

    \item \textbf{Converted entire site from Flow to TypeScript}, consisting of millions of lines of code via homebrewed AST parser util.

    \item \textbf{Constructed 5-year roadmap} to improve app performance and developer experience.
    \ul {
        \item Executed complete website analysis to discover and fix the largest CI/CD bottlenecks.

        \item Laid out instructions/metrics for transitioning from a monolithic structure to micro-frontends.

        \item Split shared component library to separate repo, published to AWS private registry, installed as dep in parents, and added local dev utils for auto-auth renewals.
    }

    % \item Upgraded website from \code{core-js@v2} to \code{core-js@v3}.
    % \item Enhance developer experience through tooling improvements, code organization, feature modernization, and leading the move from JavaScript to TypeScript.
}


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\ressubsection{E-Trade - Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer}{React/JavaScript, Spring/Java, Oracle/SQL}{July 2018 -- June 2021}

\ul{
    \item \textbf{Mediated company-wide network issues} in personal time via novel \nonsecref{MockRequests} library (see Open-source below).

    \ul{
        \item \textbf{Eliminated largest front-end blocker} in the company: server rolls occurring twice per week that disable all API endpoints.

        \item Improved developer productivity by 40\%.

        \item Included in company-wide React/SCSS design-language library/boilerplate due to its efficiency.
    }

    \item Built 2 platforms for creating investment plans (first year netted \textbf{\$2.5 million, +37\% purchases, +15\% new customers}).

    \ul{
        \item \textbf{Boosted client performance by 50\%} through restructuring React/MobX global state management.

        \item \textbf{Enhanced server scalability} by optimizing data aggregation logic and introducing multithreading.

        \item Leveraged design pattern acumen to simplify client-server-DB communication by restructuring Spring DAOs, DTOs, \& logic.
    }

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    \item \textbf{Augmented Java endpoint performance} by introducing multithreading.
    \ul{
        \item Utilized asynchronous Spring logic to streamline network/DB requests.
        \item Added custom utilities to improve handling of async functionality in parent code.
    }

    \item Fostered a culture of learning and growth in the organization's developer community.

    \ul{
        \item \textbf{Primary mentor for onboarding all new hires}, including sessions for teaching git, libraries, and the development stack.

        \item \textbf{Optimized team productivity} by engineering scripts for automating tasks, including Jira ticket autocompletion in git, using local text editors/IDEs to code on remote servers, remote file exchanges, cookie extraction/refresh during development, etc.

        \item \textbf{Served as a panel leader} and contact point for the intern class of summer 2019.

        \item \textbf{Inspired deeper collaboration} across various Slack channels, leading to improvements in coding practices.
    }
}


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\ressubsection[{\url[Google Play App]{https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etrade.mobilepro.activity}}]{E-Trade - Android Engineer}{Java, Internship}{June -- Aug. 2017}

\ul{
    \item Pioneered E-Trade's first Android Edge panel widget that displayed a user's watch lists and respective stock data.

    \item Orchestrated the state management, authentication, and caching systems; Coordinated UI/UX design and testing.

    \item Facilitated a seamless MVP hand-off to maintainers by writing guides, documentation, and descriptive git commit messages.
}



\ressection{Open-source}

\ressubsection[https://npmjs.com/package/mock-requests]{MockRequests}{JavaScript}{Sept. 2019}

\ul{
    \item Launched the first lightweight, yet powerful, mocking library that \textbf{doesn't require changing source code or running local servers}.

    \item \textbf{Boasts features other solutions seldom support}: Simple one-step configuration that automatically works throughout the entire application, language/library/environment agnostic, exceptionally performant, toggling mocks via CLI.
}



\ressection{Projects}

\ressubsection[https://github.com/D-Pow/anime-atsume]{Anime Atsume}{React/TypeScript, Spring Boot/Java}{June -- July 2020}

\ul{
    \item Unique anime search engine providing the quickest possible path from searching titles to watching episodes, unlike most sites.

    \item Full-stack: \textbf{PWA SPA React} front-end, \textbf{Spring Boot} back-end, \textbf{Docker} container, \textbf{AWS} host, \textbf{GitHub Actions} CI/CD.
}


\ressubsection{Picture Place}{React Native, Ionic, PWA, TypeScript}{June 2022 -- Present}

\ul{
    \item Mobile app to automatically scan images taken of restaurants/menus, classify them with AI to add tags (cuisine, price, atmosphere, quality, etc.), and add them to an interactive map of places you want to visit.

    \item Written as both a \textbf{native app} and \textbf{PWA} for cross-platform usability.
}


\ressubsection[https://atomsofconfusion.com]{Research -- Atoms of Confusion}{C, PHP, HTML/CSS}{Aug. 2016 -- May 2018}

\ul{
    \item Determined code patterns that are objectively confusing, with implications for improving design principles and specifications.
}



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\ressection{Education}

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\textbf{NYU Tandon School of Engineering} \ -- \ GPA: 3.8/4.0
\underline{Master of Science in Computer Science} (May 2018) {\small Brooklyn, NY}

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\textbf{New College of Florida, the State's Honors College}
\underline{Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry} (May 2016) {\small Sarasota, FL}

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\ressection[6]{Skills}

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\noindent Languages
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JavaScript/TypeScript, \ Java, \ HTML, \ SCSS, \ Python, \ SQL, \ PHP, \ LaTeX.

\noindent Technology
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React, \ Spring Boot, \ Git, \ RTK, \ MobX, \ Webpack, \ Jest, \ JUnit, \ Gradle, \ Maven, \ Linux, \ Bash, \ Regex, \ Docker, \ Oracle DB,
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Agile (Scrum), \ GitHub, \ BitBucket, \ Jira, \ CI/CD (GH Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins), \ AWS, \ GCP, \ Heroku, \ Automation Testing.



\ressection{Additional Relevant Activities}

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\underline{Eagle Scout} (2011): Highest rank, top 2\% of all Boy Scouts.
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\underline{Cyber Security Club} (Sept. 2016 -- May 2017).

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\underline{NYU Healthcare Hackathon Winner} (Nov. 2016).
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\underline{Japanese} (2019 -- Present): Approaching N5 fluency.

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