Hi, I'm Sam!

Software Engineer

Software Engineer specializing in Front-End Development

My professional experience includes 6 years in Corporate Investment Banking Operations as a Trading Services Associate. Realizing I enjoy working with code to create and improve processes, I began to automate tasks in my operations job starting with VBA Macros. My desire to further develop my coding skills led me to the Flatiron School where I enjoyed creating crisp and clean websites as a Software Engineer. Additionally, I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from the University of Delaware, with minors in Economics and Management Information Systems (MIS).

Skills

Full Stack Engineer, with a focus on Front End Development. Experienced with programming languages including JavaScript, Ruby, and with frameworks & libraries like React, Rails, and Bootstrap. Practiced version control with Git and Github.

HTML 90%
CSS 90%
JavaScript 80%
React 75%
Ruby 80%
WordPress 50%

Resume

Summary

Samantha Diaz

Full Stack Engineer with experience in React, JavaScript, and Ruby. I prioritize organization and enjoy designing clean, minimalist website aesthetics. I bring 6 years of professional experience as an Operations Associate from Corporate & Investment Banking, self-learning code to automate daily processes while managing operations for the Non-Custodial Lending product.

  • New York, NY

Education

Flatiron School

Oct 2021 - Mar 2022

Full Stack Web Development, Software Engineering

Languages Studied: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Redux, Ruby on Rails, Sinatra

University of Delaware

2011 - 2015

Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, Newark, DE

Bachelor's Degree in Finance. Minors in Economics and Management Information Systems (MIS). Dean's List 2015.

Projects

Bachelorette Planner

Dashboard to organize activities and track attendees for a bachelorette trip

  • Single Page Application displaying RESTful Routes
  • Utilized React as front-end with Redux-Thunk as middleware for asynchronous data retrieval to the Rails back-end
  • Designed the React components using React-Bootstrap

Salon Management Application

A mock design of a Beauty Salon’s website where a stylist can book an appointment to their calendar

  • Developed with Ruby on Rails and follows the MVC pattern
  • Active Record used to manage the Object Relational Mapping framework
  • User authentication established with connection to Google API using OAuth gem, and an option to create an account with secure password using BCrypt gem

Peg Jump Game

Play the Triangle Peg Jump Game to remove all pegs but one on the board; also called “Triangle Solitaire”

  • Single Page Application with JavaScript as front-end and Rails API as back-end
  • Demonstrates the AJAX technique to communicate data from the front-end to the API server without requiring a page refresh to update the DOM
  • Animated the pegs and board using CSS & HTML

Professional Experience

Trading Services Associate

Jan 2020 – Nov 2021

J.P. Morgan Chase | Corporate & Investment Banking, Operations | New York, NY

  • Client Servicing for Directed and 3rd Party clients in the Securities Lending Program
  • Project management of 8 client onboardings for US operations; responsible for testing system capabilities and set up of 4 new custodians, and preparing the operations team for new procedures
  • QA and regression testing lead for product fixes and enhancements
  • Operations lead on the Swap-In project, which saved over $50MM in revenue by reducing loan recalls

Trade Processing Specialist

Oct 2015 – Dec 2019

J.P. Morgan Chase | Corporate & Investment Banking, Operations | Newark, DE

  • Responsible for the settlement of ~500 trades daily, communicating with desk and external custodians before market cutoff
  • Reduced 1 hour of daily processing by automating an emailed report using VBA macros
  • Headed the 3rd Party Operations migration project and virtually trained a team of 3 analysts

Portfolio

These projects demonstrate my programming abilities.

Bachelorette Planner

Dashboard to help plan a Bachelorette Trip

Peg Jump Game

Play the Triangle Peg Game to remove all pegs but one on the board; also called “Triangle Solitaire”

Salon Management Application

A mock design of a Beauty Salon’s website where a stylist can book an appointment to their calendar

Task App

A simple to-do list that can be shared among a group

Curly Product Check (CLI)

Command Line Interface Application that displays the alcohol ingredient in hair products sold at Ulta Beauty

Contact

Get in touch with me through Linked In!

Samantha Diaz

New York, NY