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
- 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
- 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