Michael Getz

Senior Software Engineer

Ecentria group•  September 2022 - January 2023

I served as the senior front-end developer for a marketplace platform catering to Rifle & Shooting guns enthusiasts. My contributions included: • Developing high-quality, responsive React components utilizing Hooks and Redux for state management. • Implemented dynamic web forms, event handling, and routing to optimize the user experience and drive engagement. • Integrated Braintree payment gateway to streamline transactions and implemented efficient RESTful web services for handling large data transfers. • Collaborated effectively with cross-functional and Scrum teams to ensure project milestones were met within tight deadlines. This included participation in daily Scrum calls, Git version control, task management on Jira, and communications via MS Teams. • Successfully overhauled the obsolete legacy source code of the production application, resulting in an improved user experience by 20% and a 10% increase in overall user engagement. Through my experience with React JS and web development best practices, I have developed expertise in designing efficient, scalable, and user-friendly applications. I am excited to bring this knowledge and passion to future projects and teams.

Senior Software Engineer

SpoHealth•  June 2017 - August 2022

As a senior front-end developer, I played a key role in the development of a telehealth service app, leveraging a variety of skills including React.js, Node.js, JavaScript, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Some highlights of my contributions include: • Collaborated with cross-functional teams in an agile environment, serving as a solution architect to design and build a clinical dashboard that integrated real-time data from multiple sources and streamlined workflows. • Developed responsive web pages and dashboards with interactive charts, graphs, and tables using ReactJS, Typescript, GraphQL, Material UI, and D3.js, ensuring optimal user experience across devices and browsers. • Implemented React Hooks to improve code maintainability and reduce the risk of backward compatibility issues, resulting in faster front-end rebuilds and increased developer productivity. • Contributed to team meetings by sharing ideas and suggestions for improving the application's design, functionality, and performance, and providing regular updates on progress and timelines. • Mentored and coached junior front-end developers, providing guidance on best practices, coding standards, and code reviews to ensure high-quality code and adherence to project requirements. • Designed and developed patient and clinician applications using React, Node.js, Redux, React-Hooks, Bootstrap, Typescript, and ES6, and incorporated Jest and RTL testing frameworks to ensure code quality and functionality. • Collaborated with product managers to translate business requirements and user feedback into user-centric design strategies, and incorporated Agile principles to ensure continuous improvement and rapid iteration. • Led the migration of the application into a Microservice architecture using Amazon Web Service, resulting in improved scalability, performance, and reliability. • Developed and maintained Restful API endpoints using Node.js and Express for data retrieval, validation, and manipulation, ensuring data consistency and security. • Improved user interaction and design versatility by introducing new tools and features to product managers, resulting in a 30% increase in product performance and user satisfaction. Overall, I played an instrumental role in developing a telehealth service app that enabled healthcare professionals to provide remote care to patients, making healthcare more accessible and convenient for all.

Software Engineer

KR Soft•  September 2015 - April 2017

As a front-end developer in this role, I achieved the following: • Implemented best practices in HTML and CSS to develop a static site based on a static image of a website design. • Developed multiple dynamic, browser-compatible pages using HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript with a 95+% accuracy rate. • Increased web accessibility and optimized browser performance to ensure the application was user-friendly and satisfying to use, even when rendering large quantities of data. • Brainstormed, designed, built, and supported intuitive and user-friendly mobile applications and web applications. These applications connected hospitals, ride service providers, and patients to get patients to and from their appointments in a painless and efficient manner. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to analyze, design, and implement new features and enhancements, regularly providing updates on deadlines, designs, and progress. • Optimized application performance and maintained code quality by conducting thorough testing and troubleshooting of issues.

Hanyang University

Computer Science, BS•  September 2011 - March 2015

• Major in Computer Science with Minors in Mathematics and Psychology • Studied software engineering, algorithms, computer architecture, artificial intelligence, operating systems, and database systems • Completed hands-on projects, including developing and deploying web applications, designing and implementing database systems, and developing algorithms for data analysis • Participated in various extracurricular activities, including coding competitions and hackathons, and served as a mentor for fellow students in computer science courses