Robin Macpherson Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Mountain View, Ca, Us

• Led visual and technical design, architecture, engineering, and project management of the entire platform that delivers value to over 15,000 users and generates recurring subscription revenue.• As an Open-Source project, I collaborated with just one core teammate and managed/supported over a dozen contributors.• Key technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Next.js, Apollo, Prisma, Nexus, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Stripe, Serverless, AWS.• Highlight Projects: Notification System, Subscription Payments Infrastructure (Stripe), Managed Queue Service for handling daily email notifications (AWS & Serverless), Image Thumbnailing Service (S3, Cloudfront, Lambda, Serverless).• Find all the code at github.com/Journaly/journaly !

• I've been creating content about language learning and lifestyle since 2014, primarily through videos and short-documentary film content on YouTube @ youtube.com/c/RobinMacPhersonFilms• I also wrote, designed, and self-published a book called How To Maintain Languages in 2018 which can be found @ robinmacpherson.co/shop• I post short-form content and photos on Instagram @_robinmacpherson

San Francisco, California, Us

• As Team Lead of this brand new team while also acting as Scrum Master and the primary code contributor, I was heavily involved in day-to-day team management, velocity optimization, and had constant collaboration with my product owner and team stakeholders.• Collaborated on technical design and architecture of key projects.• Led and mentored one junior engineer closely.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Collaborated heavily on team management as Scrum Master for two quarters.• Led technical design and development of a brand new service for rapid development & iteration of landing pages (Next.js, React.js, and Serverless Framework integrated with our internal AWS Cloud Infrastructure).• Worked extensively on full-stack projects across many areas of the codebase (JavaScript & React / Python & Django).• Successfully introduced and drove the effort to bring TypeScript to the codebase.• Participated extensively on Frontend & Backend Chapters.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Worked extensively with HTML, CSS/SASS, and JavaScript on the frontend / Python and Django on the backend.• Set up and maintained A/B tests for Product team to measure the impact of new features.• Owned the development of the Django CMS used to create landing pages and blog posts by the Marketing Team.• Supported Marketing efforts by building tailored tools for their initiatives.• Key technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Python, Django, Django CMS.• Designed and built a POC for full CMS re-build with Vue.js, Nuxt, Contentful, and Netlify.• Led efforts to prioritize technical debt and consolidate redundant legacy code.

Polylingual Solutions (now closed) was a language services company that I created, which provided various solutions within language instruction, coaching, and translation.• Taught English, French, Japanese, and Italian to individual and small-group classes.• Provided general language coaching.• Translated from French, Italian, and Japanese into English – ranging from technical documents to a series of Italian children's books.• During this time I also did an internship at a French immersion school, teaching 5th grade studies standard elementary school subjects in French.• I also wrote a book called "How To Maintain Languages" during this time which I self-published in April 2018.

I provided interpreting services between Japanese and English on a freelance basis to help bring a torn Japanese/American family back together. This involved interpreting in various cultural and professional contexts, such as: immigration, contract negotiation, and personal relationships.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International/Global Studies

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Japanese Language And Literature