David Wilder Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Managed a team of software engineers and QAs to deliver ad network and product sampling projects spanning front end web, mobile, multiple backend services, data engineering, and third party integrations.Provided architectural guidance, adherence to code quality standards, and code review for core React Native application.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lead redevelopment of core white label mobile application resulting in 28% increase in conversion rate for grocery clients, with the Sr Engineering Manager.Managed and contributed to Redux refactoring to implement RTK slices and API transforms resulting in significant performance gains and more maintainable architecture.Achieved 90%+ sprint completion rate as Scrum Master for a multidisciplinary team of engineers, supporting solution design, task management, and code delivery for two major integrations (ad network, product sampling).

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jan 2020 - Mar 2022Delivered multiple features for customer facing white label React Native mobile application: * implemented design system, theming, custom fonts importing per client; * created a system for localizing configuration values; * built flyers module including list UI, page view with pinch zoom using gesture handler, bottom sheet flyer item list, flyer search and filter, flyer lookup per store, Redux architecture, API calls and API response transforms; * built configurable home screen, including multiple configurable tiles, featured flyer and selected store tiles; * built configurable product categories listing as part of a merchandising screen and separate categories screen.Maintained 100% unit test coverage for React Native contributions.Built PoC for internal documentation website using Docusaurus.Feb 2017 - Dec 2019Delivered on multiple projects for white label Ionic/AngularJS application: * implemented main menu redesign and enhanced configuration capabilities; * product details redesigns; * refactored four search bars into a single redesigned component, modernized product search suggestions and built product search history resulting in consistent user and developer experience; * refactored four instances of refine filters into one UI with a consistent architecture for blending API facets, hard coded options, configuration, and user selections; * product options selection implementation, defining logical systems to manage requirements and limitations on option selection; * created algorithm to calculate product prices based on per item pricing, weight, and option selections; * EBT payment integration with Fiserv; * integrated Firebase analytics and built a system to correctly use development or production properties when building iOS and Android applications per client; * translation/localization import/export to CSV using Python.

Toronto, Canada Area

Created wireframes, site maps, user flows and documentation for six large scale web and mobile applications, including requirements gathering with multiple clients.Built a responsive WordPress website for autism awareness, integrating a Google Map showing national flags for 80+ destinations of a round the world trip.Built two fundraising web applications, designed and implemented database structure, authentication, account management, Stripe payment integration and custom tax receipts.Developed free and paid WordPress plugins, including the top ranked mortgage calculator plugin with 60k+ downloads and 10k+ install at the time of selling the rights to the plugin.

Toronto, Canada Area

Independently ran a small business teaching private drum set lessons. Managed all aspects of the business including marketing, finance, enrolment, and lessons.Designed and built a WordPress marketing website, including theme development, image creation, content development, blog, and YouTube videos.

Created wireframes, developed and modified WordPress themes and plugins for multiple marketing websites for B2B clients.Ensured HTML5 templates met SEO, accessibility and Google PageSpeed requirements.Utilized frameworks, build processes, and animations to optimize development and UX.Audited client websites to identify areas of improvement using W3 Validator, Google PageSpeed, WordPress Theme Check, code review, and visual inspection for UI bugs, JavaScript errors, and CSS warnings.

Toronto, Canada Area

Designed and developed school’s website to enhance SEO resulting in first page Google rankings for relevant searches and doubled enrolment.Created student exercises, song transcripts, and midi tracks for teaching exciting and engaging drum set lessons to students of all ages.