Jesse Baird Email & Phone Number

North Liberty, Iowa, United States

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Developed multiple features, widgets and wireframes from scratch. Lead the development of the core architecture for the application. Worked with the product team to derive the product requirements to technical specifications. Lead the hiring and training of new developers. Started designing and writing a new application platform from the ground up using React.Results* Conducted quarterly trainings to the whole engineering department consisting of forty team members to keep the team aligned* Designed the technical evaluation process for prospective candidates* Architectured and maintained the core platform and features from the ground up* Reduced the application loading time by 30% twice after new product requirements* Designed the first version of the landing page editor in order to maximize the number of team members that could work on the project at once* Architected the feature that allows users to offer products to their customers in a number of contexts. The same code ran in the app, on public pages and editors featured within the app* Reduced and addressed a wide variety of technical issues that caused the customer’s frustration* Integrated a customer requested feature integrating a tax api lookup service using the existing platform in four weeks with no prior planning* Designed and developed a WYSIWYG form editor from scratch* Designed the CSS theming system. First using BEM style classes then converted that to use css custom properties. Including a custom icon tinting system* Helped the transition of legacy code to Typescript

Lead the development team in the creation of a proprietary database & client. Built many sites from scratch. Collaborated with the sales team on RFPs. Setup and managed the network in the new building. Managed projects from conception to delivery while providing support for existing code.Results* Streamlined development projects with a standard platform and features* Migrated one off sites for Verizon wireless 3rd party stores* Developed a platform to remotely deploy new phones with their specifications and multiple phone angles

Lead the development team in the creation and maintenance of existing and new websites and web apps. Managed multiple projects from start to finish. Consulted with clients on their needs and came up with solutions than addressed their business needs.