Sydney Flak
Front End Developer
Seattle,WA
Summary
Hands-on Software Developer eager to collaborate with customers and product owners to find optimal solutions to complex front-end problems. Emphasis on testable, reusable components, good architecture patterns, and pixel-perfect CSS.
Overview
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
UI Software Developer
Splunk
San Jose, United States
04.2018 - Current
- Developed a method for light and dark theming, then implemented that method for a platform-wide re-branding.
- Established a system of CSS best practices which improved the organization for the large amount of SASS styles in the platform.
- Worked with product managers, designers, and a cross-functional team to develop a new feature that allows users to create sharable modules of python code which can be run as part of security automation playbooks.
- Introduced and educated the broader team on using Cypress for end-2-end testing which was broadly adopted. Using Cypress allowed tests to live closer to the code, and empowered developers to create their own end-2-end tests.
- Worked closely with product managers, designers, and a team of front end engineers to completely re-design the visual playbook editor, a critical feature of any SOAR platform. Key contributions included: researching and integrating a graph editing library, contributed to the design and re-factoring of the python code generation module, single-handedly replaced the global state management with a new architecture that significantly reduced re-renders, and greatly improved developer experience.
Education
Associate of Science - Computer Science
College of San Mateo
San Mateo, CA 08.2013 - 05.2016
Bachelor's - Computer Science
University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 08.2016 - 03.2018
Skills
Javascript
React
Typescript
Cypress
Git
Python
Patents
- Multi-prompt blocks for a visual playbook editor [US10846062B1] - Listed as an inventor
- Reusable Custom Functions for Playbooks [Patent Pending] - Listed as an inventor
Timeline
UI Software Developer
Splunk
04.2018 - Current
Bachelor's - Computer Science
University of California - Santa Cruz
08.2016 - 03.2018
Associate of Science - Computer Science
College of San Mateo
08.2013 - 05.2016