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My name is Jon Wong and I am a former high school mathematics teacher turned full-stack software engineer. Feel free to check out my resume and portfolio and let me know if there is anything I can do for you.

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Here's Some Data On Me

  • name:Jon Wong
  • github:SpiffyUrsa
  • phone:510-936-3617
  • email:jon.a.wong@gmail.com
  • interests:International Adventures / Tennis / Board and Video Gaming / Gourmet Hunting

What I Can Do

  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Redux
  • AJAX
  • jQuery
  • HTML/CSS
  • Jest
  • Python
  • Flask
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLAlchemy
  • REST APIs

Experience

What I've been up to recently.

Livestack

San Francisco, CA
Software Engineer Intern
Sept 2020 - Oct 2020
  • Designed and implemented the full stack creation of a feature allowing event creators on Livestack, a crowdfund livestreaming event platform, to draft and send email to all of their event attendees directly from their user dashboard by using React, Express.js, and SendGrid.
  • Engineered a feature on the frontend allowing event creators to see future possible event dates in real time when creating a recurring event and customizing the event’s recurrence by using React and Moment.js.
  • Improved and updated the database seed file to include a larger set of seed data and to work with the most current database by using PostgreSQL and Node.js. Wrote unit tests to ensure database data seeded correctly by using Jest.
  • Overhauled and improved the Readme for Livestack. Edited and added documentation allowing for a faster and more efficient onboarding process for future Livestack developers.

Rithm School

San Francisco, CA
Software Engineer Student
July 2020 - Oct 2020
  • Learned Full Stack Web Development and created a plethora of different web applications using React, Redux, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML/CSS, Node.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Python, and Flask.
  • Collaborated with other students in a pair programming setting to build applications, debug issues, and write tests.
  • Developed the ability to work with and create RESTful APIs.
  • Gained experience working in an Agile workflow environment over the course of many sprints.

Fremont Unified School District

Fremont, CA
High School Math Teacher
Feb 2018 - June 2020
  • Effectively communicated ideas and concepts clearly through lectures to over 160 students daily.
  • Instilled a love for math in students who had extreme dislike of school and math through patience, understanding, and interpersonal relationship building.
  • Attended weekly professional development meetings in pursuit of continuous learning to refine teaching practice and curriculum development.
  • Remedial level math class outperformed all other remedial math classes taught by other teachers by an average of 34% mastery as measured by the district high school mathematics benchmark test.

Portfolio

Here are some of the projects I have been working on.

livestack

Livestack

A crowdfund livestreaming platform. Designed and implemented a couple of features for the platform that were pushed to production. Used React, Express.js, SendGrid, and Moment.js.

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career-connection

Career Connection

A job application site built using React on the frontend. Backend is built with Express.js and PostgreSQL.

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warbler

Warbler

A Twitter clone built using Python, Flask, and PostgreSQL

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microblog

Microblog

A blog site built using React, Redux, Express.js, and PostgreSQL

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timer

Productivity Timer

A productivity timer using the pomodoro technique to enhance your time management. Built using React.

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super-matching-bros

Super Matching Bros

A character matching memory game with Super Smash Bros characters! How good is your memory? Built using jQuery, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and game characters and sounds.

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Services

What I can bring to the table

Front End Development

I have a strong understanding of a plethora of frontend frameworks, libraries, and languages including JavaScript, React, Redux, jQuery, and many others. I can make your application perform efficiently and look amazing to boot.

Back End Development

I have industry and personal experience in backend development. Using backend languages, libraries, and frameworks including Python, Flask, Express.js, and many others, I have implemented database integration and created RESTful APIs.

Agile Software Development

I have experience working in agile development teams. I have worked on a large amount of apps, projects, and issues in a pair programming setting while following a git team workflow.

Let's Chat

How do you like your coffee?