Ashley Pean

React, Django, Python, TypeScript, AWS, SEO

• Worked on various SEO and growth teams to target increasing the acquisition rate of both event creators and consumers on the platform
• Optimized various parts of the site for major Core Web Vitals including: largest contentful paint, interaction to next paint, time to first byte, and more
• Worked on various projects to reduce JS bundle size footprint by converting custom React and JS code to use natural browser APIs
• Assisted in the creation of two new page types on the site (point of interest and things to do) to target location-specific event based search queries
• Led a project of 3 engineers to integrate more minute search filtering on two page types to increase our Average Time on Page and Paid Ticket metrics

Self-managed engineering agency that I use to contract and subcontract freelance projects and develop personal monetizable projects

Transparent Classroom (Jul 2022 - Present)

Ruby on Rails, React, Heroku, Collective Management

• Participated in a collectively managed organization with the roles of: software engineer, finance circle member, and product circle member
• Led the hiring rounds of two engineers and improved the facilitation of the onboarding process
• Worked with a team of 5 developers to maintain the main application, and two custom gems (i18n-migrations and CrowdTranslate)
• Interacted directly with customers through support requests from the user support circle and technical bug reports
• Managed and worked on tasks to update the frontend infrastructure of the main application including: moving from Flow to TypeScript, upgrading out of date npm packages, and moving off of bower and jquery dependencies

Wax Env (Mar 2022 - Apr 2022)

Electron, React, Node

• Built a client-facing Electron desktop application from scratch to interact with a secure file-sharing protocol/API with one other engineer
• Developed the state management infrastructure using Redux Toolkit, IPC, and window observers to allow users to open and interact with multiple windows of the application while maintaining a single, consistent state store
• Created a small, modular component system to minimize the size/complexity of the codebase and create consistent styles throughout the application that supported multiple color themes and light/dark modes
• Collaborated on the development of testing infrastructure to include unit, integration and end-to-end testing

Black Valley (Jan 2021 - Feb 2021)

Next.js, React, TypeScript

• Created the Black Valley jobs platform with a team of three engineers using Webflow's headless CMS API with Next.js SSR technology to generate dynamically rendered content on the job postings site
• Onboarded junior, entry-level, and early-career developers from remote positions around the globe to the project and assisted in assigning and maintaining their tasks
• Designed and developed primary UI components and optimized styling protocols with the use of higher order React components, Styled components, and a defined style guide in order to maintain overall code quality and cleanliness

Banana Joe Tours (Jul 2020 - Feb 2021)

Wordpress, Google AdSense, SEO

• Orchestrated the duplication and migration of WordPress sites to various subdomains in an effort to generate more ad revenue through Google AdSense
• Migrated the projects filesystem and graphics API across multiple domain namespaces to allow the client to generate SEO-friendly UI across all registered company domains
• Led and conducted meetings with key stakeholders in the company to ensure deadlines and project metrics were being met in the proper timeline

Engineering Project Advisor (Jul 2023 - Dec 2023)

• Guided students through real-world projects to bolster their skills
• Created project plans, scheduled check-in calls, and hosted office hours
• Assisted students in preparing and presenting project demos

Technical Interview Mentor (Aug 2022 - Jul 2023)

• Conducted practice interviews for prospective bootcamp attendees
• Provided resources to strengthen fundamental JavaScript and data structures skills
• Evaluated candidates, drafted study plans, and scheduled follow-up sessions

Engineering Mentor (Aug 2021, Sep 2022)

• Assisted lead instructor in teaching two cohorts of bootcamp attendees
• Graded assignments and led lectures on data structures, algorithms, relational databases, and the request-response cycle
• Hosted community events and workshops, including the JS the Hard Parts series for non-bootcamp attendees

Java, React, TypeScript, Redux

• Participated in company Bug Smashes and hackathons to improve maintenance and feature production of the company’s report management system
• Led the creation and integration of a full-stack mentions plugin feature to increase client use of keyboard shortcuts
• Led and participated in weekly SCRUM meetings to ensure project goals and metrics were completed and tickets were properly assigned

• Generated MacOS Automator scripts to streamline case logging and improve case logging efficiency by 40%
• Troubleshooted and diagnosed networking issues with client devices utilizing remote protocols such as LogMeIn
• Ran manual and automated testing of new application release and feature builds