I'm Darren

Fullstack Software Engineer

services

Front-End

Professional experience with the React eco-system. I especially enjoy working with GraphQL and TypeScript.

Back-End

Worked extensively with NodeJS and have experience with a wide range of Analytics tools such as Kibana and New Relic. In the past, I have worked with Java and Ruby on Rails.

Infrastructure

Developed domain expertise in Kubernetes, Docker and multiple cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP.

experience

Senior Software Engineer

SAP Concur

Mar 2018 - Current

Redesigned the Concur User Administration pages in React, Redux and Node

Increased React component interaction performance by 3x in Chrome and 10x in IE11

Constructed the deployment pipeline for a new globally delivered micro-frontend service within a service mesh

Managed a number of internal libraries such as re-usable React components consumed across 70+ repositories

Configured New Relic monitoring and Synthetic checks against our micro-frontend service

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featured projects

01.

natours

A site that was created as part of the Advanced CSS and Sass Course on Udemy. It Incorporates the 7-1 Pattern in Sass, Dynamic custom animations, and responsive media queries. One of the goals was to design this entire website without Javascript.

htmlSASSCSS

02.

Web Framework

A simple, modular web framework modeled after Backbone.js and Marionette.js which provides the capability to add event handlers, render content and store it in a simple database.

TypeScript

03.

Forkify

Built on the Forkify Api, this app allows you to search any ingredient or dish and it will provide possible recipes. You can also create a shopping list based on your desired servings.

JavascriptHTMLWebpack

projects

blog

You Don't Know JS Yet [Summary]

A collection of my key takeaways from the Deep JavaScript Foundations course that I took in Jan 2021. This course is based upon the content written in the book series: You Don't Know JS Yet by Kyle Simpson.

Javascript: The Hard Parts V2 [Summary]

My key takeaways from JavaScript: The Hard Parts, v2 with Will Sentance. This class was all about going under the hood of some of the most important aspects of JavaScript.

blog