Yves Desjardins

Software Developer

About Me

Hello! I’m Yves Desjardins, a passionate software developer with expertise in building out web apps and team management

Skills:

  • Languages: JavaScript TypeScript
  • Frameworks/Libraries: EmberJS NodeJS
  • Systems/Databases: PostgreSQL SQL Git
  • Testing: QUnit Mirage

Experience

Later

Software Developer

May 2020 - Present

  • Led front-end development for Later’s first enterprise-focused feature, Social Listening, delivering on a tight timeline while maintaining high code quality. Coordinated with back-end, product, and design teams to achieve project goals
  • Utilized modern front-end frameworks to build highly scalable applications that serve millions of active users
  • Developed highly scalable applications using modern front-end frameworks, supporting millions of active users
  • Served as team lead for over a year, managing 3 engineers in implementing new AI-based features
  • Built and maintained user-facing analytics features, advocating for their integration across the app
  • Led the transition of the codebase from JavaScript to TypeScript, enhancing code quality and maintainability
  • Spearheaded development on high-impact, fast-paced projects that addressed business needs and drove revenue growth
  • Experienced in Scrum methodologies and proficient in using Jira for project tracking


EmberJS Typescript Javascript CircleCI QUnit Mirage

The Perk

Full Stack Developer

May - Dec 2019

  • Integrated third-party APIs to enhance functionality and improve overall user experience on web platforms.
  • Optimized application performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks in the software architecture.
  • Troubleshot and resolved complex technical issues, maintaining optimal system performance and uptime.


NodeJS GraphQL Express Knex Bookshelf Apollo Server CircleCI Selenium Kubernetes AWS Docker

Interests and Hobbies

  • Movies
  • Gaming (board games and video games)
  • PC building
  • Scuba diving
  • Hiking