Paul Soteropulos
Mandeville,LA
Summary
Meticulous Full Stack Developer with an affinity and zeal for solving problems and implementing creative solutions. Quick and absorbent learner who thrives on challenges that prompt growth and deeper understanding.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Full Stack Software Engineer
Sojourn Creations (Startup)
Remote
05.2023 - Current
- Developed front-end components, advanced state management solutions, authentication, authorization, and API interactions.
- Integrated third party OpenAI API in to NextJS React frontend, NodeJS socket server, and Django backend to actualize chatbot functionality.
- Engineered complex socket server algorithms and functionality for front-end peer to peer interactions.
- Implemented containerized application interfacing protocols for NextJS React frontend, NodeJS socket server, Django API backend, and PostGRES database.
- Deployed application using Amazon Web Services cloud based services, and configured all necessary web servers and domain services.
- Leveraged Agile methodologies to move development lifecycle rapidly through initial prototyping to quality testing and final implementation.
Lead Full Stack Developer
Salish Marine Charters
Remote
04.2023 - Current
- Managed, designed, and implemented the full stack development process from requirement gathering to deployment.
- Communicated issues and concerns to management and offered comprehensive solutions.
- Gathered and translated requirements into product stories and actionable tasks.
- Translated concepts into user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes to promote intuitive designs, user experiences, API efficiency, and data integrity.
- Created and implemented encryption, authorization, authentication strategies.
Developer/Instruction Team
Coding Dojo (Colorado Technical University)
Remote
04.2023 - 01.2024
- Developed full stack web applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C#, Python, and a variety of frameworks and libraries.
- Continuously learned and researched new languages, code paradigms, concepts, and technologies.
- Collaborated with curriculum team for content and platform corrections and improvements.
- Led office hours and debugging sessions for students and peers alike.
- Meticulously reviewed student assignments to check for comprehension, bugs, plagiarism, and completion.
- Effectively communicated and explained both simple and complex code concepts.
- Maintained a 98% confidence and recommendation rate from students, and a 100% satisfaction rate from instructor feedback surveys.
Education
Web Development Bootcamp (Instruction Team)
Coding Dojo (Colorado Technical University)
Colorado Springs, COWeb Development Bootcamp (Student)
Coding Dojo (Colorado Technical University)
Colorado Springs, CO01-2023
Some College (No Degree) - Mechanical Engineering
University of Louisiana At Lafayette
Lafayette, LAHigh School Diploma -
Fontainebleau High School
Mandeville, LA01-2004
Skills
- Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, C#, HTML5, CSS3, SQL
- Frameworks and Libraries: React, NextJS, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, ASPNET, Entity, Django, Flask, Express, Mongoose, Redux, Axios, React-router-dom, TailwindCSS, Bootstrap, Socketio, JSON Web Token, and more
- Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite
- Tools: Visual Studio Code, VIM, IntelliJ, Eclipse/Spring Tool Suite, Rider, Visual Studio, OpenAI, Docker, npm, vite, pip, dotnet, JDK, Apache, Maven, AWS, PostMan, MySQL Workbench, MongoDB Atlas and Compass, pgAdmin4, Git, GitHub, GitBash, Jinja2, jQuery, bcrypt, AJAX, REST API, Balsamiq, Whimsical, CertBot/SSL, Google DNS, nginx, pm2, Jira, Kanban, Slack, Discord
- Key Competencies and Functional Skills Communication based leadership and teamwork, Adaptability, Focus, Highly detail oriented, Managerial experience
Technical Projects
Aisop
https://aisop.io (v1.0) | Full Stack Engineer- API, Algorithm, DevOps, and Frontend Specialist | 2023
Feature rich Text Adventure game collaboration with Sojourn Creations teammates. App uses custom tailored OpenAI API as a Dungeon Master. Version 1 is built with a React frontend, Python Flask backend, utilizes JWT authentication, MySQL database, and is deployed via AWS. Version 2 is in development and utilizes a NextJS React frontend, Python Django backend, NodeJS socket server, Redux, and a PostGRES database.
moodRING
https://moodring.net | Creator, Designer, and Developer | http://github.com/PSoteropulos/moodRING | 2022
Music based, social media-lite experience built with the MERN stack, utilizing Spotify Web API, Spotify Embed API, and Bootstrap.
Algo a day
Software Engineer | https://github.com/PSoteropulos/AlgoPractice | 2023
Did at least one algo every day (mostly in both JavaScript and Python) in 2023.
CookBook
https://cookbookapp.net | Lead Backend Engineer, DevOps, and Debug Specialist | http://github.com/CookBook-Group-Project/CookBook | 2022
Recipe collection app collaboration built with MERN stack.
Non-Tech Professional Experience
Detailed, extended, non-tech work experience available upon request. Includes management, logistics, customer relations, data entry, blue collar, and medical field roles in multiple industries. Focus has always been on precision, quality, and results.
References and Recommendations
References available upon request.
Timeline
Full Stack Software Engineer
Sojourn Creations (Startup)
05.2023 - Current
Lead Full Stack Developer
Salish Marine Charters
04.2023 - Current
Developer/Instruction Team
Coding Dojo (Colorado Technical University)
04.2023 - 01.2024
Web Development Bootcamp (Instruction Team)
Coding Dojo (Colorado Technical University)
Web Development Bootcamp (Student)
Coding Dojo (Colorado Technical University)
Some College (No Degree) - Mechanical Engineering
University of Louisiana At Lafayette
High School Diploma -
Fontainebleau High School
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