Hello, I'm Jim Yagmin

Apr. 2022 - current

Senior Software Engineer

• Scoped and built a bulk modification system that significantly reduces manual entry tasks for the implementation team
• Developed a new importer system to parse, validate and integrate complex data extracted from structured XLSX files
• Scoped and led development of an analytical method module supporting the company's expansion into biochemistry
• Managed a summer intern (resourcing, task management, weekly syncs)

Uncountable

Jun. 2021 - Apr. 2022

Software Engineer

• Quickly became senior contributor on event management code used by 6,000+ libraries
• Refactored a legacy codebase to modern PHP MVVM standards while achieving 75% test coverage
• Updated Docker containers, implemented database changes and managed AWS deployments
• Expanded external API from GET-only requests to a full REST API

Springshare

2017 - current

Owner

Developed and managed several small web properties

James Yagmin LLC

2014 - 2017

Founder

• Detected, parsed and analyzed search forms from any website using a custom web scraper
• Steadily optimized search engines discovery and integration, fully automating 95% of new website additions
• Developed a JQuery frontend to translate user search terms and options into valid query strings, enabling cross-domain searching from a single form

Nuggety.com

2010 - 2014

Technical Co-Founder

• Worked directly with utility companies to automate enrollments, navigating regional regulatory differences
• Proposed and implemented A/B testing on direct mail ads, improving ROI of the primary acquisition channel
• Promoted business at an industry conference, establishing business relationships with executives

KaChange, Inc.

2000 - 2010

Technical Co-Founder

DEVELOPMENT
• Produced the initial website and served as the sole technical employee for the first five years
• Developed an editing platform that let one employee manage 100+ contract writers and editors
• Architected a site-wide restructure by aggregating over 1 million articles by topic, focusing SEO impact, improving sales per lead and revenue per sale
• Increased sales from internal search by more than 15% by adding an internal search engine with advanced features including phonetic matching and landing page prioritization
• Slashed fixed transaction costs by 40% through integration with a low cost payment processor

MANAGEMENT
• Hired and remotely managed a small development team
• Scoped and managed long-term projects, including custom forums and topic-based Q&A
• Led all design projects, producing the scope, working with designers and implementing designs

USER ACQUISITION
• Compounded user growth with a large AdSense campaign (1,000,000+ ads) utilizing automated pricing strategies
• Removed design roadblocks through continuous A/B testing, improving ROI and product flow
• Built an admin dashboard to monitor sales in real-time and manage user accounts

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
• Managed a pool of co-located Linux servers, handling 1 million monthly users
• Achieved PCI compliance during sale of business

BookRags, Inc.

2002 - 2002

Java Software Engineer

Developed an e-commerce platform for supermarkets

Unipower

1999 - 2000

Software Consultant

Built custom ERP reports for Fortune 500 clients using Oracle Express

AppNet

React.js

JavaScript (ES6)

JQuery

Vue.js

Python

Flask

SQLAlchemy

Postgres

MySQL

Node.js

Express.js

PHP

Java

Perl

BASH

Solr

Lucene