Eric McCarthy

• Led the design, architecture, and successful implementation of multiple web applications in production, used by investment advisors managing high-net-worth clients
• Demonstrated rapid advancement, starting as an a Junior Developer and ascending to roles of increasing responsibility, culminating in the current position as Lead Developer
• Conducted comprehensive analysis, presenting findings directly to key stakeholders, in one instance leading to a significant pivot in the development focus of a major initiative and improved product performance more than 10x
• Initiated projects beyond specific role to build several internal sites for improving developer productivity and onboarding such as a developer handbook and custom status pages
• As part of the top 1% of employees, received an all-expenses-paid cruise trip in recognition of exceptional performance and contributions
• Actively manage and mentor a team of 4 high-performing developers, introduced a pair programming methodology within the team, each team member pairing at least once per week resulting in an improvement in code quality and team morale

• Successfully built and deployed a web application for students to find tutors
• Served hundreds of customers and sessions, paid out tutors and accepted payment from students via Stripe integration directly in the application
• Built a scalable chat system using websockets, AWS EC2, SQS, and ElastiCache

Worked with Molson Coors over several years to build web applications for contest entries, data collection, and landing pages. Sites were fully localized, integrated several API services such as Google Sheets and Google Places, and were deployed on AWS infrastructure

Worked with Playbook Co, a marketing agency, to build several web applications for big name companies such as Molson Coors, Heineken, AriZona, and Granville Island