Drake Costa

Experience:

• Software Engineer II @ Nike

  VanderHouwen

  Contract

  10/20 - Present

  Remote
  Online Retail

  Nodejs, React, Nextjs, Typescript, Babel, Rollup, ESLint, Jest, Open CLI Framework
  • Established and applied new code-quality standards using ESLint and Typescript through the creation of a shared configuration package.
  • Automated code-quality checks using Git hooks and deferred package versioning in CI.
  • Created a CLI tool providing a unified interface for dev tooling to combat dependency churn and begin to standardize how applications and libraries are built, linted, and unit tested.
  • Mentored colleagues in and migrated multiple internal core libraries to Typescript.
  • Served as a core contributor on a team responsible for shipping a new Nextjs powered micro-frontend application platform.
• Front-End Engineer

  CodeSandbox

  Contract

  05/19 - 03/20

  Remote
  Software Development Tools

  React, Typescript, Styled-Components, Reakit, Apollo, GraphQL
  • Responsible for front-end work on Custom Templates, enabling users to build and share their own reusable starter projects.
  • Built a 'crash handler' page, prototyped within CodeSandbox, providing users with a tool to file crash reports with pre-filled details. The dog-fooding process used to develop this feature is now used internally to quickly iterate on new UI features.
  • Established coding style guidelines and implemented them alongside a refactor of dozens of components to React Hooks / TypeScript. Would later oversee a call for open-source contributions through Hacktoberfest, resulting in 60+ submissions from multiple contributors.
• Full-Stack Engineer

  Freelance

  01/17 - 05/19

  Pleasanton, CA
  Open Source Software Development

  React, Vue, Apollo, GraphQL, AWS
  • Published multiple GraphQL example applications and libraries (see projects)
• Front-End Developer

  4-Tell

  Full-Time

  10/16 - 12/16

  Portland, OR
  eCommerce SaaS

  Aurelia, Redux, GraphQL
  • Developed a prototype application using the Aurelia Framework. Implemented a CI/CD pipeline deploying to Microsoft Azure and collaborated with the CTO on API design.
• Developer III

  Catalyst DevWorks

  Full-Time

  08/15 - 02/16

  Beaverton, OR
  Software Engineering Services

  Aurelia, Sass, Apache Velocity, Liferay
  • Responsible for front-end development of various UI components for Regence Blue-Cross and Asuris Health at Cambia Health Solutions
  • Overhauled Node.js / Grunt build process and project organization, optimizing Node package usage (from 6+ Gb down to ~250 Mb) and reducing automated build times in Jenkins (from over 1 hour down to ~15 minutes), enabling faster iteration and higher productivity
  • Mentored junior engineers in the use of Aurelia, component-based architectures, CSS Flexbox, and JavaScript best-practices
• Front-End Developer

  Sellpoints

  Contract

  12/14 – 05/15

  Emeryville, CA
  Online Marketing & Advertising

  HTML, CSS, jQuery
  • Coded a prototype front-end for an IBM Watson powered search results page for CES 2015, which helped to secure a $7.5 million Series C
  • Trained a dozen co-workers from sales and management to use an internally developed content management system, enabling the company to meet a huge deadline for a contract with Walmart, equivalent to a year’s worth of normal work in a period of three months
  • Automated a set of common and repetitive tasks for the production team via a JavaScript browser extension, saving hours of work daily