Robin Macpherson Email & Phone Number

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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 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