Web tech lead for TunnelBear and RememBear with a significant focus on UX and accessibility in order to serve millions of users each month.
Core web developer and SME for CloudFlare workers, DNS configuration, reverse proxies and Netlify web hosting with CI/CD.
Spearheaded the migration & refactor of web suite to JAM Stack using Vue.js and Webpack.
Lead developer of the TunnelBear Chrome & Firefox browser extensions.
Responsible for hiring and mentoring junior developers, including code reviews with a focus on clean, scalable and reusable code.
Provide leadership on key decisions regarding JavaScript frameworks, build tools, testing, site scalability and architecture.
Responsible for new features and maintenance of TunnelBear.com AngularJS, Node.js and Express web application.
Collaborated with marketing lead to design and deploy UX and user flow experiments to optimize customer conversions on TunnelBear.com.
Built BearsMyIP.com, a website that currently lets 50,000+ customers each month verify their IP address.
Designed and built a JavaScript framework for marketing landing pages that reduced the build time per campaign by 90%.
Built 50+ responsive websites for clients including Nestlé, Nescafé, Kit Kat, Boost, Kijiji, CFL, Intuit, and Disney.
Built websites using tools like Wordpress, Backbone.js, Drupal and others.
Created custom themes for clients on Shopify, Squarespace, and Wordpress.
Worked closely with senior developers, project managers and designers to scope, define and develop projects from start to finish.
Provided technical support and bug tested internal web applications.
Facilitated associate onboarding to web applications.
Upgraded all computer operating systems for City of Brampton employees.
Installed and configured computer hardware for fire stations, police stations and community centers.
Provided on-site technical support and quality assurance for City of Brampton Employees
I'm a web developer currently living in Toronto.
I build modern, scalable web applications with & . I tend to focus on writing component-based, reusable code.
I <3 . Lately I've been building apps, , , and a bunch of other cool stuff.
I have experience leading teams and mentoring developers.
If you want to chat, email me at jared@kravse.dev
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I'm the tech lead for the team that built and maintains the TunnelBear website. This is built on , and , hosted with , and serves millions of users a month.
I'm the core developer for the TunnelBear browser client. Built with , , . Put a in your browser! This extension is used by hundreds of thousands of users globally.
A work in progress, this is a service based Slack app that responds to user input. Built with , and .
This is a project that creates funny and nonsensical translations of sentences. I built it with & and . Initially this project relied on the Merriam-Webster API, but due to daily usage limits, I used Python to generate chunked thesaurus files and lazy load them with Webpack.
I built and designed this website with and . It's hosted, served and continuously deployed as a static bundle through . The background animation is done with .
Vue.js,
React,
Angular,
Backbone,
WordPress,
Drupal,
TypeScript,
jQuery,
CoffeeScript,
WebPack,
Babel,
Unix,
Git,
RVM,
npm,
Bower,
Gulp,
Grunt,
MAMP,
HTML5,
Pug,
Stylus,
LESS,
SASS/SCSS,
Bootstrap,
Foundation,
Node.js,
Express,
SQL,
PHP,
Python,
Java,
Netlify,
Cloudflare,
AWS,
Ghost,
Shopify,
Sketch,
Photoshop,
Zeplin,
I love boardgames. My favourites are and . I write reviews of games on Instagram.
I'm a . I love to take candid and documentary style photos. I've got a portfolio of my work up at kravse.com
I travel whenever I can. I've visited 33 countries (and counting!). Some of my favourite destinations have been Morocco, China, Sweden, and India.
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