Ross is available for hire

Ross Esmond

Verified Expert in Engineering

Full-stack Developer

Location

Burleson, TX, United States

Toptal Member Since

June 4, 2022

Ross is a passionate full-stack developer who has harbored a passion for software from a young age. With strong communication skills and deep knowledge of web development, he has served as a lead developer at both large corporations and garage startups. Ross always strives to deliver clean, accessible, intuitive, maintainable, well-tested, and well-documented software.

Front-end User Interface (UI)Web Development Full-stack Full-stack Development CSS Git Web Architecture Agile JavaScript JSX React C#TypeScript React Redux ANTLR ImageMagick

Portfolio

Ameriprise Financial

React, JavaScript, Redux, Continuous Integration (CI), DevOps, CSS, Front-end...

Applicadia

JavaScript, C#, Continuous Integration (CI), .NET, DevOps, CSS, Front-end, HTML...

Experience

JavaScript - 8 years HTML5 - 8 years React - 6 years Technical Writing - 5 years C# - 5 years ASP.NET - 5 years Vue 2 - 3 years PostgreSQL - 1 year

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

React, Svelte, C#, ASP.NET, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Clojure, ClojureScript, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Firebase

The most amazing...

...accomplishment of mine was leading a project that was behind schedule, under-tested, and under-staffed to launch on time and with complete code coverage.

Work Experience

Lead Developer

2017 - 2020

Ameriprise Financial

Led the web access management team in charge of building the login component, multi-factor authentication modal, and registration page.
Designed a new and more-formulaic unit testing approach, transitioned the team to the React Testing Library, and managed the process of testing the backlog of components to go from 20% coverage to 80% coverage before launch.
Onboarded two new developers to the team, training them on our process and ensuring they could understand their role and our tech stack.
Redesigned our approach to constructing React applications without Redux, focusing on simplicity, efficiency, and ease of testing.
Refactored and rewrote the multi-factor authentication modal for accessibility and usability.
Reviewed mockups for accessibility and ease of construction and worked with our designer to fix issues before they were passed on to later stages of development.
Spearheaded the core components project, where scrum teams were encouraged to contribute with reusable components to a core, shared library.
Contributed to company-wide DevOps by reworking our merge and release process, writing scripts to automate important jobs, and providing insights on the monorepo transition.

Technologies: React, JavaScript, Redux, Continuous Integration (CI), DevOps, CSS, Front-end, HTML, TypeScript, Front-end Development, Finance, Cypress, Web Accessibility, Test-driven Development (TDD), Git, Redux Thunk, Automated Testing, User Interface (UI), UI Animation, User Experience (UX), React Redux, Architecture, Software Design, Legacy Code, Legacy Software, Integration, API Integration, Web Development, Full-stack, Web Architecture, Authentication, Web UI, Design, Agile, Technical Leadership, Full-stack Development, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), REST APIs, Vue, JSX

Lead Applications Developer

2011 - 2017

Applicadia

Onboarded and mentored junior developers during their first job after taking part in an associate's program.
Managed a cross-platform team of dedicated desktop, web, Android, and iOS developers.
Developed a JavaScript library to serve as a novel layout and animation platform for visualizing ontological graphs of medical knowledge.
Used the Roslyn open-source C# compiler to generate code that captured knowledge in medical informatics datasets such as CQL, Snomed, and ICD-10.
Wrote our C#, ASP.NET RESTful server to be secure and robust.
Designed and audited pages for usability and accessibility.

Technologies: JavaScript, C#, Continuous Integration (CI), .NET, DevOps, CSS, Front-end, HTML, Node.js, SQL, Front-end Development, Cypress, Web Accessibility, jQuery, Parsers, Git, Automated Testing, User Interface (UI), UI Animation, User Experience (UX), Architecture, Software Design, Legacy Code, Legacy Software, APIs, Integration, API Integration, Healthcare, ASP.NET Core, Web Development, Full-stack, Databases, Web Architecture, Authentication, .NET Core, Web UI, Design, Agile, Technical Leadership, Full-stack Development, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), REST APIs, Vue, Canvas, JSX

Experience

Spaced Math

Spaced Math was my senior thesis for Latin Honors at the University of Minnesota. It was an anthropomorphic algebra system written in ClojureScript which could compute the derivatives of Calculus 1 problems and display the steps to solve them.

Personal Website and Tools

http://rossesmond.com

I set up a personal wiki using Wiki.js, PostgreSQL, and AWS. The wiki backs up to git, which is built in AWS CodePipeline and deployed to an AWS S3 site. The site is built on Svelte and operates using continuous deployment. The build also processes my hand-drawn diagrams using ImageMagick to remove the grid background, crop the diagram, add transparency, and rerender at a higher scale.

Student-Run Discord Bot

During the pandemic and while attending the University of Minnesota, I built a discord bot over the weekend to help manage a mathematics discord of a few hundred students. The bot now runs perpetually on AWS and operates a dozen servers for thousands of students.

Skills

Languages

C#, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, TypeScript, Clojure, HTML5, SQL, Go, Python

Frameworks

Redux, ASP.NET, ClojureScript, Jest, Cypress, OAuth 2, .NET, ASP.NET Core, .NET Core, Svelte, Next.js

Libraries/APIs

React, React Redux, Vue 2, Backbone.js, jQuery, Node.js, ImageMagick, REST APIs, Vue

Tools

Git, Redux Thunk, JSX, ANTLR, Sequelize, Canvas, Let's Encrypt, Amazon CloudFront CDN, CircleCI

Paradigms

Web Architecture, Agile, Continuous Integration (CI), DevOps, Automated Testing, Test-driven Development (TDD), Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Other

Web Accessibility, Parsers, Front-end, Front-end Development, User Interface (UI), Software Design, Legacy Code, Legacy Software, APIs, Web Development, Full-stack, Web UI, Technical Leadership, Full-stack Development, Technical Writing, AWS DevOps, Drag & Drop, Large-scale Projects, UI Animation, User Experience (UX), Architecture, Integration, API Integration, Authentication, AWS CodePipeline, Discord Bots, Constraint Programming (CP), Wiki.js, Amazon RDS, Finance, Chatbots, Live Chat, Design

Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Firebase, Amazon EC2, Docker

Storage

Databases, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Amazon Aurora, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)

Industry Expertise

Healthcare

Education

2019 - 2022

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics

University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN, USA

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