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Matt Jennings
Redmond, WA (near Seattle) • 206-854-6885
matt@nullmattjennings.net • www.mattjennings.net
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Frontend Software Engineer Profile
- Frontend Software Engineer with solid experience using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Sass to make heavily trafficked websites user-friendly and accessible.
- Backend experience with PHP, WordPress, Node.js, and MySQL, including making database calls and consuming JSON API endpoints.
- Built multiple websites and pages from scratch based on mockups from design tools like Figma, Photoshop, and Illustrator by collaborating with designers and other project managers.
- Tested websites on the most popular devices and browsers, including real devices and services like browserstack.com, to ensure websites worked correctly for target users.
Technical Skills
- Languages
JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Sass, MySQL, Linux shell scripting, JSON, and ARIA. - API Integration
Example: Manipulated GIFs from Giphy API (GitHub repo). - Libraries, Frameworks, and Databases
Frontend: React, TypeScript, jQuery, Vanilla JS (no-framework JavaScript), and API integration (React and JS).
Backend: Node.js, PHP, and MySQL. - Data analytics
Google Tag Manager (GTM) and Google Analytics (GA). - Web Design/Development Software
Design: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, and Figma.
Development: Git; GitHub; Atlassian Confluence and JIRA; Salesforce; and AWS. - Operating Systems/Virtual Machines
Mac, Windows, and Linux (Ubuntu).
Work Experience
Software Engineer
OneCare Media (now called Sleep Doctor)
Seattle, WAJuly 2021 — June 2023
- Did frontend development on multiple websites for OneCare using HTML, Sass/CSS, and JavaScript, such as an accessible accordion on multiple pages like sleepdoctor.com/sleep-hygiene/ (see “See More” button under “References” heading near the bottom).
- Updated Google Tag Manager (GTM) and Google Analytics (GA) to track user actions, like loading a newsletter sign-up form (via Klaviyo) at the bottom of sleepdoctor.com.
- Created automated tests using apps like Cypress. For example, I used Cypress to quickly confirm that many potential answers on a mattress finder survey were working as expected.
Senior Front End Web Developer Contractor
Microsoft
Redmond, WAJanuary 2021 — May 2021
- Added new pages and features to the ageofempires.com video game WordPress website, such as a countdown timer for an upcoming new video game preview, where I used Vanilla JavaScript and the Luxon time and dates npm package, PHP, CSS, and HTML.
WordPress Developer Contractor
Forescout
Redmond, WAAugust 2019 — December 2020
- On forescout.com, updated WordPress themes and plugins to add new features using PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
WordPress Developer Contractor
Microsoft
Redmond, WAFebruary 2019 — August 2019
- Did frontend work on visualstudio.microsoft.com (WordPress), such as editing Vanilla JavaScript to make a homepage slideshow accessible (see more details) and other edits with PHP and CSS.
WordPress Developer Contractor
A Place for Mom
Seattle, WAJuly 2018 — January 2019
- Edited PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, and CSS to improve security and speed on WordPress sites hosted on AWS.
WordPress Developer Contractor
Microsoft
Redmond, WAMay 2018 — July 2018
- Developed custom code for a redesigned website using frontend technologies (JavaScript, HTML, and CSS) and PHP.
- Migrated existing WordPress blogs to a new web host to eventually launch devblogs.microsoft.com.
Web Producer Contractor
Microsoft
Redmond, WAJuly 2016 — December 2017
- Updated Microsoft Office (products.office.com) website using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery to ensure they met web accessibility standards.
- Confirmed that web accessibility fixes worked on the website above by testing with screen readers (Windows Narrator, NVDA, and VoiceOver) on actual devices (Windows computers, Mac computers, and iPhones).
WordPress Developer Contractor
Metiza Magazine
Seattle, WAFebruary 2016 — April 2016
- Developed WordPress Site for Metiza Magazine (it was an online magazine for teen girls, and now it’s offline) using JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, HTML, and CSS.
WordPress Developer Contractor
Copacino+Fujikado
Seattle, WAOctober 2015 — December 2015
- Developed a WordPress site for Strong Against Cancer, a pediatric cancer fundraising site that Russell Wilson (NFL quarterback) used to promote Seattle Children’s Hospital (now offline).
- Added features using JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, HTML, and PHP, such as fly-out boxes on the Get Involved page, while using designs from Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
Web Developer/Designer Freelancer
MP Ministry
Seattle, WANovember 2015 — December 2015
- For MPMinistry.com (now offline), I created the logo and website design using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and developed the website from scratch using JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and PHP.
Education
- Certificate, University of Washington, Coding Boot Camp
Details: Studied React, Node.js, JavaScript, and MongoDB in a 12-week part-time class. - Web Design, AAS-T, Seattle Central College
Details: Studied web development (JavaScript, PHP, HTML, MySQL), design tools (Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop), and web design principles. - English – Literature, BA, Western Washington University
Details: Studied English literature analysis and technical writing.