Aarti Patel Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

• Continued to work closely with BMW clients and program managers to gather technical requirements and oversee/support, validate, and design solutions following software development best practices and design patterns.• Mentored Technology Leads and Senior Developers by providing guidance and support to enhance their technical skills and career development.• Manage project operations including ticket creation, defining estimates, documentation of solution design, knowledge documentation and validating the solution with stakeholders• Develop and improve onboarding curriculum for new team members• Continued knowledge awareness around Adobe Experience Manager CMS.• Assist the team in scheduling and executing production code deployments, ensuring smooth and efficient release cycles.• Play an active role in recruiting efforts, sourcing and evaluating candidates for technology lead and senior developer positions.• Cultivate a collaborative and supportive environment through effective communication channels, such as Slack and video calls, bridging the gap for team members working remotely in Germany, Costa Rica, Canada, and various locations throughout the US.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

• Successfully managed a team of 4-5 developers, ranging from junior to senior level, encompassing front-end and back-end expertise.• Directly supervised three developers, providing guidance and support to enhance their technical skills and career development.• Collaborate closely with Project Delivery, Creative, QA, DevOps, and other Tech team members to drive project completion and ensure adherence to deadlines.• Developed a comprehensive framework for gathering requirements, estimating effort, and collaborating with cross-functional disciplines, ensuring consistency across work streams and enhancing project delivery and client satisfaction.• Spearhead projects focused on enhancing SEO and user interaction by updating and redesigning vehicle product detail pages and creating new components for seamless vehicle "shopping" experiences.• Facilitate the intake process and streamline work backlog prioritization, ensuring that features with the highest user value are delivered first, aligning with overall project goals.• Establish and maintain a design system and streamlined design process, collaborating closely with the Creative team to ensure smooth handoff and minimize friction points.• Occasionally dive into coding to develop proof of concepts and validate ideas, contributing to the technical implementation on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)• Assist the team in scheduling and executing production code deployments, ensuring smooth and efficient release cycles.• Play an active role in recruiting efforts, sourcing and evaluating candidates for senior, mid-level, and junior developer positions, as well as internships.• Cultivate a collaborative and supportive environment through effective communication channels, such as Slack and video calls, bridging the gap for team members working remotely in Costa Rica, Canada, and various locations throughout the US.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

• Worked on a large-scale team consisting of frontend and backend developers, digital producers, designers, and project managers. Collaborated with remote team members located across the US, Calgary, CA, and Costa Rica.• Contributed to BMW client projects, focusing on web performance enhancements, AEM component enhancements, communication vehicle product detail pages, and the redesign of the Build Your Own feature.• Utilized ES6 JavaScript, Vue.js, Vuex, Vue Router, and Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) to develop well-documented, clean, modular, and progressively enhanced code.• Created detailed JIRA tickets, outlining the scope of work and high-level test cases to be achieved for each ticket.• Wrote and maintained comprehensive component documentation on Confluence, ensuring clear understanding and knowledge sharing within the development team.• Played an active role in the recruitment process, assisting in screening resumes and conducting phone and in-person interviews for interns and senior front-end developers.• Mentored a summer developer intern during a 12-week program, creating a bi-weekly learning plan, setting goals, and conducting regular one-on-one meetings to support their growth and development.• Oversaw ideations for a creative tech installation for Rihanna's Clara Lionel Foundation Diamond Ball, showcasing innovation and purpose-driven work.• Presented at monthly tech meetings, sharing insights and knowledge with the entire developer team on topics such as Vue.js, frontend productivity using Zeplin, and design systems.• Assisted in planning office events, including International Women's Day, and organized fundraising efforts for charities. Established an in-office pop-up shop featuring women-made items, raising over $250 for Girls Who Code.• Attended industry conferences and events, including Girlboss Rally | Women's Empowerment Conf 2018, Vue.js meetups, GenerateConf 2019, Vue.js London Community Conference 2019, and Smashing Conf 2019.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Client work included Lincoln Motor Company, Mercedes-Benz (US/Canada), and Freightliner• Worked in an agile environment on a large scale team along with other developers (FE/BE), functional analysts, designers, user experience, quality analysts, and project manager• Used custom JS, ES6 JS, ReactJS, Handlebars, LESS, SASS, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) to produce well documented, clean/modular, and progressively enhanced code• Developed complex user interfaces according to designs and specifications for multiple platforms - web, mobile, dealer/dealership tools• Performed code reviews• Participated in East ShipIt Day, a one day hackathon to produce a prototyped product focusing on revolutionizing the education system through the use of blockchain technology• Participated in SapientRazorfish East Region Hackathon, pitching a prototyped solution to reimagine the auto industry for Mercedes-Benz and presented idea of personalization on Mercedes-Benz website to judges, including the Mercedes-Benz client• Participated in 24-hour hackathon, Razorfish Labs, and pitched a prototyped redesigned timesheet app• Helped interview for summer internships, campus hires/entry-level positions, included phone interviews, and in-person interviews for general attributes and technology knowledge• Attended ABI.NYC - Women Entrepreneurship & Innovation Summit 2016, and helped recruit female engineers for a summer internship• Attended O'Reilly Fluent Conference 2016 in San Francisco• Attended NYC Media Lab Summit 2016 at Columbia University• Took part in after-work workshops led by the Razorfish Emerging Experiences team such as soldering, Raspberry Pi, and a series of Unity VR/AR workshops. Worked with Google Cardboard and Oculus Touch to prototype experiences• Featured on a panel discussion about creative/technology for ScriptEd, a not for profit organization that equips students in under-resourced schools with the fundamental coding skills and professional experiences

New York, Ny, Us

• Worked in an agile environment on a large scale team along with other developers (FE/BE), functional analysts, designers, quality analysts, and project manager• Aided in front-end architecture development for Ford Motor Company and Lincoln Motor Company using AngularJS, JSP, LESS, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), and Karma test runner for JS• Developed and pitched an internal 360 campaign given a prompt from Netflix with other discliplines (media, social, functional analyst, user experience, etc) from the NYC and Atlanta offices• Participated in a 24-hour ideathon in Austin, TX and pitched social media and technology ideas for Takis Barel USA

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Shadowed projects for leading brands including Nike, American Express, and Gap• Researched interactive technologies such as Arduino and Processing• Researched and developed an autonomous "stick and poke" tattooing delta robot (ended up with an autonomous drawing robot)• Designed and developed douknomillennials.com, an interactive true/false quiz based off facts about millennials

New York, Ny, Us

• Designed and developed features geared toward increasing the efficiency of web applications using Adobe ColdFusion and Git.• Developed a timed test taking application to mock real standarized tests that provided immediate results• Researched new technologies and APIs such as Stripe and Postmark• Supported database management systems

• Developed legal web pages such as Terms and Conditions, and Policy page• Designed and devleoped out a creative 404 error page• Developed a nested commenting system using PHP and MySQL• Developed a Tumblr website that represented Pubslush Press's first crowdfunded author, Ali Berlinksi, and her debut book• Helped further the company's community outreach by building a Tumblr website called The Pubscriber, an online journal and network for aspiring writers