Resume for Microsoft LEAP

JimmyCheung.md

Jimmy Cheung

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Brooklyn, NY | (929) 888-2780 | jimmy.h.cheung@gmail.com | LinkedIn | GitHub

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Summary

Full stack web developer with experience in Ruby, Javascript, Rails, React, and PostgreSQL. My previous experience as a QA Analyst has powered my passion for working with products and solving issues in code and with code.

Skills

Programming: Ruby, Javascript

Backend: Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, REST API, Postgres SQL, SQL

Frontend: React, Redux, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Semantic UI

Misc: Git, Heroku, Docker, Phaser3, Boardgame.io, LaTeX, Object Oriented Programming, Functional Programming

Projects

Almost Simply One: GitHub

Web adaptation of Just One board game, a cooperative word guessing game

• Utilized open source Javascript framework Boardgame.io for game logic, real-time communication, and state management between clients

• Implemented user interface using React and Redux with Semantic UI React for styling

Click Runner JS: GitHub

A video game with autorunner and clicker game elements

• Developed a Rails API backend with endpoints for games and users using a PostgreSQL database

• Utilized Phaser 3 Javascript Game Framework for game logic, stage management, and animations

• Implemented user interface using Vanilla Javascript and Phaser 3

Trubya Rails: GitHub

A video game with trivia questions and picture guessing elements

• Developed with Rails backend and frontend using a PostgreSQL database

• Scraped OpenTrivia API for trivia questions

• Implemented user interface with Rails ERB and HTML5 with Bootstrap and SASS CSS for styling

Back Support: Backend / Frontend

A ticketing system app for customer support agents based on Zendesk

• Developed a Rails API backend with endpoints for users, messages, and tickets using a PostgreSQL database

• Implemented user interface utilizing React with Bootstrap React for styling

• Used ActionCable to push messages and tickets through WebSockets for simultaneous client updates

• Utilized JSON Web Tokens and localStorage to store encrypted user information client-side

Work Experience

Vimeo
QA Analyst
Oct 2018 - Apr 2019

• Assembled test plans and wrote test cases for Livestream Studio & Mevo, our livestream encoding software and livestreaming camera

• Performed regression testing, smoke testing, performance testing, and manual testing on our applications

• Coordinated with an international team of QA Analysts to meet test plan deadlines

• Troubleshooted & submitted issues that were discovered during testing or reported from users during beta testing and user acceptance testing

Vimeo (acquired Livestream)
Live Video Support Specialist
Dec 2016 - Oct 2018

• Solved over 9500 tickets in our customer ticketing system with a 90% customer satisfaction rating

• Served as lead support agent overseeing technical escalations for Livestream Studio & Mevo

• Troubleshooted and advised customers’ livestreaming audio and video workflows

• Wrote and updated customer facing FAQs and other internal documentation for our products

Education

Flatiron School
Oct 2019 - Jan 2020

• Rigorous 15 week software engineering bootcamp focused on building dynamic web applications with Ruby, Rails, Javascript & React

Binghamton University
September 2013 - May 2015

• GPA: 3.70

• Graduated magna cum laude

• Bachelor of Arts, Double Major in Political Science and Chinese Studies

Stony Brook University
Jan 2012 - May 2013

• GPA: 4.00

• Transferred to Binghamton University

Stuyvesant High School
Sept 2007 - Jun 2011

• Regents Diploma