Jared Cottone
Thank you for visiting my interactive resume and portfolio. Over the years I've refined and expanded my skill set in many technologies, coding languages, frameworks and libraries which supported delivering competitive and compelling websites or applications. My creative background enhances execution on front end code and UI/UX work I perform. With the technology and creative skills combined, I feel my eclectic experience is comprehensive for a full beginning to end site and application development.
Website and application planning is important for any scale project. Proper planning from wireframes, flowcharts, styleguides, and architectural processes will result in successful applications and websites.
More than just a web developer, my experience in software engineering will prove vital in any enterprise level team. The ability to efficiently debug and unit test code for better reliability.
Understanding the marketing and search engine optimization aspect of a project allows me to integrate such into the planning and development stages. Tools used like HubSpot, ExactTarget and Sales Force along with SEO tools like the MOZ and Google Webmaster can deliver impressive results.
The following languages, frameworks, or libraries are my current focal points in building my skill set
React
With previous experience in JavaScript (ES6+) I found React JS to fit in my skill set well. Hands-on learning through enterprise level marketing software engineering.
Node
Although I still work traditionally with Linux systems to host sites and applications, Node environments are ideal along with NPM for rapid development solutions.
Salesforce
My current role as a software engineer developing software for our Salesforce application enabled me to work with proprietary technologies like Lightning Web Components & Apex
AWS
In working with AWS solutions and services, I've firsthand found how robust solutions like Lambda, Cloudfront, GraphQL/AppSync integrate into our projects.
Most recent roles
The following summaries are roles I've held while living in Denver and Phoenix.
MARCH, 2019 - PRESENT
Front End engineer specializing in front end technologies for Salesforce integration. Lightning Web Component, Aura, Apex combined with the latest JavaScript standards for web component technology.
APRIL, 2018 - MARCH, 2019
Full stack developer with experience in Node.js, React, and AWS services including AppSync, Dynamo DB, Lambda and more. Hands on experience with GraphQL and other data shaping technologies. CMS & API RESTful integration.
MARCH, 2011 - APRIL, 2018
Senior front end developer focused on the latest in Javascript frameworks & libraries along with many other languages. Enterprise level coding with GIT, Agile, Jira and more. PHP and LAMP projects included
2009 - MARCH, 2011
Design, development, and project management. Coding technologies included HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, MySQL, and more. In depth Adobe CS experience for design and planning. Hosting management for clients. Managed development teams for larger projects.
— Skills, Technologies, Frameworks —
FEATURED Skills
Below are the top most popular skills used in current or recent projects. There are many more not listed and many facets of web development where my experience would apply.
My primary forte in software and web development is in the FrontEnd realm. My focus is on the popular or necessary frameworks depending on my role. Currently that entails Lightning Web Components (Salesforce version of Angular or React). Other projects and positions I've held called for React or more traditional front end work. Most of the libraries and frameworks I've worked with were ES6+ syntax or TypeScript.
Other technologies and services to support my frontend skills range from AWS data services or APIs along with PHP and other traditional LAMP solutions. To be able to work with the popular JavaScript frameworks and libraries I needed to embrace NodeJS. This is necessary specifically for Unit Testing (Jest) and other Node modules for software engineer roles.
I've worked and integrated with multiple CMS and CRM platforms. Salesforce, Contentful, and WordPress are of late and other open source CMS like Concrete5 in the past. Salesforce I've worked with front and backend custom development.
In most software roles, some type of CI/CD integration and experience is expected. Multiple roles I've held employed different flavors of integration. Some with online solutions like CircleCI whereas others utilized pipeline integrations with Gitlab.
Understanding online marketing helps with my development. SEO and many marketing and development tools. Google Tag Manager and many more integrations help with marketing (and other development functions). Optimizing a site knowing the code and page efficiency will play a big role in SEO.
Before my engineer days, I held design roles in which I was able to design websites, branding, and print assets. Strong Adobe Suite experience and even some 3D animation. My design experience has played a large role in my UI/UX development. Using tools like Zeplin.io and other applications to deliver my page mockups allows for a full perspective on web development.
