Nick Pierson

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ABOUT ME

Full Stack Web Developer

I have a quite diverse technology background ranging from building Android applications, to building primarily back-end APIs in Scala or Java, to building full-stack web applications using Node, Express, and React, and I have even taken on a few front-end only projects heavily using HTML and CSS to build lightweight, high-performance, beautiful websites.

I tend to wear many hats and have side projects which I own from top-to-bottom including infrastructure and hosting.

More personally, I am interested in bicycling, gaming, and doing "social good".

I aspire to be an incredibly patient teacher. How do you want to be mentored?

English

Central Time (US & Canada) (-06:00)

Joined December 2017

EXPERTISE

HTML/CSS

2 years experience

I have been heavily focused on becoming more comfortable in the front-end web developer role over the last year while working for myself ...

I have been heavily focused on becoming more comfortable in the front-end web developer role over the last year while working for myself and local startups. I have built landing pages, Shopify Themes, and internal web applications for local startups in Saint Louis. I have launched several of my own side-project web applications, such as Sound of Text which now has 20k daily users. I have spent time designing websites such as my own portfolio and a photography portfolio website for my cousin.

JavaScript

2 years experience

I have worked extensively with JavaScript and NodeJS while building web applications for myself and for local startups in Saint Louis. I ...

I have worked extensively with JavaScript and NodeJS while building web applications for myself and for local startups in Saint Louis. I have built everything from light animations and scroll effects, to single-page fat-client web applications, to full-stack Node + React websites. An example of something I have released is my own site Sound of Text (https://soundoftext.com). It currently serves 20k daily users and is built on NodeJS, Express, and React.

Es6 Express.js jQuery

Es6 Express.js jQuery Node.js npm Yarn React

Node.js

2 years experience

I have built many server-side APIs using NodeJS and Express. I have worked on Enterprise projects as well as my own side projects in Node...

I have built many server-side APIs using NodeJS and Express. I have worked on Enterprise projects as well as my own side projects in NodeJS. I would love to help with yours.

Es6 Express.js Yarn

Es6 Express.js Yarn npm

Scala

1 year experience

I have worked with Scala for a duration of 10 months while working at my last employer, Asynchrony Labs. We built a back-end API and mess...

I have worked with Scala for a duration of 10 months while working at my last employer, Asynchrony Labs. We built a back-end API and messaging queue system to handle client data for a particularly large client of Asynchrony's. I am familiar with writing APIs backed by Scala and I would love to help you build one yourself or get started in any degree with Scala or functional programming.

Play Framework

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SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

soundoftext

Download audio from Google Translate using a web interface.

Haskell

soundoftext-php

Hear the text you want, in any language. Audio generated by Google Translate.

HTML

Stack Overflow

123 Reputation

Community Posts

Wargames Intro

Linux, Wargames, the hacker community.

EMPLOYMENTS

Full-Stack Web Developer

Self-Employed

2017-03-01-Present

Scaled a personal web application to 20,000 daily users. Partnered with local startups to fulfill their custom web development needs. Man...

Scaled a personal web application to 20,000 daily users. Partnered with local startups to fulfill their custom web development needs. Managed personal time and business finances to run a sustainable business.

HTML/CSS

Node.js

React

HTML/CSS

Node.js

React

Express.js

Software Engineer

Asynchrony Labs / WWT

2015-08-01-2017-02-01

Built a Master Data Management solution using Scala, Play, Kafka, and Neo4j. Worked with Agile teams practicing TDD, pair programming, an...

Built a Master Data Management solution using Scala, Play, Kafka, and Neo4j. Worked with Agile teams practicing TDD, pair programming, and kanban.

Java

Scala

Node.js

Java

Scala

Node.js

Angular

Play Framework

PROJECTS

Sound of TextView Project

2017

A modern, responsive web application which lets users download text-to-speech audio snippets in many different languages. Used by languag...

A modern, responsive web application which lets users download text-to-speech audio snippets in many different languages. Used by language learners around the world — attracting 20,000 visitors per day. Uses the Google Translate API.

Node.js

React

Express.js

Node.js

React

Express.js

Bloxels - EDUView Project

Pixel Press

2017

An informative landing page that showcases the Bloxels game and encourages teachers to buy the bloxels product. This is probably the mos...

An informative landing page that showcases the Bloxels game and encourages teachers to buy the bloxels product. This is probably the most complex mostly-static web page I have ever built.

HTML/CSS

Backbone.js

HTML/CSS

Backbone.js