Alissa Wiley | Full Stack Web Developer

Baltimore, MD | alissa.estelle.w@gmail.com | (410) 698-7031
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Full-stack software engineer who practices the art of mindful programming. A natural polymath, I believe in curiosity-led analysis and draw from many different wells of thought in order to solve complex problems.

SKILLS

  • Languages, Libraries & Frameworks:
    HTML, CSS, JavaScript, NodeJS, React, Express, Mongoose, Sequelize

  • Management & Deployment:
    CLI, Git, GitHub, Surge, Heroku

  • Databases:
    SQL, PostreSQL, NoSQL, MongoDB

  • Methodologies:
    Responsive Design, JWT Authentication, ERDs, REST APIs

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Software Engineering Fellow | February 2022 - May 2022
General Assembly

  • 12-week, 720+ hour Software Engineering program centered around industry-relevant technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, NodeJS, React, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, etc.

    • Midnight Gospel Tic Tac Toe: Resourceful game logic coded in 133 lines of vanilla JavaScript

    • Sailor Moon Memory: Higher-order functions, timing events, and DOM manipulation integrated within conditional logic

    • Blog Site: Developmental NoSQL blog app built with MongoDB, Express, React & NodeJS, coupling as a RESTful API with full CRUD operations 

    • Neighbourly: Collaborative SQL-based Nextdoor rendition, designed with PostgreSQL, Express, React & NodeJS, incorporating both internal and external APIs

    • Headspace: Player-centric mindfulness app emphasizing JWT authentication, PostgreSQL, Express, React & NodeJS

EXPERIENCE

Baltimore County Department of Health
Human Services Assistant | Division of Communicable Disease
December 2020 - January 2022

  • Personally tasked by the bureau chief to conduct a six-month program restructure as team lead, having established brand new standard operating procedures and daily protocol, aligning team performance with grant initiatives

  • Advocated tech engagement for the program and successfully coordinated with the Office of Communications to premiere an official webpage

  • Balanced workflow in five different databases daily, reviewing employee casework for closure as well as managing monthly/quarterly reports for the State

  • Served as program liaison between Baltimore County and the Maryland Department of Health

COVID-19 Data Specialist | Division of Communicable Disease
March 2020 - December 2020

  • Efficiently processed high volumes of positive cases during the height of the pandemic

  • Single-handedly triaged hundreds of cases during two simultaneous outbreaks

  • Served as coordinator for Higher Education outbreak data

Outreach Specialist | Maryland Children’s Health Program
August 2017 - March 2020

  • Quickly configured a large-scale client management system on the day it launched without any prior training, additionally having assisted system setup for other departments as well

  • Personally serviced thousands of residents annually during open enrollment season

  • Optimized the department’s internal performance reports, doubling total figures tracked

EDUCATION

General Assembly, Software Engineering Immersive | May 2022
Certificate of Completion

Towson University | December 2015
Bachelor of Science in Media Studies