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Joe King

Back End Engineer
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About me

As a back-end software developer, my five years of experience in brokerage services and four years in hospitality have equipped me with valuable collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills. I have honed my ability to work in a team, effectively communicate complex ideas, and solve problems creatively. Leveraging these skills, I am committed to delivering high-quality, efficient software solutions that meet clients' needs. Let's connect and see how I can help you achieve your software development goals.

Preferred locations

  • Phoenix, AZ
Open to remote work

Previous industries

  • Financial Services
  • Hospitality

Skills

  • AR
  • Atom
  • Bootstrap
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • GraphQL
  • Heroku
  • PostgreSQL
  • Rails
  • RSpec
  • Ruby
  • SQL
  • Trello
  • Visual Studio

Currently learning

  • Java

Projects

Streamlined

Streamlined

Project scope time 300 hours
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Tools Used

  • Bootstrap
  • Continuous Integration
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Heroku
  • PostgreSQL
  • Rails
  • Ruby
  • User Authentication
  • Visual Studio

Web application developed using service oriented architecture with a team of 6 over a 10 day period. Developed back end repository to create API endpoints based on specifications presented by the front end team consuming both TMDB's and Watchmode's API. Implemented Bootstrap for cohesive styling throughout the front end repository.

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Viewing Party

Viewing Party

Project scope time 25 hours
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Tools Used

  • AR
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • PostgreSQL
  • Rails
  • RSpec
  • Ruby
  • Visual Studio

Viewing Party Lite is an application in which users can explore movie options and create a viewing party event for themselves and other users of the application. In this application I implemented authorization and authentication for the first time. Learning goals for this project include:

  • Implementing authorization/authentication
  • Consuming The Movie Database's API and organize using facade service pattern
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Little Esty Shop

Little Esty Shop

Project scope time hours
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Tools Used

  • AR
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Heroku
  • PostgreSQL
  • Rails
  • Ruby
  • SQL

E-commerce application with heavy use of ActiveRecord to analyze merchants' sales, items, and invoices. Using automated script migrates CSV files into PostgreSQL database.

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