I'm a hands-on developer who loves coding. I specialize in building clean, scalable, and efficient code that solves real technical challenges. I have a proven track record of tackling complex problems, and my wide range of experience gives me the practical acumen to streamline solutions without the unnecessary fluff. Ultimately, I prefer focusing on writing quality code that people really like.
Hi, I’m
MARTIN CISSEL
Jacksonville,FL
Summary
Overview
13
years of professional experience
Work History
DevRox
Chief Engineer
11.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Designed and developed the front end UI/UX for the DevRox application.
- Provided login, session management, and other full-stack features using the AWS infrastructure.
- As one of the founders of DevRox, I help design the application's architecture and plan the product launch.
Warner Bros. Discovery
Senior Staff Engineer
04.2019 - 10.2024
Job overview
- Removed overly complicated, PhD level code, in favor of simpler TypeScript / React, easing developer experience, cutting feature development time in half, and improving initial page load data processing from 3 seconds to 10 milliseconds.
- Integrated new hires, interns, and developers from the Warner Bros Discovery merger into a cohesive and effective group of developers, while architecting the data layer of the merged application's front end web platform.
- Led one of the only two Factual projects, among 10+ teams, to finish on time and under budget, while other teams did not complete their projects.
LuxSynergy
Chief Technology Officer
03.2015 - 03.2020
Job overview
- Finished the company's 1st live product, an interactive office building directory, using C# on the WPF .NET platform, integrating with multiple APIs for real time content.
- Designed and implemented additional features for the product line, including analytics reporting, content management, and custom modules for clients; using Meteor based micro-services, offering portals for administrators, clients, and users.
- Designed the company roadmap, technical data sheets, and other marketing/management duties.
Red Antler
Lead Web Developer
05.2017 - 04.2019
Job overview
- Lead the full stack creation for more than 10 e-commerce websites, including clearme.com & henryrose.com
- Developed a completely custom CMS for hightoweraccess.com's 250,000 product variations
George Mason University
Web Developer
05.2012 - 05.2017
Job overview
- Created and maintained the GMU Bioengineering Department website with WordPress, PHP, and jQuery.
- Created and maintained other laboratory and faculty websites for the department.
The Washington Post
Web Developer
05.2016 - 12.2016
Job overview
- Added interactive graphics to the News Service product line.
- The 2016 election maps, in easy to embed iframes, were used by over 100 clients (other media organizations), generating over 10 million unique views in 2 days.
- Developed for the News Service app, and the News Service marketing site; using Angular, JSP, HTML, SASS.
AFrame Digital
Software Engineer
06.2012 - 10.2014
Job overview
- Developed a telehealth monitoring Android tablet app, connected to medical data back-end via RESTful web services.
- It was used by caregivers and patients in the US and Australia, and as a data collection tool for NIH studies.
- Fixed longstanding Bluetooth integration issues for 4 separate devices from different manufactures, giving AFrame a full telehealth monitoring kit, which was immediately incorporated into the company's worldwide product line.
- Helped design and develop improvements for AFrame's award winning CareStation web app.
Education
George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia
Bachelor of Science from Bioengineering
05.2015
University Overview
- Graduated summa cum laude
- Led a 3 person team to develop a prototype for a contactless method of measuring blood pressure variability.
- Created a metagenome assembly web application in PHP for use by wet-lab scientists.
- GPA: 3.9/4.0
Skills
- Front-end skills: HTML, CSS, TypeScript, React
- Full-stack tools: Nextjs, Astro, Node, Python, Express
- Web architecture
- Web and application servers
- Amazon web services
- Software best practices
- SEO optimization
- Google analytics
- Software development lifecycle
- Software development tools: JIRA, Confluence, GitHub
Personal Information
Personal Information
Title: Lead Front End Engineer & Architect (JavaScript/TypeScript/React)
Timeline
Chief Engineer
DevRox
11.2024 - Current
Senior Staff Engineer
Warner Bros. Discovery
04.2019 - 10.2024
Lead Web Developer
Red Antler
05.2017 - 04.2019
Web Developer
The Washington Post
05.2016 - 12.2016
Chief Technology Officer
LuxSynergy
03.2015 - 03.2020
Software Engineer
AFrame Digital
06.2012 - 10.2014
Web Developer
George Mason University
05.2012 - 05.2017
George Mason University
Bachelor of Science from Bioengineering
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