Amanda Winkler - Front End UI Developer - Web Resume

Summary

Front-end UI developer with six years of experience building responsive and scalable web applications. Proficient in HTML, SCSS, and TypeScript with a focus on creating reusable global styles and components for cross-project consistency. Experienced in Agile environments, collaborating with design and back-end, and refactoring front-end of legacy angular codebases. Passionate about delivering intuitive and accessible user interfaces. Currently exploring angular and component driven development with storybook.

Tech Experience

Front End Developer
Penske Leasing - Contractor with Robert Half (November 2023-current)

- Develop and maintain angular front-end UI features in HTML, SCSS, and TypeScript.
- Work closely with Designers and Translate their UX/UI Figma designs into responsive and accessible front-end code.
- Build and maintain global SCSS styles and reusable components along with documentation for cross consistency.
- Co-led a refactor project to implement global styles and organize a legacy codebase.
- Assist in creating and managing Jira tickets, and assigning work to team members
- Collaborate with UX/UI team on goals for the UI in projects

Projects worked on:

Commercial Rental
Consumer Rental
SSO Login
Component Driven Development
Front End Developer
Kohl's (September 2021-May 2023)

- Built spotlights and landing pages in HTML, SCSS, and JavaScript based on wireframes provided by the design team.
- Collaborated with digital marketing and design teams to develop UI components on six-week production cycles.
- Performed QA on code to ensure project requirements and creative direction were accurately implemented.
- Streamlined team processes and created documentation for future development and maintainability.
- Created reusable code snippets in VSCode to accelerate development time.
- Developed code templates deployed across multiple pages for holiday and sales promotions.
- Built pages following WCAG and accessibility best practices to ensure inclusive user experiences.
- Worked closely with designers to implement assets from Photoshop, Adobe XD, Illustrator, and SVGs into functional pages.

Projects worked on:
Kohl's spotlights

SDET
Capgemini (April 2020-June 2021)

- Provided cross-application coordination between bank clients and consulting testing partners to lead and manage Selenium testing services.
- Consolidated and migrated data into HP ALM and generated test execution reports for client application implementation.
- Assisted system managers in resolving issues during IT Project Management and Delivery phases using Agile methodologies.
- Created and maintained a uniform SharePoint structure and internal webpage for the bank QA organization.
- Worked with HP ALM API and integrated it with legacy Excel macros to automate weekly reporting.
- Wrote pseudo code for unit testing to hand off to software developers.
- Collaborated with QA, development, and business teams to ensure seamless testing and implementation workflows.
- Developed process improvements for test case management, reducing duplicate work and increasing efficiency.
- Generated dashboards and reports to provide actionable insights for stakeholders on testing progress and results.
- Provided mentorship and guidance to junior QA team members on testing best practices and tool usage.

Operations Engineer
Comcast - Contractor with Pyramid Consulting (June 2018-April 2020)

- Uploaded data into internal systems that powered products on Comcast sales UIs.
- Moved prices and bill codes into proprietary systems to support accurate product listings.
- Provided QA within sales UIs to ensure data was uploaded correctly and functioned as intended.
- Organized and queried large datasets (2000+ data points) to determine optimal locations for sales campaigns based on zip codes.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to coordinate data uploads and ensure alignment with sales campaigns.
- Identified and resolved discrepancies in product and pricing data before deployment to production.
- Developed process improvements for data validation, reducing errors and increasing efficiency.
- Created internal documentation for data upload procedures to support knowledge sharing and onboarding.

Front End Developer Intern
Fried Brothers (October 2017-June 2018)

- Worked within a team environment to support various functions of eCommerce websites.
- Wrote scripts using PHP and JavaScript for web scraping tasks.
- Conducted keyword research for Google AdWords and maintained running campaigns.
- Normalized and cleaned large datasets in SQL to ensure accurate reporting and analytics.
- Collaborated with marketing and development teams to implement SEO best practices across web pages.

Front End Developer Intern
S.Walter Packaging (May 2016-October 2017)

- Created new products and updated attributes in the Magento system to ensure accurate product listings.
- Edited marketing emails in MailChimp using HTML and CSS on existing templates to maintain brand consistency.
- Conducted keyword research for Google AdWords and managed active campaigns to optimize ad performance.
- Wrote website copy for S.Walter to improve SEO rankings and drive organic traffic.
- Normalized and cleaned a dataset in SQL to improve data accuracy and reporting for bag laws in America displaying in the UI.
-Collaborated with marketing and development teams and learned a lot about e-commerce, retail, marketing and web development.

Other Experience

Etsy Shop Owner (Jan 2015 - present) etsy.com/shop/WinkysWorld
Sales Associate - Reclectic (August 2023 - December 2024)
Uber Driver (May 2023 - December 2023)
Canvasser - Penn Environment (October 2015 - February 2016)
Student Aid - Temple Administrative Services Building (TASB)
Sales Associate Terminis (October 2013 - December 2014)
Lifeguard - Bishops Collar Apartments (May 2011 - September 2012)
Lifeguard Aquatic Swim Club (May 2010 - September 2011)
Dairy Queen (April 2010 - June 2014)