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Jordan Ranz

Software Engineer

Experience

Amazon Web Services

Software Development Engineer

Member of the Payments Console team • Built and designed the ability for AWS customers to add and pay with ACH Direct Debit bank accounts • Helped lead an application migration from Angular 1.3 to React

Porch

Full-stack Software Engineer

Built and owned several products including the Home Timeline and Porch Property Widget featured on hundreds of real estate websites gaining millions of page views • Owned the internal sales tool map used for selling zip codes to thousands of professionals • Extensively used various web technologies such as React, Node, and Fluxible

Decibel Festival

Technology Director

Guided the redesign of the Decibel Festival website with a small team of designers and developers • Managed content and assets for Decibel Festival iPhone and Android app

Amazon

Software Engineer Intern

Amazon Mobile Shopping team • Developed an iOS prototype application focused on image processing • Utilized open source technologies for optimal character recognition and computer vision

Western Washington University

Full-stack Web Developer

Owned and maintained the WWU Financial Aid, Student Employment Center, and Scholarship Center websites • Designed and developed new functionality for thousands of WWU students • Built internal tools for WWU staff

SPIE

Software Engineer Intern

Worked with a team of 5 to build and develop a new web application for SPIE’s scientific publications • Gained a variety of applicable web development skills using an MVC framework and ASP.NET

Projects

  • dotdotflow IoT LED props
  • Decibel Festival website
  • Designed and built a React/React Native app for discovering popular events in Seattle
  • Created an Android application where users can easily find restaurant menu items and hours
  • Developed a multiplayer Blackjack server in Python with the socket library

Skills

Java, JavaScript, ES6, React, React Native, Node.js, npm, Flux, HTML 5, CSS, JSHint, Eslint, Mocha, Sass, Less, jQuery, Underscore, Mustache, Handlebars, Backbone, Webpack, RequireJS, Git, OS X, Ubuntu, Windows, Vim, Sublime Text

Education

Western Washington University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

-Minor in Business Administration
-Web Programmer Certification