Avram C. Eisner

Related Experience

1. Verizon Media

   Frontend Web Developer (contract)

   June 2020 – Present

   Technologies used: React, Redux, Three.js, GraphQL, AWS Amplify

   • Helped build an augmented reality web app that made it easier to author and share AR content.
   • Converted codebase from JavaScript to TypeScript which helped prevent errors.
   • Wrote code to pack GLTF and unpack GLB model files.

2. The Walt Disney Company

   Frontend Web Developer (contract)

   August 2019 – April 2020

   Technologies used: React, Redux, Angular, Jest, Babel, Webpack

   • Improved Disney’s universal account system called OneID by fixing a variety of UI bugs and adding new features, which enhanced the user experience.
   • Collaborated with different teams to deliver new functionality localized in over a dozen different languages.
   • Helped rewrite the OneID account system in React by developing a library of components. Wrote unit and integration tests.

3. Level 11, LLC

   Frontend Web Developer (contract)

   March 2019 – June 2019

   Technologies used: React, Redux, DeckGL, MapBox

   • Helped build a sophisticated map-based web app that monitors vaccine fridges in Nigeria. This enabled governments and NGOs to make sense out of the data they were receiving from the fridges.
   • Worked directly with clients to quickly iterate on the design and functionality.

4. Tesseract Software

   VR Developer / Designer

   May 2018 – Present

   Technologies used: Unity, C#, Git, Blender

   • Created an educational VR app called You Are Here which lets the user see the universe at different scales; from the size of an atom all the way to the observable universe.

5. FLEXE, Inc.

   Web Developer

   March 2017 – May 2018

   Technologies used: React, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, Jest, Google Cloud, Git

   • Spearheaded FLEXE’s new React-based internal admin website which greatly improved creation of warehouse reservations by reducing error-prone and tedious data entry.
   • Moved the new admin website to Google Cloud with automatic deployments to reduce time to deployment.

6. Mobiquity, Inc.

   Senior Web Developer

   February 2015 – January 2017

   Technologies used: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Angular, React, AWS, Git

   • Quickly learned to work with Angular and React on the job.
   • Leveraged my knowledge of responsive web development to create websites and webapps that work on all screen sizes.
   • Built a medical survey app for Amazon's voice-enabled service, Alexa.

7. Self Employed

   Independent Consultant

   April 2014 – December 2014

   Technologies used: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, AWS, Git, PHP

   • Wrote the front and backend code of an interactive learning game for children.
   • Became familiar with a number of technologies including AWS for hosting and Neo4J for storing and querying game data.
   • Relied heavily on CSS3 keyframe animations for creating fun, engaging interactions.

8. Expedia

   Client Side Dev Engineer II

   February 2012 – March 2014

   Technologies used: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Backbone, Java, Git

   • Built and tested front-end code for Expedia's mobile website. Backbone was used to create re-usable interactive components throughout the site.
   • Developed a library of JSP tags that formed a front-end UI Toolkit, giving back-end developers throughout the company the ability to create clean, standards-compliant pages.
   • Wrote a complete suite of unit tests for the UI Toolkit framework, including Jasmine tests for the JavaScript, and JUnit tests for the Java components.

9. Foundry Interactive

   Contract Web Developer

   September 2011 – February 2012

   Technologies used: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Git

   • Created an interactive prototype for Chase bank’s proposed web-based interface for bank tellers.
   • Worked on-site at Blue Nile to help get their new mobile version of the website launched in time for the holidays.

10. Design Commission

    Senior Web Developer

    July 2009 – August 2011

    Technologies used: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Git

    Developed front and back-end code as part of a small but tight-knit team of designers and developers.

    • Developed WrkView, a Ruby on Rails application for presenting design compositions: www.wrkview.com.
    • Built and maintained Design Commission’s own UI Stencils website: www.uistencils.com.
    • Wrote front and back-end code for Architects List, a stylish platform for residential architecture firms in cities across the United States to present their work: www.architectslist.com.
    • Worked on-site at Expedia for 5 months, helping them improve their website by creating a lighter, more flexible library of front-end styles and modules that follow the principle of “Object Oriented CSS”.

11. The Seattle Times

    Contract Web Developer (contract)

    April 2009 – June 2009

    Technologies used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP

    • Improved the layout and functionality of the “NWhomes” and “NWautos” tools while moving them from Moveable Type to Wordpress.

12. POP design + technology

    Web Developer

    May 2006 – March 2009

    Technologies used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP

    Developed and maintained front-end code for high-profile clients such as Tully’s, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Target, Microsoft, and the Metropolitan Opera.