Erick Merchant
Objective
Experienced software engineer specializing in front-end web development seeks senior role using the web platform to make performant and accessible web sites/applications.
Employment History
Senior Software Engineer
Oct 2021 — Mar 2024WorkStep, San Francisco, CA- Worked with Python and React to add features to their product
- Established conventions for better more maintainable CSS
- Improved build process by adopting SWC
- Mentored junior developers in all things JavaScript/Typescript
Senior Software Engineer
Aug 2019 — Oct 2021Brightspot, Reston, VA- Developed HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for client websites with a focus on accessibility and performance
- Coded reusable web components
Senior Developer
May 2012 — Jul 2019Adpearance, Portland, OR- Created the editor for their CMS using Vue
- Acted as the lead front-end developer for the team that built the CMS and websites with it
- Drove the adoption of tools such as git, Sass, and gulp, and established conventions for using them
- Lead designers and other developers in all things JavaScript (jQuery, gulp, Vue, etc)
- Wrote web-scrapers using Puppeteer to populate client sites with their content, and to migrate them from one system to another
- Developed responsive websites using ExpressionEngine
Developer
Jun 2006 — May 2012NetBiz, Inc., Tualatin, OR- Used PHP and MySQL to develop features for our CMS
- Worked with the Squarespace platform to build sites
- Wrote JavaScript to make interactive elements for client sites
- Developed cross-browser templates based on PSD designs
Education
A.A.S., Web Design
May 2006Tompkins-Cortland Community College, Dryden, NY- Graduated with a 4.0 GPA
- Learned design, digital photography, web development, HTML and CSS, and programming in C++, JavaScript, and PHP
B.A., Anthropology
May 2002University at Albany, Albany, NY- Learned about linguistics, human evolution, archaeology, and cultural anthropology