Raya Shymkiw

Full-stack web developer

8265 Roberts Drive | White Lake, Michigan 48383

248.881.1302 | ben@t.apio.ca

Philosophy

Test-driven development
Component-based design
Progressive iteration

Tools

Ruby
- Rails
- Sinatra
- Rack
- Thor
- Sidekiq/Resque
Javascript
- Node/Express
- Vue
- React
- Angular
- jQuery
Data Stores
- Postgresql
- MySQL
- Redis
- MongoDB
- CouchDB
CSS
- Sass
- Less
- Bootstrap
- Foundation
- Flexbox
- Grid
Media Generation/Manipulation
- ImageMagick
- FFmpeg
- HTML Canvas
- Web Audio API
- Sonic PI
- Processing

Experience

Web Developer

Freelance

2007 — Current

Designed, built, and supported innovative experiential marketing apps for brands like Bass Pro Shops, Royal Bank of Canada, MINI Canada, and Global News. Worked with Paypal to provide their partners with improved documentation. Provided advice, design, and engineering services to numerous startups and small businesses.

Software Engineer

Reach Local, Inc.

2014 — 2015

Delivered cloud-based business-to-business software used by thousands of small- to medium-sized companies.

Web Developer

CrankApps, Inc.

2009 — 2013

Provided design and development services to startups in industries such as travel, marketing, SEO, and recruiting. Vetted, hired, and trained junior developers. Regularly facilitated code reviews. Built and maintained continuous-integration systems.

Director of Technology

AthletesVideo

2006 — 2009

Built and maintained an interactive platform for golf tournament participants. The signature feature allowed people to compare their swing to that of PGA and LPGA professionals, as well as non-athlete celebraties.

Education

York University

2005 — 2006

Oakland Community College

1996 — 2002

Wayne State University

1998 — 1999

Hobbies

Long-distance hiking
Skiing (backcountry and inbounds)
Cooking
Urban exploration