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Derek Vance

Canton,OH

Summary

Dynamic Software Engineer with a proven track record, specializing in microservices and serverless architecture. Adept at leveraging JavaScript and TypeScript to create impactful applications. Recognized for enhancing user experience through innovative solutions and strong collaboration skills, driving project success in fast-paced environments.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer

FordPro
10.2023 - 03.2025

Developed and maintained commercial fleet software, delivering static content, handling sales leads, account creation, dealer personnel, program enrollment, dashboards. (GCP, Serverless, Microservices, Firestore, Spring Boot, Kotlin, React, Micro Frontend-Module Federation)

Senior Software Engineer

ParkChirp
12.2022 - 09.2023

Utilized microservices to deliver customer-facing, admin, and internal applications for managing industry-specific processes. (NodeJS, Typescript, NextJS(React), Prisma ORM, Graphql, MySql)

Software Engineer

Territory Foods
10.2021 - 08.2022

My time at Territory Foods was dedicated to the e-commerce team, building a multi-tenant platform for delivering fresh prepared meals sourced from local and celebrity chefs. I worked to break apart a monolith Rails
application into microservices using NestJS. (NodeJS, Typescript, NextJS, Figma, NestJS, Prisma ORM, Graphql, Postgres, Rails)

Software Developer

Tradefull
11.2020 - 10.2021

At this time I build client e-commerce sites from the ground up and maintain in-house ERP systems. (NodeJS, Nuxt, Vue, Laravel, MSSQL, Docker, Elastic, GraphQL, SanityCMS, Figma, Gitlab)

Developer

Insomnia Cookies
06.2019 - 07.2020

During my time here, I worked on customerfacing websites, mobile applications, and internal business tools. (Laravel, Vue, React, Ionic, GraphQL)

Frontend Developer

Skycatchfire
08.2018 - 03.2019

Here I worked on custom Drupal sites, ecommerce Shopify sites, and angular applications. I dealt directly with clients to ensure their brand and users' experience is top-notch. (Drupal, Shopify, Angular, Javascript, SASS, Cloud Hosting, InVision)

Web Developer

Venture Products Inc.
01.2016 - 08.2018

I worked on custom internal business tools, analytics for e-commerce, and manufacturing processes. Commonplace tasks include creating web pages for customer-facing content and building full-stack applications for internal and external use. (PHP, Laravel, Javascript, Vue, MySQL, Eloquent ORM, JQuery, HTML, CSS, SASS, CMS, AWS, SYSPRO)

Education

Computer Engineering

Stark State College of Technology
Canton, OH

Business Administration And Management

University of Akron Wayne College
Akron, OH

Full Stack Web Development

Galvanize Full Stack
Denver, CO
01-2015

Skills

  • Serverless
  • Microservices
  • Micro Frontend
  • Cloud Infrastructure
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Angular
  • Vue
  • Spring Boot
  • GraphQL
  • Postgres
  • MySQL
  • FIrestore
  • Mongo

Timeline

Software Engineer

FordPro
10.2023 - 03.2025

Senior Software Engineer

ParkChirp
12.2022 - 09.2023

Software Engineer

Territory Foods
10.2021 - 08.2022

Software Developer

Tradefull
11.2020 - 10.2021

Developer

Insomnia Cookies
06.2019 - 07.2020

Frontend Developer

Skycatchfire
08.2018 - 03.2019

Web Developer

Venture Products Inc.
01.2016 - 08.2018

Computer Engineering

Stark State College of Technology

Business Administration And Management

University of Akron Wayne College

Full Stack Web Development

Galvanize Full Stack
Derek Vance