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.
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.
Contact
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Samantha Diaz
New York, NY