Sean Norwood

Frontend Developer

I do scalable front-end web development (ReactJS) and backend rest / graphql API development (JS/ TS) using Postgresql or Mongodb. Developing Docker and Kubernetes deployments for development, QA, and production environments on platforms including Digital Ocean, Civo, and bare-metal. QA engineering, CI/CD pipeline development, release strategy development, and integration engineering.

Work Experience

Frontend Developer

Lyvecom Inc | 08-2022 - 04-2023

  • Translate web development designs into React JS
  • Quickly implement user requested features while also optimizing the code base
  • Write end to end tests using Cypress
  • Tested features during development using QA process
  • Communicated with QA to resolve issues
  • Developed an embeddable video and live streaming widget meant for Shopify businesses to better describe and present their product
  • Developed a user dashboard meant for administering and customizing the video embed

Fullstack Developer

Eyecue Labs | 05-2022 - 07-2022

  • Implemented Figma designs into a large web platform using React components and Redux.
  • Tested features and code manually during development
  • Worked with QA to resolve issues with pushed features and fixes
  • Assisted in troubleshooting kubernetes deployment outages
  • Refactored and optimized existing React code to fix performance and developer experience issues
  • Assisted with refactoring a development environment running on Github Codespaces (Cloud Docker) to allow easier onboarding of new developers
  • Converted an exported Eventbrite attendees list in CSV format to a Ruby on Rails automated task that loaded attendees into a database that was used on the platform

DevOps Engineer CE

Apple Inc | 01-2021 - 07-2021

  • Developed CI/CD pipelines using a custom Jenkins wrapper software for a ReactJS front-end development team
  • Monitored production, QA, staging, and testing kubernetes environments for outages and performance issues during large traffic spikes
  • Created and updated automation tools used in release and monitoring pipelines
  • Worked with a front-end development team to strategize the incremental separation of React components from individual projects that shared a significant amount of code and release them as an internal NPM library
  • Utilized FluxCD for Gitops continuous delivery of kubernetes projects

QA Engineer CE

Apple Inc | 01-2019 - 07-2019

  • QA Tested in development features of a large Objective-C codebase on a myriad of mobile devices
  • Worked with Integration Engineering to assist the release of features across multiple release versions
  • Wrote and optimized testing suites to maximize the success of manual feature testing
  • Worked with a specialized team to investigate a high security vulnerability in iOS / macOS software that resulted in many improvements to QA testing methodology

Mac+ Senior Advisor

Apple Inc | 06-2014 - 05-2022

  • Worked with customers to resolve technical issues with iOS, macOS, and WatchOS software and hardware
  • Worked with Tier 1 technical advisors on complex technical issues
  • Translated customer complaints into bug reports and valuable feedback for engineering teams
  • Taught Tier 1 and Tier 2 advisors affective troubleshooting methods to very complex issues resulting in increased customer satisfaction across the organization
  • Worked with engineering personnel on new and existing bugs in Apple software to resolve device issues and create hotfixes preventing future problems