Kara Jensen
Riverton,UT
Summary
Outgoing Senior UI Software Engineer with (10+) years experience dedicated to achieving demanding development objectives while producing impeccable code. Respectful UI leader with (6+) years managing several UI team members and detail-oriented team player who has experience working with multiple teams including offshore teams using Agile methodologies. Adept at handling, a busy schedule and being a self organized and complex problem-solver with analytical and driven mindset, who execute tasks in a timely manner to meet tight deadlines .
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Development Engineer
Finastra (Formerly D+H)
01.2016 - Current
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
- Lead several UI developers in offshore locations and provided guidance, reviewed commits and ensured best practices were met
- Worked in self-organizing team and took ownership of work to drive it to completion
- Developed and contributed features for internal projects using Agile methodologies
- Participated in Nexus (multiple scrum teams) as a Nexus lead to help groom the backlog, walk through intent of stories and distribute stories to appropriate teams
- Collaborated and peer-coded with scrum team to execute sprint tasks, and worked to deliver good quality, normalized code that met business goals and customer needs
- Normalized application code and visual components and fixed and/or removed vulnerable code that was causing security scan issues
- Organized, collaborated, executed and improved CIDC compliant automated build and local development build processes with DevOps using ant
- Created templates for notifications using RAD template engines in groovy that conformed to major email providers
- Created micro-service card application to work with mock data in Angular 5
- Produced custom Robot Framework Libraries in Python to leverage ExtJS and leverage the libraries for automated testing of the dynamic application
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
- Prepared detailed reports on updates to project specifications, progress, identified conflicts and team activities.
- Exhibited strong technical aptitude and application expertise resulting in optimized performance, continuous improvement recommendations and product innovation.
- Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs and improving functionality.
- Wrote highly maintainable, solid code for software system, forming core framework and earning consistent praise from subsequent developers since initial version.
- Authored development progress reports informing internal personnel and external stakeholders of project milestones.
Software Engineer
Call Tower, Inc
04.2014 - 06.2016
- Communicated and peer-coded with UI co-workers using remote sharing to offsite locations
- Created and optimized code for applications using ExtJS, Javascript,
- AngularJS2 using Typescript and AJAX
- Worked in Agile environment to complete sprint tasks and committed code frequently to versioning tools; subversion and git
- Used MVVM architecture using bet practices to develop ExtJS applications utilizing JavaScript and jQuery, AJAX and REST, RegEx, HTML5,
- Developed and oversaw features for internal support application to manage large data using ExtJS
- Created applications for Call Tower's Internal projects: including applications
- Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software including moving projects from ExtJS 5 to Angular 2.
Software Engineer Developer
Fundtech
10.2012 - 11.2014
- Collaborated with a large team including offshore members using agile-washed development process and attended weekly review meetings.
- Developed new and organized existing features in large applications using ExtJS, Ajax, jQuery that worked with heavy JSON contracts.
- Worked closely with Business Analysts to deliver application features as well as quality branding and design.
- Implemented branding standards and theming standards for large applications targeted for small business that also met cross-browser compatibility standards
- Demoed features to upper-level management and stakeholders Consolidated code for payment application workflows to work with complex JSON contracts
- Implemented features and strict branding for DHL customer facing applications using ExtJS and SASS/CSS
- Created custom demo-ready branded application for banks to show how the app can be customized to fit their identity.
- Upgraded branding for legacy applications using SASS/CSS and ExtJS
Education
Bachelor of Science - Digital Media –
Utah Valley University
Orem, UT12.2011
Skills
- EXJS
- Angular 5
- CSS/SASS
- HTML and XML
- Ajax/JSON
- Javascript/jQuery
- Python
- Web Applications and Web Security
- Best Practices and Standards
- Scrum Methodology
- Interface Design and Implementation
Hobbies
- Harpist (since 1996)
- English Horseback RIding including Jumping and Dressage (since 2008)
- Biking, Snowshoeing, swimming
Work Availability
monday
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Timeline
Senior Software Development Engineer
Finastra (Formerly D+H)
01.2016 - Current
Software Engineer
Call Tower, Inc
04.2014 - 06.2016
Software Engineer Developer
Fundtech
10.2012 - 11.2014
Bachelor of Science - Digital Media –
Utah Valley University
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