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Work Experience
Software Engineer 2017 – present
PayPal
- Led frontend development and integration testing of Visa Merchant Category Code collection from PayPal sellers.
- Developing in Node.js, React, Redux.
- Mentored intern, interviewed 20+ candidates, planned events for recent college grads, won 1st place in internal hackathon.
Software Engineering Intern Summer 2016
The New York Times
- Wrote a typographic headline balancer with binary search that runs on all NYTimes.com article pages.
- Increased CMS search speed 10x with Elasticsearch.
- Search frontend: reduced complexity, redesigned results display, implemented as-you-type feedback for queries.
hackNY Fellow, Software Engineering Intern Summer 2015
Wyng
- Accepted into hackNY Fellows mentorship program, learned from NYC founders and civic leaders.
- Created customizable UI components for campaign page builder.
- Developed full stack using React, Django, Flask, MongoDB.
Web Developer & Designer 2014 – 2017
UCLA Athletics
- Worked among several departments to prioritize, design, and create pages for major athletic events.
- Developed internal applications to improve workflow processes.
- Worked with website provider to coordinate full site redesign, created web style guide.
Managing Editor, Digital 2014 – 2015
Daily Bruin
- Taught and advised 80+ people in web development, videography, podcasting, and blogging at the university newspaper.
- Coordinated interdepartmental breaking news coverage and collaboration on feature stories.
Education
UCLA 2017
B.A., Linguistics and Computer Science
Technical Skills
JavaScript (ES 2015+), React, Node.js
Python, Django, Flask
HTML, CSS, Sass
C++
Git, Bash
User experience design
Projects
MailPDF.online mail a document in under 60 sec. UX design, React, ES6, Node.js.
typeemoji.com real-time emoji search with tags by relevance. React and ES6.
Stream Editor interactive Unix text manipulation commands online. Bash, Flask, React.
kikl.co shorten links with easy-to-remember URLs. Django, PostgreSQL.
Achievements & Extracurricular
Eagle Scout with Bronze Palm
Black belt in Kenpo
Yamaha Music School graduate
Student pilot, studying for private pilot
Experienced event planner
Videographer & video editor
More work experience at linkedin.com/in/liddiard.
More projects at harrisonliddiard.com.