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Stephen Prater
ABOUT ME
Ruby & e-commerce pro
Ruby & e-commerce pro
Experienced full-stack engineer with strong background in e-commerce, scalability and making large, murderous robots.
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Joined October 2016
EXPERTISE
10 years experience | 20 endorsements
I have been using Ruby and Rails since 2007 in small apps with a few dozen models to 1,000,000 line monoliths deployed across multiple se...
I have been using Ruby and Rails since 2007 in small apps with a few dozen models to 1,000,000 line monoliths deployed across multiple servers.
10 years experience
I've been doing Javascript as long as javascript has existed. It has come a long way in the past 20 years, from a "toy" language used fo...
I've been doing Javascript as long as javascript has existed. It has come a long way in the past 20 years, from a "toy" language used for minor effects to a full-fledged development environment with unique and interesting challenges.
20 years experience | 1 endorsement
I've been developing software in one way or another for over 20 years, from writing driver-software in C to working on experimental datab...
I've been developing software in one way or another for over 20 years, from writing driver-software in C to working on experimental database design in Erlang, and writing workflow automation software in Applescript. I've learned so many things for a quick project or to solve a problem that I was having in the moment, that I literally can't list them all. Debugging things I don't understand is really one of my main skills.
6 years experience | 5 endorsements
I have been using SQL databases extensively for many years - from MySQL to Oracle. Mostly I use Postgres, and I'm pretty familiar with i...
I have been using SQL databases extensively for many years - from MySQL to Oracle. Mostly I use Postgres, and I'm pretty familiar with it. I have written multiple applications which leverage advanced Postgres features to deliver performance and value when "standard" approaches fail.
SOCIAL PRESENCE
EMPLOYMENTS
Sr. Developer
Goldstar Events, Inc.
2015-03-01-Present
* Lead development on major software projects for Goldstar Events (goldstar.com) Highlights - * Developed a "News Feed" subscription serv...
* Lead development on major software projects for Goldstar Events (goldstar.com) Highlights - * Developed a "News Feed" subscription service, which increased engagement over previous email-centric strategy. * Implemented Elasticsearch, which decreased bounces and increased click throughs from search results. Tech: Ruby, Elasticsearch, Postgresql, Redis, React, Docker, AWS, MySQL
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2005-01-01-2016-12-31
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Senior Developer
Acumen Holdings
2013-06-01-2015-03-01
* Develop major software projects for CountryOutfitter.com * Responsible for full project cycle on various projects, from architecture to...
* Develop major software projects for CountryOutfitter.com * Responsible for full project cycle on various projects, from architecture to deployment. * Ensure coding standards are met * Mentor junior developers - Highlights: * Developed on-site behavioral analysis tool which brought in ~$50,000/day by better targeting emails. * Developed an extremely flexible rapid product entry system, which enabled us to leverage existing staff resources. Basically we 20X the amount of data a single person could enter. * Developed an analytics platform for email acquisitions which enabled better targeting of CPC ads. Tech: Ruby, Postgresql, Resque, Redis, MongoDB
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